gpu troubles (970)

[baxterxxxx8]

So iv bought my 2nd gtx evga 970. The first one was a ssc 970 now when i got it in the mail the pcb was pushed thru the plastic witch turns made me think that was the damage and why it was faulty. And now that iv gone again against my gut  and bought another 970 ftw version it seems the same problems are happening. The first day of owning  my card is great runs everything fine in my surround set up 3 1080p monitors. I'm more a fps guy then graphic looks so i had 180 fps in gta 5 with low settings i was beyond happy. Then as the frist card did the next days follow and my gpu is just maxing out on nothing now iv check programs but heres the thing i can hear the audio having skips when videos play and i get those skips while i load up windows with the desktop sound as it starts up from a fresh reboot please i want to keep my 970 my old 760 cant handle my surround setup but it doesn't fail me like this ever can someone help me ?

 

 

 

theres some grammer i fail at it im sorry:\

 

o and heres my a pic of precision and what task are open i cant seem to figure this out.

[Samfisher]

so iv bought my 2nd gtx evga 970 first one was a ssc 970 now when i got it in the mail the pcb was pushed thru the plastic with turns made me think that was the damage and why it was faulty but now that iv gone again against my gut  and bought another 970 ftw version it seems the same problems are happening the first day of own my card is great runs everything fine in my surround set up 3 1080p monitors im more a fps guy then graphic looks so i had 180 fps in gta 5 with low settings i was beyond happy  but then as the frist card did the next days follow and my gpu is just max out on nothing now iv check programs but heres the thing i can hear the audio having skips when videos play and i get those skips while i load up windows with the desktop sound as it starts up from a fresh reboot please i want to keep my 970 my old 760 cant handle my surround setup but it doesn't fail me like this ever can someone help me ?

 

I'm sorry but until there is proper punctuation to that whole wall of text (not a single full stop), I cannot continue reading it, sorry.

[Br3tt96]

I had such a hard time following it.

[Agazed]

English please?

[Ahsan041]

It's quite difficult to understand without punctuation like Samfisher said.

[baxterxxxx8]

there i did my best im not good at grammer and such i see no need for it but im sorry

[MeltingPoint]

[baxterxxxx8]

Rather rude if i might say

[baxterxxxx8]

I'm sorry but until there is proper punctuation to that whole wall of text (not a single full stop), I cannot continue reading it, sorry.

i tryed my best to grammar it but im not good with that

[Guest]

Man, i remember when everybody used to say this forum was really friendly, guess those days are over.

Anyways dude, what drivers are you running on your 970? are they the latest ones from Nvidia? you tried running previous drivers or beta drivers?

You can perform a clean driver install through geforce experience if you go under 'custom installation' that makes it quite easy.

Does it still do it when you turn the power target and temp target back down to default?

Your processes looks about normal, chrome always uses quite a bit aye!

[Guest]

http://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/344z7f/nvidia_usersraise_your_fps_and_save_cpu_usage_by/

Trying doing that and see if it helps (only if you have geforce experience installed). It will help out anyways.

[-rascal-]

Let me get this straight.

 

You had a GTX 970 that you thought it may be faulty due to damaged from deliver / shipping. The problem has been around since day one, yet you ignored it.

Now, you have decided to get another GTX 970, and run that in SLI with the first card, that may or may not be damaged.

Why?

 

I am trying to follow, but to be honest, it is quite difficult to determine what you are trying to explain.

 

At this stage, test one card at a time.

See if you have any problems by using one card at a time. If it is okay with the new card, then your first GTX 970 may very be faulty from the beginning.

 

Uninstall your current drivers (if they are old), and install the LATEST, stable version from NVidia's website. Do not use the drivers from the included CD.

[baxterxxxx8]

i'm current driver is version 350.12 aka the gta 5 driver....

[baxterxxxx8]

Let me get this straight.

 

You had a GTX 970 that you thought it may be faulty due to deliver. The problem has been around since day one, yet you ignored it.

Now, you have decided to get another GTX 970, and run that in SLI with the first card, that may or may not be damaged.

Why?

 

At this stage, test one card at a time.

See if you have any problems by using one card at a time. If it is okay with the new card, then your first GTX 970 may very be faulty form the beginning.

i forgot to say i returned the first card and took my money back. And further more paid bills. And for a date the Ftw card for 970 wasn't out at the time of the first pruchests. Thus being why i stated i went against my gut on getting another. 

[baxterxxxx8]

Man, i remember when everybody used to say this forum was really friendly, guess those days are over.

Anyways dude, what drivers are you running on your 970? are they the latest ones from Nvidia? you tried running previous drivers or beta drivers?

You can perform a clean driver install through geforce experience if you go under 'custom installation' that makes it quite easy.

Does it still do it when you turn the power target and temp target back down to default?

Your processes looks about normal, chrome always uses quite a bit aye!

Thank You for the help. But i cant not find anything in geforce experience that says custom installation as an option. How ever tho turning my temps down and target power do nothing. Changing my fan speed dose tick the speed a small amount but thats it .

[-rascal-]

i forgot to say i returned the first card and took my money back. And further more paid bills. And for a date the Ftw card for 970 wasn't out at the time of the first pruchests. Thus being why i stated i went against my gut on getting another. 

 

Hmm...

 

What is the rest if your system specifications?

CPU?

Motherboard?

Power Supply?

etc..

 

1. Make sure the card is properly installed into the PCI-E X16 slot.
2. Ensure all PCI-E 6-pin / 8-pin power connections are securely connected.
3. Check the output connections (DVI / HDMI / DisplayPort) on the back of the card. Make sure they are not loose.
4. Give the "non GTA V" drivers a try (347.88).

[baxterxxxx8]

 

Hmm...

 

What is the rest if your system specifications?

CPU?

Motherboard?

Power Supply?

etc..

 

1. Make sure the card is properly installed into the PCI-E X16 slot.
2. Ensure all PCI-E 6-pin / 8-pin power connections are securely connected.
3. Check the output connections (DVI / HDMI / DisplayPort) on the back of the card. Make sure they are not loose.
4. Give the "non GTA V" drivers a try (347.88).

 

it is installed properly.

Motherboard: gigbyte ddr3 1600 lga 1150 b85 matx

CPU: intel core 15-4430 quad core 3 ghz

power supply : Corsair HX 750wa 80gold

os windows 7 64bit

ram " adata 1600 mhz 12800 two 8gb sticks 

[blackadder]

Stupid phone is to small. What were load temp?anything below 79c should be ok. Does it ever crash? Can you try just one screen. Along with whats said above.

[baxterxxxx8]

Stupid phone is to small. What were load temp?anything below 79c should be ok. Does it ever crash? Can you try just one screen. Along with whats said above.

alright so i installed the last update and it seems to be running normal. But that's what it did two days ago when i frist plug it in.Thanks for all the help. Ill do a post update once i try surround and a game for a few days . 

 

Thanks -rascal- Kevmo7 

 

for the positive help and tips 

[baxterxxxx8]

welp i toss surround at it and boom maxing at while chrome is open.

 

its being picky. It drops and stays there as long as i don't pull more windows . Then if i do it max out at 1392 and hangs there for Awhile. then it randomly drops to 150mhz.

 

And then i thought id hit it with kombuster. And when i first got the card i tested it to make sure it was fine id get 140 fps with it in kombuster. Now im getting 80s.

[-rascal-]

welp i toss surround at it and boom maxing at while chrome is open.

 

its being picky. It drops and stays there as long as i don't pull more windows .

 

Do you have a lot of add-ons / apps installed for Chrome?

 

But as you said before, just try Surround on some games for a few days, and see what happens -- with Chrome off (it's only for a few days).

[baxterxxxx8]

Do you have a lot of add-ons / apps installed for Chrome?

 

But as you said before, just try Surround on some games for a few days, and see what happens -- with Chrome off (it's only for a few days).

0 addons for chrome basic browser that's it but fine ill give it a go run it tho its passes 

[baxterxxxx8]

Do you have a lot of add-ons / apps installed for Chrome?

 

But as you said before, just try Surround on some games for a few days, and see what happens -- with Chrome off (it's only for a few days).

well i tryed gta 5 , battle field 3 and 4 ,and skyrim and then grid 2 all at surround res 5760x 1080p then at just 1080p all across the board i was getting 12 fps max looking in at menus maybe 20. Just like the last 970 when this start happening. Starting to think the 900 series for nviida is crap 

[baxterxxxx8]

well it seems theses 970's are faulty and can not do as they say so i really hate to return this thing that first day was what iv been wanting for gaming for 2 months but it seems this is unfixable so thanks for the help sadface

[baxterxxxx8]

*Update*

 

specs

Motherboard: gigbyte ddr3 1600 lga 1150 b85 matx

CPU: intel core 15-4430 quad core 3 ghz

power supply : Corsair HX 750wa 80gold

os windows 7 64bit

ram " adata 1600 mhz 12800 two 8gb sticks 

gpu gtx evga 970 ftw

 

I'v down grade drivers to the older ones. not fixed

It seemed to run great first day did amazing getting great fps in my games. 2nd day now it cant handle any game in any res i use it has trouble running a web browser with out lag.

id really hate to rma a 2nd one of these's cards but i find it hard to believe its the cards and not my system for the simple fact is that this is the same problem as last time