Problem running ALL games with DirectX 10-11

Thats great!

It's good to know that increasing the voltage slightly helped with the stability and allowed Unigine to actually run without exiting with that D3D11 error message!

From what i can see on your GPUz stats while running the game everything looks normal (your clocks (slightly over the default), gpu usage and temperatures)... but the VDDC looks suspiciously low at 0.99 volts, just a heads up, you need to keep Afterburner switched on at all times whilist playing your games, or else the new voltage settings/clocks will not hold...

Keep on testing with more DX10/11 games with the same increased voltage and keep them running longer (1 - 2 hours at least), but don't touch the clocks on Afterburner yet... hope this fix will work for your in the longer term...

If the games blacken/crash out again, increase voltage a little bit more and try again for the same amount of time, repeat until it's complete rock solid stable...

Keep us updated!

EDIT:- A PSU rated at 700W Gold should be sufficient for your rig.. so worries there

I meant no worries, it was a mistype =), Don't worry about the PSU!

VDDC is just basically your core voltage that you've selected in MSI Afterburner...

What i mean by keeping Afterburner on is that once you've started the program and increased your voltage, do not close it until you're done playing your game or running the benchmarks... just minimize it...

Dear oh dear, did it crash again? How long did Unigine last this time before crashing? How about your other games?

If you reach the max Core Voltage and its unstable, you then have to reduce the clocks too until stability is reached. I think you can try up to around 1100 - 1200 mV, do it in small increments though

You can change the clocks now if you want... reduce them by 100MHz as a test if you wish...

And yes you can't uninstall Afterburner, you have to run it in the background.. It's a very useful monitoring and clocking tool to have anyway! =)

If all is done and exhausted, you may have to look into RMAing (send back to manufacturer) your GPU for a new one if it's still under warranty =(, or if you can find a spare GPU lying around try and test it on your system...

Nope... you can keep the Core Voltage the same (or increase it)..

The idea here is to find the correct combination of Core Voltage and clocks that would hold up nicely when running a game.... some cards require a higher voltage to maintain stability at the same clocks.. it varies from card to card..

What happens is that in most (90%) cases the manufacturer's prefined set of voltages implemented in the card is sufficient, but in the case of your card, it does not seem to be the case.

You're most welcome fnnoname, you did well to bear with me all those hours too!

I know the feeling of distress you get when your precious machine the you've paid a nice amount of cash to enjoy doesn't work as well as it should...