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Hey all, gosh I am scared right now. Anyway, new PC (4ish month s). Playing BF1, I can run it at ultra 50-60fps, suddenly screen goes RED and the noise in my headphones goes zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. No idea what happened. All I can think of is that I installed new GPU drivers today, but since then I had restarted (which was required), played bf1, had a break and then played bf1 again. Really scared right now guys, please help. On mobile, dunno if I put specs in my signature but here it is: 380x 4gb, i5 6500 and 8gb ddr4 (self build, I did something wrong maybe?) 

Thanks all, please reply ASAP! 

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Once in a long while I would say is normal. If it's a constant trend, then I would start looking into it. Half of the time it could just be a fluke.

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3 minutes ago, Brian McKee said:

If it doesn't happen again I wouldn't worry too much about it. Try running afterburner while playing and check the temps of your components.

I haven't checked the gpu  temp yet, but it gets to 75-80 in overwatch, so maybe bf1 is too much of a strain? I'll get after burner or gpuz and try it out when I'm next about to game!  Too worried to focus right now though, haha. 

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1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Once in a long while I would say is normal. If it's a constant trend, then I would start looking into it. Half of the time it could just be a fluke.

I see, thanks for putting my mind at ease! 

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6 minutes ago, CandleJakk said:

I haven't checked the gpu  temp yet, but it gets to 75-80 in overwatch, so maybe bf1 is too much of a strain? I'll get after burner or gpuz and try it out when I'm next about to game!  Too worried to focus right now though, haha. 

For a 380x that does seem a bit hot imo, but it could be ambient temps and your case airflow. You using a blower or open fan design card?

 

I do want to point out though that those temps aren't dangerous.

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Yeah check temps, it could also have been one of those one-in-a-million memory errors. Don't worry about it unless it happens often. Though you should be keeping backups as everyone should always.

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Just now, Brian McKee said:

For a 380x that does seem a bit hot imo, but it could be ambient temps and your case airflow. You using a blower or open fan design card?

In my room it's currently 18 Celcius, and is usually around 15 (yikes) to 22. I don't know what the last part of the question means (blower or open fan), but I have the Sapphire Nitro X edition, which is slightly overclocked. I myself haven't overclocked the card.

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4 minutes ago, CandleJakk said:

In my room it's currently 18 Celcius, and is usually around 15 (yikes) to 22. I don't know what the last part of the question means (blower or open fan), but I have the Sapphire Nitro X edition, which is slightly overclocked. I myself haven't overclocked the card.

So it isn't ambient temps imo, your room is pretty damn chilly lol. 

 

You could adjust the fan curve to more aggressively cool that bad boy if you want lower temps but it shouldn't be an issue.

I would still check the temps on your CPU too.

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Just now, Brian McKee said:

So it isn't ambient temps imo, your room is pretty damn chilly lol. 

 

You could adjust the fan curve to more aggressively cool that bad boy if you want lower temps but it shouldn't be an issue.

Yeah, installing afterburner right now. I have a SeaSonic S1211 (I think that's what the model is called? 650W, which is what (I'm assuming) would take the power toll for increasing the fan curve? Correct me if I'm wrong. Also, could adjusting the fan curve (honestly, don't know what that means) damage the GPU?

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7 minutes ago, CandleJakk said:

Yeah, installing afterburner right now. I have a SeaSonic S1211 (I think that's what the model is called? 650W, which is what (I'm assuming) would take the power toll for increasing the fan curve? Correct me if I'm wrong. Also, could adjusting the fan curve (honestly, don't know what that means) damage the GPU?

No lol. Adjusting the fan curve just means setting how fast the GPU fans go at a specific temp.

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1 minute ago, Brian McKee said:

No lol. Adjusting the fan curve just means setting how fast the GPU fans go at a specific temp.

Ah right, I thought it meant like 'overclocking' the fans or something. Just installed afterburner and viewed a tutorial on how to monitor stuff in game. I'll get back to you!

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It if has only happened ONCE but works fine now and you can't repeat it, it was probably a fluke crash that just looked ugly.  One-Of crashes are no concern and honesty, I think you should even bother testing things, you'll just make yourself stress over more little details when it's already fine.

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17 minutes ago, Brian McKee said:

No lol. Adjusting the fan curve just means setting how fast the GPU fans go at a specific temp.

Just played domination (short, 10minute match). It hovered around 69-71 degrees C, but I imagine it would be significantly warmer if I played for longer (which I had been doing at the time). However, I was alt-tabbing, but I doubt it'd cool down in less than a second by more than a few degrees (?).

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10 minutes ago, CandleJakk said:

Just played domination (short, 10minute match). It hovered around 69-71 degrees C, but I imagine it would be significantly warmer if I played for longer (which I had been doing at the time). However, I was alt-tabbing, but I doubt it'd cool down in less than a second by more than a few degrees (?).

Afterburner has the temps over a period of time you can mouse over so you can see what they were when playing :P

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1 hour ago, Brian McKee said:

Afterburner has the temps over a period of time you can mouse over so you can see what they were when playing :P

Thanks! Just played a 30min match, max. temp was 75! What are your thoughts? Is the 'overheating' causing this issue?

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1 hour ago, AshleyAshes said:

It if has only happened ONCE but works fine now and you can't repeat it, it was probably a fluke crash that just looked ugly.  One-Of crashes are no concern and honesty, I think you should even bother testing things, you'll just make yourself stress over more little details when it's already fine.

Hey mate, didn't see this post earlier. Thanks for the encouragement!

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