GPU issues

[Ancestral]

Hey everyone,

 

my system is:

z370 gigabyte AORUS gaming 7 motherboard

8700k (not overclocked)

32gigs of ram

2070 super (slot 1

1050

corsair hx850i Platnium 

 

I was gaming in fortnite tonight and at the end of the session both monitors lost signal, I could still hear my teammate on discord so I knew the PC was still running. 

 

Troubleshooting steps so far:

GPU lights up 

Removed 2070S and booted off 1050, PC booted normally

I placed 1050 in the slot (slot1) the 2070S was in, PC booted normally

I placed 1050 in slot 1, 2070S in slot 2, PC booted normally and 2070S was not shown in device manager or bios

Updated drivers

Cleared CMOS

Fans do spin on the 2070S

 

 

Is there any more troubleshooting steps you can suggest? I think I have an old 960 in a NAS I was planning on pulling out to put in slot1 and test to see if it boots with that card? Would it be worth trying the 2070S in the NAS?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

[TatamiMatt]

4 hours ago, Ancestral said:

Hey everyone,

 

my system is:

z370 gigabyte AORUS gaming 7 motherboard

8700k (not overclocked)

32gigs of ram

2070 super (slot 1

1050

corsair hx850i Platnium 

 

I was gaming in fortnite tonight and at the end of the session both monitors lost signal, I could still hear my teammate on discord so I knew the PC was still running. 

 

Troubleshooting steps so far:

GPU lights up 

Removed 2070S and booted off 1050, PC booted normally

I placed 1050 in the slot (slot1) the 2070S was in, PC booted normally

I placed 1050 in slot 1, 2070S in slot 2, PC booted normally and 2070S was not shown in device manager or bios

Updated drivers

Cleared CMOS

Fans do spin on the 2070S

 

 

Is there any more troubleshooting steps you can suggest? I think I have an old 960 in a NAS I was planning on pulling out to put in slot1 and test to see if it boots with that card? Would it be worth trying the 2070S in the NAS?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Try the 2070S in the NAS yeah, but from the sounds of it, not even showing up as a device sounds a little bricked to me. But i absolutely could be wrong so, pinch of salt

[Ancestral]

 

13 minutes ago, TatamiMatt said:

Try the 2070S in the NAS yeah, but from the sounds of it, not even showing up as a device sounds a little bricked to me. But i could be wrong so, pinch of salt

Thanks for the response, yah that's what I'm hoping isn't the problem. I'm worried it could be the PSU, right when it happened it got really windy and idk if we are having power issues but the power never flickered and I have a good surge protector. I'm assuming if the rest of the system works with the 1050 the PSU is ok? 

 

Would a 7700xt be a decent upgrade or should I go with a 4060 if all I play is fortnite as my most graphic intensive game? 

 

I do game at 1440p

[Chree]

the current driver is messing with alot of GPU's right now roll back driver 

[leclod]

First thing I'd do is replug/reseat carefully everything related, also on psu side.

Second thing you could do is try the gpu in another desktop

[Ancestral]

Tried in the NAS its dead, also I was wrong its a 2060 Super, not a 2070 Super. Would it be worth going 4060 or 7700xt?

[Blue4130]

2 hours ago, Ancestral said:

Tried in the NAS its dead, also I was wrong its a 2060 Super, not a 2070 Super. Would it be worth going 4060 or 7700xt?

The 7700 xt is a fair bit faster than the 4060 in raster. What is the price difference between the two? Do you need the nvidia stuff like RT?

[Ancestral]

On 2/7/2025 at 6:50 PM, Blue4130 said:

The 7700 xt is a fair bit faster than the 4060 in raster. What is the price difference between the two? Do you need the nvidia stuff like RT?

Not sure if I'll need Nvidia stuff, I want to get into video editing for content I'm going to start filming probably with either divinci or adobe 

4060: 399

7700xt: 700

4060 ti 16gb: 900

4070: 1200

 

I have a worry that any big upgrade would be a bottleneck on my CPU?

[TatamiMatt]

15 hours ago, Ancestral said:

Not sure if I'll need Nvidia stuff, I want to get into video editing for content I'm going to start filming probably with either divinci or adobe 

4060: 399

7700xt: 700

4060 ti 16gb: 900

4070: 1200

 

I have a worry that any big upgrade would be a bottleneck on my CPU?

8700K is a decently performative CPU, i wouldnt be too worried about it being a major bottleneck, if youre worried about it being a bottleneck (i.e. stuttery gameplay if its very maxed out) then absolutely crank the graphics settings and if its still an issue you can downsample games, i.e. render them in higher quality than your monitor is then reduce them down to your monitors display resolution, similar to upscaling, but you end up with a nicer image at the end of it, trading performance for quality instead of sacrificing minor quality for performance like upscaling usually does. This will put more load on the GPU and take some heat away from the CPU while giving you a nicer graphics to boot.

 

Oh and id go for the 4060. The 7700xt is a nice upgrade, but not for almost double the price. The 4060 is a good GPU, the issue is always the price. Its awful value for money at the price its sold for and the performance it gives at that price point. But whichever one youre buying for 400...monies (not sure where youre based) is actually pretty decent compared to the other options around it