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try dip the clock speeds a bit. Old CPUs and GPUs can degrade over time to a point that they no longer hold the clock speeds they could when they were new.

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I have an old GeForce GTX 670 from PNY in 2012 (yeah im that much of a budget loser) and when i run almost any game, the GPU usage can suddenly go to 100% without warning then the game crashes shortly after

 

Can anyone help me fix this issue in any way (or at least prolong how long it lasts)?

 

it rising to 100% then spiking down to 0% is what happens when I crash

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10 minutes ago, Zippy Zolton said:

I have an old GeForce GTX 670 from PNY in 2012 (yeah im that much of a budget loser) and when i run almost any game, the GPU usage can suddenly go to 100% without warning then the game crashes shortly after

 

Can anyone help me fix this issue in any way (or at least prolong how long it lasts)?

 

it rising to 100% then spiking down to 0% is what happens when I crash

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Can you try updating the drivers?

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3 minutes ago, thegreengamers said:

Can you try updating the drivers?

I have the latest geforce drivers from nvidia

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1 minute ago, Zippy Zolton said:

I have the latest geforce drivers from nvidia

What temperature is the card running at? I would use hwinfo64 to check.

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4 minutes ago, thegreengamers said:

What temperature is the card running at? I would use hwinfo64 to check.

checking out hwinfo64

will update you on temperature soon after i test it out

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try dip the clock speeds a bit. Old CPUs and GPUs can degrade over time to a point that they no longer hold the clock speeds they could when they were new.

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10 minutes ago, thegreengamers said:

What temperature is the card running at? I would use hwinfo64 to check.

max is when running the game and min is when idle

71 looks like too much, i've heard to NEVER EVER go over 80

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max is when running the game and min is when idle

71 looks like too much, i've heard to NEVER EVER go over 80

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Those temps are actually perfectly fine. I would try lowering the clocks a bit using software like MSI Afterburner, like @Jurrunio said.

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4 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

try dip the clock speeds a bit. Old CPUs and GPUs can degrade over time to a point that they no longer hold the clock speeds they could when they were new.

is MSi Afterburner a good program to configure clock speeds, and how much lower should I go?

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1 minute ago, Zippy Zolton said:

is MSi Afterburner a good program to configure clock speeds, and how much lower should I go?

Yes, I'd starting decreasing it by 20MHz and then testing it in 10MHz increments if the GPU isn't stable then.

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6 minutes ago, thegreengamers said:

Yes, I'd starting decreasing it by 20MHz and then testing it in 10MHz increments if the GPU isn't stable then.

there are points where the stability gets even worse even though the clock speed is lower

 

is there something I'm doing wrong

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3 minutes ago, Zippy Zolton said:

there are points where the stability gets even worse even though the clock speed is lower

 

is there something I'm doing wrong

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Hmm. Try underclocking the memory as well. Could you also try installing older drivers to see if that does anything? (Ver. 330-370 probably)

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5 minutes ago, Zippy Zolton said:

there are points where the stability gets even worse even though the clock speed is lower

 

is there something I'm doing wrong

Try out some older drivers in the 351-353 range. NVIDIA has been shitting on Kepler in their recent driver releases.

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2 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Try out some older drivers in the 351-353 range. NVIDIA has been shitting on Kepler in their recent driver releases.

what's a great way to get specific drivers?

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1 minute ago, Zippy Zolton said:

what's a great way to get specific drivers?

https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

 

Click on "Beta or Legacy Drivers" and you can pull up older ones that way

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1 hour ago, thegreengamers said:

Hmm. Try underclocking the memory as well. Could you also try installing older drivers to see if that does anything? (Ver. 330-370 probably)

 

1 hour ago, Jurrunio said:

try dip the clock speeds a bit. Old CPUs and GPUs can degrade over time to a point that they no longer hold the clock speeds they could when they were new.

even at lower than 500 MHz (the lowest i could subtract in Afterburner) it still crashes but things will last a lot longer than they normally would, there's no saving this card lmao

 

thank you all for trying to help

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Maybe you need to re-apply the thermal paste on the card?

 

Or maybe you need to clean the card?

 

Done any of those yet?

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5 hours ago, grss1982 said:

Maybe you need to re-apply the thermal paste on the card?

 

Or maybe you need to clean the card?

 

Done any of those yet?

I've cleaned out the card, not sure about re-applying thermal paste

 

I'll check the card later

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