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James86
09-14-2011, 04:05 AM
So my GTX 560Ti starting acting up about a week ago when I was playing dead island and tf2. the driver would crash 3 or 4 times during gameplay and the get stuck in "half clock safe mode" and then run without crashing. At first I thought it was the drivers so I did a clean install of the 280's and still was having the problem. So I tried the 275 and 270 drivers and still no luck so I'm thinking the card is dying. Any thoughts?
I was also getting artifacts everyone was Black
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/5765/deadislandgame201109122.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/109/deadislandgame201109122.png/)
Blacksmith1
09-14-2011, 04:44 AM
gotta ask the required questions.
Overclocked?
Power connected properly?
is it seated?
did the cat/dog pee in it? ;)
that's the MSI windforce right? are you sure the heatsink is properly tightened? I took mine off when I got it just to have a look under it. the screws seemed on the "edge" of loose.
check your temps. and does it artifact while at idle? (my gtx280 does if folding)
James86
09-14-2011, 04:46 AM
Pic of crash

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/116/crashdo.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/710/crashdo.jpg/)
James86
09-14-2011, 04:49 AM
not overclocked
I'll have to check the heatsink
temps max out in the mid 60's
acts fine at idle and when watching vids and sufring at Safe clocks i.e. 405 Mhz for core
Blacksmith1
09-15-2011, 12:55 AM
That seems like a safe temp. if the heatsink was loose it would be higher. are you sure the power plugs are tight?
James86
09-15-2011, 03:32 AM
just reseated the card and plugs to be sure and still crashes :(
Blacksmith1
09-15-2011, 11:23 AM
Sounds like it's RMA time....
Sorry bud.
James86
09-16-2011, 02:55 AM
Good thing I still have my 4850 for a backup card
James86
09-18-2011, 04:55 PM
I think I found the problem I downloaded a dead island config tool and disabled SSAO and bloom and now no crashes =)
I'll have to do more testing to be sure
Blacksmith1
09-18-2011, 05:27 PM
cool, but the bloom should work on that card
what's ssao?
James86
09-18-2011, 10:15 PM
Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Space_Ambient_Occlusion
James86
09-19-2011, 04:32 AM
Now it's back to crashing every 2-3 min
I guess it's RMA time =(
Blacksmith1
09-19-2011, 05:14 AM
Sorry to hear that, I was hoping it was just a glitch in D.I.
James86
09-24-2011, 05:36 PM
Just sent in the card on Fri to Gigabyte hopefully I hear from them early next week
James86
10-06-2011, 09:43 PM
Just got my card back today a week and a half turnaround is great
I'm gonna throw some WU's at it and see how it holds up
Blacksmith1
10-07-2011, 04:24 AM
YAY! looks like it did the first one okay.
James86
10-08-2011, 02:54 AM
Yep looked good folding and no crashes yet
Blacksmith1
10-08-2011, 03:07 PM
Time to test the gaming
James86
10-08-2011, 05:49 PM
I'm on it this weekend