Hardware & Technical is this GPU good?
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run furmark and see if the FPS start dropping as it heats up
Yes, I did that this morning.
'run furmark and see if the FPS start dropping as it heats up'
I will try it thanks, one little note, its idling temp seems to be 86-87c which seems very high to me.
That's far too high for idling!
Been fiddling with this all day, have reinstalled the software twice, have reseated the card twice, have tried a heap of gpu temp software and gpu stress software.
It a nutshell it comes down to the same thing. idling the card hits the mid to upper 80's. (84-88c) when stressed it quickly ramps up to over 90c and at that point the performance takes a massive nose dive.
I cannot play Elite for more than literally a minute and half before the temp gets too high and the card throttles back.
I'm going to put my old GTX 650 back in now, at least I can play a game that way. the 770 is useless. I'm not sure if I can get a refund as I've fitted it and used it but I won't simply lose £230 for nothing
It a nutshell it comes down to the same thing. idling the card hits the mid to upper 80's. (84-88c) when stressed it quickly ramps up to over 90c and at that point the performance takes a massive nose dive.
I cannot play Elite for more than literally a minute and half before the temp gets too high and the card throttles back.
I'm going to put my old GTX 650 back in now, at least I can play a game that way. the 770 is useless. I'm not sure if I can get a refund as I've fitted it and used it but I won't simply lose £230 for nothing
Just out of interest, have you tried running with your case left open?
I'd try and rma the card but don't mention you used msi afterburner or other program for altering the fan curve as they could use that to invalidate the warranty and accuse you of overclocking. If you can run a 650 fine then it definitely sounds like the card is at fault. My 680 was idling around 60 in a closed fractal node 605 case. My 970 idles at 50 and the fans don't even turn on till it hits 60.
I'd try and rma the card but don't mention you used msi afterburner or other program for altering the fan curve as they could use that to invalidate the warranty and accuse you of overclocking. If you can run a 650 fine then it definitely sounds like the card is at fault. My 680 was idling around 60 in a closed fractal node 605 case. My 970 idles at 50 and the fans don't even turn on till it hits 60.
Been fiddling with this all day, have reinstalled the software twice, have reseated the card twice, have tried a heap of gpu temp software and gpu stress software.
It a nutshell it comes down to the same thing. idling the card hits the mid to upper 80's. (84-88c) when stressed it quickly ramps up to over 90c and at that point the performance takes a massive nose dive.
I cannot play Elite for more than literally a minute and half before the temp gets too high and the card throttles back.
I'm going to put my old GTX 650 back in now, at least I can play a game that way. the 770 is useless. I'm not sure if I can get a refund as I've fitted it and used it but I won't simply lose £230 for nothing
Have you tired a stock out of the box game, if so and it overheats send it back.
Oh BTW I was at the station with the bump mapped planet tonight, never noticed the mapping before until I looked closer with the rift
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Yeah I tried with the case open, no difference and I didn't change the fan settings as they were running what seemed to be flat out anyway.
Thanks
I phoned the shop I bought it at and they said to post it back or take it in and luckily its only 2-3 miles away from me and a friend gave me a lift. (I don't drive)
They took the card back which is good as I was worried that once I'd opened the box and fitted it they wouldn't replace it. anyway there was no other Gigabyte 770's in the shop only a brand I've not really heard of.
EVGA 770 SC. The price was £15 more but he very kindly waived that and let me do a straight swap. I've not fitted the new card yet but this has only 2 fans, the other had 3. maybe signs that its not as good?
anyway I'll let you know how it does when I fit it.
They took the card back which is good as I was worried that once I'd opened the box and fitted it they wouldn't replace it. anyway there was no other Gigabyte 770's in the shop only a brand I've not really heard of.
EVGA 770 SC. The price was £15 more but he very kindly waived that and let me do a straight swap. I've not fitted the new card yet but this has only 2 fans, the other had 3. maybe signs that its not as good?
anyway I'll let you know how it does when I fit it.
If it's of any consolation, I had 3 graphics cards in a row which had to be returned.
At the risk of being delicate, you need to stick to one of the more reliable makes.
I have Asus
Also, install this to keep an eye of things: http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
At the risk of being delicate, you need to stick to one of the more reliable makes.
I have Asus
Also, install this to keep an eye of things: http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
Each board partner has their own cooling designs, more fans don't equal better. It might equal noiser though lol
I've heard good things about the evga cards too, so you should be good to go. Report back
There is a popularity chart on this forum.
It's what convinced me to opt for Asus. EVGA comes second.
It's a bit of a shame it wasn't kep up really. even expanded into a feedback of cards causing problems.
http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=42354
It's what convinced me to opt for Asus. EVGA comes second.
It's a bit of a shame it wasn't kep up really. even expanded into a feedback of cards causing problems.
http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=42354
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