ClusterJones

That's really weird. The silicon might just be shot, and it's time to get a new card.

I appreciate the LTT crew taking the time to point out to those that might be less clued in that this is basically only a product for people who have an unlimited budget, and use their PC as a dick measuring device. For everyone else, it really doesn't make much sense, but then again, the 3090 doesn't make much sense over the 3080Ti in my opinion. I think, at the end of the day, that's really what this video is.

It sounds like a driver crash, either because of an unstable overclock, or the silicon just wearing to the point that it can't even maintain the "base" clocks anymore. Most AIB cards do have some sort of mild overclock on them, compared to the truly barebones stock speeds on Nvidia's reference sheet. Look up the base core and memory clocks for a Founder's edition 1070, and try lowering your speeds down to those numbers, see if the issue resolves itself. Though it's a bit of a stretch, it could also be a bad BIOS? But I somehow don't see that being the case, and reflashing it could always go wrong and brick the card, so that should really be a last resort.

Which card is it? I had a similar issue with a 5600XT a year or two ago, and even though I ended up returning it and getting a 1660 Super, I'd like to know what might have been causing this as well. I ended up changing my power supply, power cable going from the PSU to the outlet, trying different drivers multiple times, and even flashing a new BIOS. Nothing ever did fix the random black screens, blue screens, and restarts.

Sorry, that's length. SHould've specified.

Yeah, that looks like it'd just about do it!

Gonna be powering a 3600 and a 1660 Super. Length constraint is due to the case size. Budget doesn't really matter too much, but I guess I'd say keep it under $125?

BIOS update to the card, my motherboard, or both?

I have tried DDU, I also followed their recommendations to unplug the Ethernet cable so that Windows doesn't auto install drivers. I haven't tried reinstalling Windows outright yet. The BSoD error I get is VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE with amdkmdiag.sys listed as the culprit. I also wanna point out this GPU is brand new. I had a 1050Ti before this.

Okay, I've already started the RMA process with Gigabyte, and I'm waiting to hear back from them. My main question here is, what are the chances I'm simply running it on too weak of a PSU? I'm using a 650W Cooler Master MWE PSU, and along with the Gigabyte GAMING OC 5600XT, I'm using a Ryzen 5 1600AF OC'd to 3.8GHz on 1.37v, 16GB of 3200MHz RAM at 1.35v, 4 fans, 2 mechanical hard drives, and 2 SSDs.

Tier B+ includes the Corsair CX gray label PSUs and links to a non modular 450W unit. Is the semi-modular 550W the same unit, as far as quality goes, or is it different, and where would it fall if it is different?

Well I can always update the BIOS. That does introduce another risk factor, though, and that's like ehhhhh...not sure I wanna do that. I think I'm gonna go with the 2600, unless I see the 2700 on sale any time soon.

Right, but the IPC will be the same because it's the same architecture and number of cores. So I can just overclock to make up the performance lost from lack of clock speed. The 2700 non-X is $150 for me, and the 2700X is like $180. I don't see the point in spending $30 to have it overclocked for me, when I could spend that money on faster shipping, or save it for a GPU. So whichever CPU I get, it will be the non-X version. That aside, you think the 2700 would be the better buy over the 3600?

I would prefer to keep my CPU choice under $200. I'm currently on a B450 board, the Gigabyte Aorus Pro WiFi, and am therefore limited to Ryzen, as I have no interest in buying a new board, nor do I feel Intel offers compelling, competitive CPUs at this price point. As for the chip I'm upgrading from, it's The Ryzen 3 1200. I'm considering the 2600, the 2700 (not the 2700X), and the 3600. What's got me a little torn is: 1, Whether the jump in performance between 2nd and 3rd gen Ryzen is enough for the 3600 to be worth the extra ~$70 over the 2600. 2. Whether the extra two cores on the 2700 make it worth the extra ~$30 over the 2600. My current GPU is a 1050Ti, and I'll be upgrading to either a 1660 Super, or a 5600XT. Not sure yet, waiting for benchmarks. I'm looking to hit 1080p 75 FPS minimum in most modern titles (SotTR, RDR2, Spyro Reignited, Darksiders 3 and Darksiders Genesis, etc), with a strong preference to be able to go as high as 144 FPS. What should I get?