Think my GTX670 is dying :(

Amraam · 23 Dec 2012 at 00:07

Was playing BF3 and knew something wasn't right. FPS is usually well over 60 maxed out, but tonight I could barely scrape past 20. Rebooted PC, no luck, reinstalled drivers, no luck, tried Crysis 2, same problem

In BF3 single player, the world loaded with no textures, just the sky with everything else plain black. Sound like a dead card?

Amraam · 23 Dec 2012 at 00:50

Trouble is I've got no way of testing really. No spare parts I can swap so I could be sending it back for no reason. Could be my PSU not supplying enough juice, or my motherboard on its way out or anything

Amraam · 23 Dec 2012 at 14:53

RetrogamerX said:
Always test PSU first before anything.

Will do. I've just rembered I bought a CX430 for my parents PC but haven't yet installed it. I'll try that first.

Amraam · 23 Dec 2012 at 15:39

This doesn't look normal to me, just sitting on the desktop?

Amraam · 23 Dec 2012 at 16:37

Kelt said:
No, that's not normal, assuming you haven't got anything running in the background. Mine looks like this:

Yeah that's what I thought

It's like it's stuck in 3D performance, without the performance!

I'll try the non destructive OS installation and report back

Amraam · 23 Dec 2012 at 17:03

Just to add that GPUZ reports the same temps/speeds etc evga precisionX, even when precisionX is removed. Really hoping it's a software issue but I doubt it

Amraam · 23 Dec 2012 at 17:09

gregster said:
Try for the drivers first, just to make sure something didn't get corrupted at some stage. A clean install of drivers could sort out your issues.

Already done that a few times mate :/

Amraam · 23 Dec 2012 at 17:24

gregster said:
Ahh fair play. I was hoping that would solve it and you could be on your way.

Thanks appreciated all the same. Wish it had worked!

Amraam · 23 Dec 2012 at 18:33

Touch wood, it seems to be working, although I haven't tested in game yet. Non destructive windows install, removed GPU drivers again (literally about the 5th or 6th time) but also used driver cleaner pro (stupidly forgot about this program until just now) and the reinstalled. Card is no longer stuck at boost clock in 2D according to GPUZ.

Amraam · 23 Dec 2012 at 18:55

Nope no joy, as soon as I load up a 3D game, it boosts, then stays there, but still only getting 40 FPS, then down to 20 in BF3 campaign. Back to desktop and it's sat on the boost clock

Amraam · 23 Dec 2012 at 18:57

shankly1985 said:
That's good how about test a game??

edit

Looks like Card is damaged

Yeah looking that way

So, will I have voided my warranty by using EVGA PrecisionX to change the boost clocks?

Amraam · 23 Dec 2012 at 19:09

shankly1985 said:
I don't think Overclocking will voided any warranty.
Have you tried taking card out and re-seating it? Change of power cables? I have had some strange things happen with damaged cables.

I've had it out of the machine and can't see any damage to the card, but I haven't had time to swap the PSU over or anything

Amraam · 23 Dec 2012 at 19:27

Sayso said:
Sounds like a software issue, get rid of the EVGA precision software.
Ive had problems like this caused by GPU overclocking software (must say not the worse performance just the clocks doing strange things in 2D)

It isn't installed anymore

Amraam · 23 Dec 2012 at 19:29

RetrogamerX said:
Those are good temps. Mine is 33c to 35c on idle. on load it can hit 73c

Yeah that's what Kelt is getting, mine is posted further up. 54C at idle, with the card stuck on boost.

I've emailed Gigabyte returns anyway

Amraam · 23 Dec 2012 at 19:39

RetrogamerX said:
I had mine stuck on boost the first few days after getting it. I think I hit something on precision X, all I did was uninstall it and it went back to normal. 54c is very high for idle.

Hope it gets sorted for you mate

Yeah I'm definitely thinking it's a card fault as it's not just that it's stuck on boost. Even on boost, I'm getting a fraction of the FPS that I used to get in BF3 and Crysis 2 etc. TBH, I first noticed an issue yesterday when I installed Simcity4. It was stuttering all over the place, but I just put it down to it being an old game not optimised for current tech.

Amraam · 23 Dec 2012 at 20:14

That's not my screenshot.

Amraam · 24 Dec 2012 at 08:14

Sorry to bump again. Just wondering if there is anything else I can try while I wait for gigabyte to reply?

Also, should I be contacting the retailer also? Or just go straight to gigabyte and see what they say?

Amraam · 24 Dec 2012 at 10:27

Kelt said:
Are you able to try the card in another machine, a friend's perhaps?

I'm hoping to ask one of my clan mates this question, but I feel a bit cheeky asking him.

Amraam · 24 Dec 2012 at 18:35

****ing mental. Looks like destructive reinstall is not enough to reinstall windows fully. Turns out I have a virus called cmg.exe which is maxing out my GPU usage, and obviously starving it of power during games.

Killed it, loaded up BF3 and constant 60FPS, as opposed to 20. Boost turns off correctly once back to desktop. Man I would never have guessed it to be a virus causing this in a million years.

Amraam · 24 Dec 2012 at 19:42

RetrogamerX said:
Well done mate

Good virus program is a must on PC.

Yup Im using MSE, which until I thought was great. I guess it reminds me that just because my AV has not flashed up "Alert! Virus!" it does not mean that it has stopped everything. It obviously didn't even detect this stuff. Not amused.

Much better than battling with an RMA however! I'll do a full reformat when time allows!

Thanks all!