GPU Dying? (GTX 670)

[KookosPahkina]

I'm not sure if my GPU is dying or what is happening so i decided to ask here.

The video drivers were crashing daily on Counter Strike: Global Offensive, until i hard booted my pc, after that it seemed to work just fine until the next day, however if i didn't hard boot, i would keep crashing the drivers like every 5minutes until the drivers wouldn't boot up anymore and i was left with a black screen and had to do a hardboot. I fixed this temporarily for few days by Underclocking my GPU, but today, the drivers crashed again i guess? but i was just left with the black screen and the video drivers didn't boot back up, so i had to do a hard boot.
I have reinstalled my Nvidia video drivers etc in safe mode.

 

Also i think my FPS has gone down in CSGO for sure, used to be +250 on max settings etc, but nowadays it hardly reaches 200 and im not even running on max settings, sometimes the fps goes down to 40-60 and will stay there for like 5mins.
It's running at 71ºc/160ºf  usually while i play games, the max temp it has reached is 78ºc/172ºf

 

It also has bluescreened roughly about 5 times because of GPU atleast couple of times i think with the following errors:
VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE ( nviddrnkm.sys) (2 times this error)
DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION (3times this error)

 

Should i try reinstalling Windows 10? If that might help or is my gpu dying?..

 

 

Specs
Win 10 64bit
i7-4790k
evga gtx 670 2gb
some shitty 700w psu
16gb ram
asus z97-a motherboard
NVIDIA Driver version is the latest.

 

 

I made a topic about the crashing here before:

 

 

[Coaxialgamer]

Your gpu might not be able to handle the bad power from the psu . What brand /model is it ?

[KookosPahkina]

10 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

Your gpu might not be able to handle the bad power from the psu . What brand /model is it ?

zalman gv700

It was supposed to be a temporary PSU till i get more money for a better one but i haven't upgraded yet.

the  psu was making a weird sound since i bought it and it still is..

But anyways the gpu was working just fine with this psu for like 8months

 

[Ace0100]

6 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

Your gpu might not be able to handle the bad power from the psu . What brand /model is it ?

I sold my 670 4gb OC to my mate and he gets the nvlddmkm error event ID 4101 and all his games go black screen when he boots them up he has a 700w coolermaster psu should be plenty

[sof006]

Definitely the PSU. 99% certain. Change it ASAP. 

[PooPipeBoy]

I have the exact same Zalman GV-700-SV power supply in my Core i5 system and have never had any issues for the last 18 months, although mine doesn't make any weird noises.

Used to game on it heaps with my R9 270X installed and never had any problems.

[KookosPahkina]

27 minutes ago, sof006 said:

Definitely the PSU. 99% certain. Change it ASAP. 

I'll get go and get a new one tomorrow, would Corsair CX750W V2 or Corsair VS Series VS650 650W be fine? i really don't have much to choose from..

[LokiFire]

2 hours ago, KookosPahkina said:

I'll get go and get a new one tomorrow, would Corsair CX750W V2 or Corsair VS Series VS650 650W be fine? i really don't have much to choose from..

Perfectly fine, i think it's the latest drivers though, i ran my 580 on them and every thing stopped working, fine now on older 358.xx

[KookosPahkina]

16 hours ago, sof006 said:

Definitely the PSU. 99% certain. Change it ASAP. 

Changed the PSU to a Corsair 750watt one, played 10minutes and the drivers crashed and had to hard boot.

[sof006]

1 hour ago, KookosPahkina said:

Changed the PSU to a Corsair 750watt one, played 10minutes and the drivers crashed and had to hard boot.

Thats odd. Everything you just described was hinting at poor power coming from the PSU. Still though, probably a good thing you replaced the PSU. Its better to have a high quality PSU than a terrible high wattage one.

 

 

Can you try turning the overclocks off on the GPU and also completely fresh install the drivers. Remove them using DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) in safe mode (should give you the option to restart your PC into safe mode). Then reinstall your Nvidia drivers, preferably an older version, maybe from a few months ago. 

[KookosPahkina]

Just now, sof006 said:

Thats odd. Everything you just described was hinting at poor power coming from the PSU. Still though, probably a good thing you replaced the PSU. Its better to have a high quality PSU than a terrible high wattage one.

 

 

Can you try turning the overclocks off on the GPU and also completely fresh install the drivers. Remove them using DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) in safe mode (should give you the option to restart your PC into safe mode). Then reinstall your Nvidia drivers, preferably an older version, maybe from a few months ago. 

Currently doing that, no crash so far, but can't be sure until i have tested this for few days, installed 358.50 version

[sof006]

1 minute ago, KookosPahkina said:

Currently doing that, no crash so far, but can't be sure until i have tested this for few days, installed 358.50 version

Good, overclock or no overclock? Also, better or worse FPS?

[KookosPahkina]

Just now, sof006 said:

Good, overclock or no overclock? Also, better or worse FPS?

no overclock, no difference really so far..

[sof006]

Just now, KookosPahkina said:

no overclock, no difference really so far..

Hmm, okay. Well no crashes is better. Lets see what happens. How long would it take for it to crash?

[KookosPahkina]

2 minutes ago, sof006 said:

Hmm, okay. Well no crashes is better. Lets see what happens. How long would it take for it to crash?

Usually around 10minutes, but after hard booting it always has worked without crashes as far as i remember

[sof006]

Just now, KookosPahkina said:

Usually around 10minutes, but after hard booting it always has worked without crashes as far as i remember

You use 16GBs of RAM yeah? What brand and speed is it?

[KookosPahkina]

1 minute ago, sof006 said:

You use 16GBs of RAM yeah? What brand and speed is it?

Kingston HyperX FURY Black 1600mhz

[sof006]

6 minutes ago, KookosPahkina said:

Kingston HyperX FURY Black 1600mhz

Do you use an XMP profile in the BIOS?

 

EDIT: Read this, sounds like we may have fixed the issue by doing the above. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows_10-update/bcc116-bcc117-your-video-driver-has-stopped/fba02c53-7796-4166-83a2-9c44865c13af

 

EDIT 2: If the issue returns it could be heat related or your GPU is failing (hopefully not failing). If it is heat you could take out your GPU and give it a repaste and a clean.

[KookosPahkina]

7 minutes ago, sof006 said:

Do you use an XMP profile in the BIOS?

 

EDIT: Read this, sounds like we may have fixed the issue by doing the above. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows_10-update/bcc116-bcc117-your-video-driver-has-stopped/fba02c53-7796-4166-83a2-9c44865c13af

uh it's disabled i think..

[sof006]

Just now, KookosPahkina said:

uh it's disabled i think..

Enable it... also recheck the above.

[KookosPahkina]

1 minute ago, sof006 said:

Enable it... also recheck the above.

I couldn't enable it.. atleast there was no option to.

[sof006]

34 minutes ago, KookosPahkina said:

I couldn't enable it.. atleast there was no option to.

Huh. Usually on that kind of RAM you can turn that feature on. Also, going off the above. Is your GPU dust? If not you could take it apart (if you're comfortable doing that) and repasting the GPU with some new thermal paste (non-conductive) to lower those temps.

[KookosPahkina]

1 minute ago, sof006 said:

Huh. Usually on that kind of RAM you can turn that feature on. Also, going off the above. Is your GPU dust? If not you could take it apart (if you're comfortable doing that) and repasting the GPU with some new thermal paste (non-conductive) to lower those temps.

temps should be fine and i cleaned my whole pc yesterday

[sof006]

Just now, KookosPahkina said:

temps should be fine and i cleaned my whole pc yesterday

But your thermal paste could be dried out, thats what I am saying. Temps for GPU could be too high.