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NVIDIA MSI GTX660 Twin Frozr 3 Crashing
Just got my card back from MSI because I had to RMA it after 2years. Thankfully the card was covered under warranty for 3. The card I got back is horrible!!!!
Anytime I try to do anything that requires the gfx card to operate it crashes... (Current driver is 352.86)
I don't know much about overclocking but I have been using EVGA Precision X and MSI Afterburner to monitor the card. When game(s) aren't running the GPU clock stays at a steady 324MHz. As soon as I try to play games or do anything that needs the card it jumps to 1019MHz, and if I max out game graphics it shoots up to over 1149MHz! I didn't think that was possible with this card? My screens go black and the computer reboots. Sometimes it doesn't reboot. It wipes out my wireless internet adapter too.
I have to reboot, unplug the wireless internet adapter, plug it back in, and wait before I can use my pc again and surf the web.
Stats without games running: Screenshot by Lightshot Note the GPU clock at 324.
Stats with games running: Screenshot by Lightshot Note the GPU clock at 1149.7!
According to this webpage Graphics card - The world leader in display performance the core GPU Clock is 1033MHz and the Boost is 1098MHz. Not sure how I'm getting up to and maybe even over 1149.7MHz.
I never monitored any of my hardware before I started having problems with this card so I don't know how the other card was operating compared to this one...
I can work my way around a computer on a more advanced level than your average user so I'm willing to try some things... but messing with flashing bios, or editing the registry I'd rather not do... =)
I just got this card back after 2 weeks of being without it... I don't want to have to send it back AGAIN! I just find it odd that the card I RMA'ed ran perfectly and this being the same one does not!?!? IDK...
Thanks in advance. =)
Here are my PC Specs:
OS - Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
CPU - Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz Quad Core
RAM - 16GB DDR3 SDRAM Patriot
Motherboard - MSI H61M-P23
Chipset - Intel H61 (Cougar Point)
Graphics Card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB of GDDR5 on board RAM
Hard Drive - Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142
Power Supply/Case - Thermaltake V2 Mid Tower 450W PSU (purchased in 2013)
Monitors - 3x 26'' LG LCD Tv's
If you need any other info just let me know.