Hardware & Technical Crashing in RES after upgrading graphics card?

[ubermick]

Okay, so said      it, bit the bullet and replaced my GTX 770 with a 980ti. (Blech... I'm 42 now, and the days of me swapping packages of floppies in the post because I couldn't afford the originals are decades in the past, and I can't take it with me, etc etc)

Anyways, upped the quality to ultra, and can't say I see much difference. Well, beyond one - crashing. If I'm farming in a RES, I get random crashes.... Screen freezes and audio buzzes for a few seconds, then computer reboots. No ability to submit a crash report. Dropped the quality down to high, but still happening. It's sporadic - might happen after an hour, or might take three. Doesn't seem to happen elsewhere, though, just when I'm in a RES...

I did see in the bug reports that this is happening to a few people, but seems more like the application crashing, whereas I seem to basically getting a full system crash.

What do you guys reckon - dodgy card, or bug in the game?

 

[Jon flint]

First thought is that it could be a PSU thing, new card drawing more juice etc, but thats just a guess.

I do recall some people had issues with the 980 and 980ti when they had high factory overclocks, try using afterburner to drop the core speed a little (100-200MHz) and see if that helps. Even slowed down your card is a monster and performance won't suffer.

 

[Patrick_68000]

First thought is that it could be a PSU thing, new card drawing more juice etc, but thats just a guess.

I do recall some people had issues with the 980 and 980ti when they had high factory overclocks, try using afterburner to drop the core speed a little (100-200MHz) and see if that helps. Even slowed down your card is a monster and performance won't suffer.

I remember that I had this problem of PSU, with automatic crashes and reboots of the computer. Although if in my case it was not a problem of the graphics card or game (it was at any time), it was the psu which had a problem

 

[Surfinjo]

I'd be looking at the contacts to make sure there is no dirt there.

I would also install temp monitors to record what is actually happening prior to the crashes.

But equally, it could be a faulty card.

Have to say, can't really see much point in exchanging a 770 for a 980. The improvement is minimal for the costs. More importantly, new graphics tech is due to be released later this year which, if the rumours are right, will make upgrading worth while.

 

[lysan]

This is you power supply 100% test your GPU by using some of the benchmark test.

I'm 100 % sure the GPU is not supplied with the correct amount of power.

Edit: you did connect both power connectors to you card right?

 

[ubermick]

Cheers lads.

Yep, card is installed with both power cords. I gave the PCI slot a puff of compressed air before seating it (card was new and sealed in static bag) If it's the PSU I'll be a bit disappointed - its a Corsair RM750. From posts on Toms Hardware and the like, the 750w supply is more than enough for a single 980ti. I'll have a go off slowing the card down a bit, and monitoring temps, see if that helps - if not, I'll RMA the card and if I have the same problem, suppose I'll replace the PSU.

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[vernonator]

make sure you have the latest driver - alot of us are having issues with the newest NVidia cards (970/980) and keeping drivers updated is essential.

 

[CMDR MAIN SEQUENCE]

make sure you have the latest driver - alot of us are having issues with the newest NVidia cards (970/980) and keeping drivers updated is essential.

Good point, especially check that you are not running 364.47 as that's the one that caused lots of issues, though the symptoms the OP is reporting are slightly different.

OP, if your card is factory overclocked then try setting to the reference/stock clock.

 

[AceFlares]

OP, if your card is factory overclocked then try setting to the reference/stock clock.

As above. If this is just related to ED or Horizons, do not start replacing hardware just yet. This is a common problem with various GPU at the moment, both AMD and Nvidia. A Google search will find lots of threads across various games and ED forums has more than one thread about this. It seems to be isolated to RES sites and in stations for the most part. Down clock your GPU to the reference card speed and try again. Another option is to try software like Clockblocker which fixes the GPU clock speed whilst playing and prevents the raising and lowering of clock speeds in game which causes hiccups.