FearTurkey

ssssssshhhhhhhhh this is off topic also there seems to be a lot of graphics-related instability... i think they may be bad cards...

would rather not go out and buy a completely new motherboard AND processor, tbh I'm not going to step off the intel boat until I know AMD can CONSISTENTLY stay ahead.. for now intel works just fine for me... This issue happened long before I installed afterburner. This issue happens as SOON as the nvidia driver installs... Yes I've tried reinstalling, even gone as far as to do a complete operating system install. Afterburner literally does NOTHING when I try to use it, adjusting fans with it doesn't work PERIOD. I even set the fan curve to where even at the lowest temp the fans would run at 100% and then restarted my computer to make SURE the changes would take place and still nothing. Afterburner I think can be ruled out as a cause or a solution in this issue as it simply does nothing..

Hello LTT Comunity! So I guess this is my first post/thread/whatevertheheckyouwannasay... So I recently completed my first personal computer build (emphasis on "personal" since I intern at an IT company so I work with computers often), and I'm Having an issue with my Graphics Card(s). First Here's my full setup; Mobo: MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon CPU: i3-7100 (I know, but it was what I had available atm, and I'm planning on upgrading soon) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master 212X Dual Fan RAM: Kingston HyperX 2x4GB (8GB total) Graphics: Two PNY GTX 770 4GB OC's in two-way SLI Power Supply: Corsair CX750M Case: Be Quiet! Pure Base 600 (connected the case fans to the motherboard instead of using the case's manual controls) Finally here's a breakdown of the issue: I purchased the 770's from a guy on craigslist (who ended up being a previous coworker) for $50 each, put them in my build and they work perfectly fine except for one thing. One of them does this thing where when it's on idle the fan directly over the GPU will start blowing loudly, then the second fan on it will blow loudly, and then they both spin down to normal. first fan on full for 5 seconds > second fan on full for 2 seconds > both spin down for 4 seconds > repeat Interestingly though it ONLY does this on idle! Once I'm open a game they'll start behaving normally. In fact they'll start consistently spinning quietly on a less demanding game like Diablo III, and spin faster for a game like GTA V... Also the fans don't start doing this until the driver is loaded. If I'm at the UEFI/BIOS settings, if windows is booting, or if the driver is uninstalled the issue doesn't happen. But as soon as it's loaded that one GPU starts pulsing its fans. I've tried reinstalling drivers, tried using something like Afterburner (literally does nothing), and I've even tried removing it and putting the other GPU in the same slot or swapping them altogether to see if it has to do with location in the case or the PCIe lane... Very frustrating, very annoying. Doesn't seem to affect performance, but still would like it resolved...