Think my GTX670 is dying :(

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?

shankly1985 · 23 Dec 2012 at 18:59

Amraam said:
Yeah looking that way So, will I have voided my warranty by using EVGA PrecisionX to change the boost clocks?

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.

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

RetrogamerX · 23 Dec 2012 at 19:17

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

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

Sayso · 23 Dec 2012 at 19:21

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)

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

RetrogamerX · 23 Dec 2012 at 19:37

Amraam said:
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

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

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.

Twirlywoos · 23 Dec 2012 at 20:03

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

Do you have a gtx460 installed as well?

Gregster · 23 Dec 2012 at 20:07

majnu said:
Do you have a gtx460 installed as well?

Good spot.

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?

Kelt · 24 Dec 2012 at 10:25

Amraam said:
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?

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

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.

RetrogamerX · 24 Dec 2012 at 19:07

Amraam said:
****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.

Well done mate

Good virus program is a must on PC.

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!

RetrogamerX · 24 Dec 2012 at 19:53

I use eset nod32. It's never failed me yet

At least it's sorted.

Merry Christmas

Amraam · 24 Dec 2012 at 20:12

RetrogamerX said:
I use eset nod32. It's never failed me yet

At least it's sorted.

Merry Christmas

You too mate, and thanks again for your help, much appreciated.

Just completed a round in BF3 with no issues