970 oveclocking problem

[Copper317]

I got my over clock stable with. the driver is version 3 valley but every time i put it through a game the driver crashes after a certain amount of time. the driver is version 359.00. if anyoen has any idea they would be very helpful.

[petem]

 

I got my over clock stable with. the driver is version 3 valley but every time i put it through a game the driver crashes after a certain amount of time. the driver is version 359.00. if anyoen has any idea they would be very helpful.

 

 

If the GPU with the same driver was stable at lower clocks, it's the clocks - reduce them.

 

If the GPU was stable with an older driver, it's the driver - revert it to the previous working version.

 

No too many options otherwise...

[Benji_w]

I got my over clock stable with. the driver is version 3 valley but every time i put it through a game the driver crashes after a certain amount of time. the driver is version 359.00. if anyoen has any idea they would be very helpful.

 

Probably PerfCaps, Download GPU-Z and see what is actually happening with your overclock. In the end I just bios flashed my card because it wouldn't OC high and remain stable, it's fine now though!

[Imakuni]

I got my over clock stable with. the driver is version 3 valley but every time i put it through a game the driver crashes after a certain amount of time. the driver is version 359.00. if anyoen has any idea they would be very helpful.

Did performance improve with the new drivers and same OC? If yes, then the new stuff is making better use of your card, stressing it in a different manner and find out that your "stable" OC wasn't really stable at all!

 

Or it could be some weird issue. My 970 crashes when I open a picture in Windows Photo Viewer (win 10). Yeah. Go figure........

[petem]

 

If the GPU with the same driver was stable at lower clocks, it's the clocks - reduce them.

 

If the GPU was stable with an older driver, it's the driver - revert it to the previous working version.

 

No too many options otherwise...

 

 

Probably PerfCaps, Download GPU-Z and see what is actually happening with your overclock. In the end I just bios flashed my card because it wouldn't OC high and remain stable, it's fine now though!

 

Except this one, and anything else I missed 

[petem]

Did performance improve with the new drivers and same OC? If yes, then the new stuff is making better use of your card, stressing it in a different manner and find out that your "stable" OC wasn't really stable at all!

 

Or it could be some weird issue. My 970 crashes when I open a picture in Windows Photo Viewer (win 10). Yeah. Go figure........

 

That's a weird bug - sounds like Photo Viewer is over-taxing your card   , damn windows - the more complex it gets, the crappier it is at doing the simple things. :blink:

[Imakuni]

That's a weird bug - sounds like Photo Viewer is over-taxing your card   , damn windows - the more complex it gets, the crappier it is at doing the simple things. :blink:

Yup. Funny thing is, the screen doesn't even flicker, and any ongoing apps (such as games) remain alive without crashing. But I get the "nvidia driver crashed" message, and the clocks go down to idle mode, even when running 3D apps.

 

Perfectly stable in games, stress tests, and even some random program which taxes Maxwell cards even higher (TechPoweredUp says 213w peak.... I get 220 average with this app).

 

But even the mighty 970 can't handle Windows -Buggy- 10!

[petem]

Yup. Funny thing is, the screen doesn't even flicker, and any ongoing apps (such as games) remain alive without crashing. But I get the "nvidia driver crashed" message, and the clocks go down to idle mode, even when running 3D apps.

 

Perfectly stable in games, stress tests, and even some random program which taxes Maxwell cards even higher (TechPoweredUp says 213w peak.... I get 220 average with this app).

 

But even the mighty 970 can't handle Windows -Buggy- 10!

 

Hmm - probably trying to use old DOS hardware interrupts or some other code for backwards compatibility with those .0001% systems that might still need them - way to go Bill!