GTX260 Video Artifacting/BSODs

[Shook]

WELL, Went to BestBuy picked up the Corsair 750Watt PSU with the single 60A 12V Rail... put it in and.... still doing the exact same thing.... Im at a loss...


Could I have gotten 2 bad Vid Cards?!?

Take out 1 RAM stick, all video cards, enable the onboard GPU, and make sure the HDD is on the SATA 1 port. Disable the DVD burner too. Triple check all cables are fully seated. I have probably said this, but I have the same board and its great - especially the heatpipes.

I ran my system bone stock the whole time my vid card was being RMA'd. I never once ran into the same problems that I get while using my GTX260. So what now? New Mobo? Possibly the Gigabyte mobo and nvidia card are not compatible? I don't want to get an nvidia chipset mobo though, i hear they are terrible!

 

[Frostmourne]

WELL, Went to BestBuy picked up the Corsair 750Watt PSU with the single 60A 12V Rail... put it in and.... still doing the exact same thing.... Im at a loss...


Could I have gotten 2 bad Vid Cards?!?

Take out 1 RAM stick, all video cards, enable the onboard GPU, and make sure the HDD is on the SATA 1 port. Disable the DVD burner too. Triple check all cables are fully seated. I have probably said this, but I have the same board and its great - especially the heatpipes.

I ran my system bone stock the whole time my vid card was being RMA'd. I never once ran into the same problems that I get while using my GTX260. So what now? New Mobo? Possibly the Gigabyte mobo and nvidia card are not compatible? I don't want to get an nvidia chipset mobo though, i hear they are terrible!

Agree about Nvidia chipsets. If the above works, get an ATI card.

 

[Shook]

Agree about Nvidia chipsets. If the above works, get an ATI card.

With that said, can anyone give some suggestions on nvidia chipset mobos that are worth a damn? I have never used ATI, because of the feedback I hear about their terrible drivers.... How about a suggestion for a good ATI vid card that is comparable or better than the GTX260?

 

[seekermeister]

Can a card be any better than the driver that they use?

 

[Shook]

Can a card be any better than the driver that they use?

Well I wouldn't think so, I have just heard some horror stories, and myself have always used nVidia. Suggestions?

 

[Frostmourne]

Can a card be any better than the driver that they use?

Well I wouldn't think so, I have just heard some horror stories, and myself have always used nVidia. Suggestions?

Keep the mobo and spring for a 4890. That's the card I chose, a standard Sapphire model. Choose chipsets made by the cpu manufacturer's.

 

[zezasu]

Don't listen to everyone. I was also afraid to try out ATI, but since nvidia didn't have anything that i felt was reasonable but powerful and easy on my energy bill. Even the ATI 5770 can run max settings for COD MW2. Ati is doing a much better job with the ones I got. I also strong recommend Sapphire models.
They are really great. almost near silent and somewhat powered. On COD MW2 mine hits around 60C and idles at 50C. (have no clue how people get 37C on idle.

Don't be a fan of one, be a fan of what is the best. You may find out you love it.

 

[Shook]

Almost bought this one today..... might go back to MicroCenter in KC and buy it tomorrow.... what you think?

Micro Center - Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 PCIe 2.0 Graphics Card

 

[Frostmourne]

Almost bought this one today..... might go back to MicroCenter in KC and buy it tomorrow.... what you think?

Micro Center - Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 PCIe 2.0 Graphics Card

128-bit memory bus is a bottleneck. If you want DirectX11 go for a 5850, if not a 4890 is still a great card (and the one I bought).

 

[Shook]

Almost bought this one today..... might go back to MicroCenter in KC and buy it tomorrow.... what you think?

Micro Center - Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 PCIe 2.0 Graphics Card

128-bit memory bus is a bottleneck. If you want DirectX11 go for a 5850, if not a 4890 is still a great card (and the one I bought).

Is it really that much of a bottleneck? I mean would I notice the difference from my GTX260?

If it would solve my problem by going to ATI, than I would accept the "bottleneck". I am just fed up with this damn problem. Would like someone to say.... Hey its your _____. Replace that and your good. LOL if it was only that easy!

 

[zezasu]

Almost bought this one today..... might go back to MicroCenter in KC and buy it tomorrow.... what you think?

Micro Center - Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 PCIe 2.0 Graphics Card

128-bit memory bus is a bottleneck. If you want DirectX11 go for a 5850, if not a 4890 is still a great card (and the one I bought).

It might be, but while I had one, now it sitting in its box again, but in real life I never noticed anything choking it down. While I don't play Crysis or something else, It was pretty awesome. Ive read the 5770 is on par with the GTX260. I still got the 5850 but that sucker is a little bigger and thats why the 5770 is in the box again. This was with COD MW2. Depending on the game you might have different power.

 

[Shook]

Almost bought this one today..... might go back to MicroCenter in KC and buy it tomorrow.... what you think?

Micro Center - Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 PCIe 2.0 Graphics Card

128-bit memory bus is a bottleneck. If you want DirectX11 go for a 5850, if not a 4890 is still a great card (and the one I bought).

It might be, but while I had one, now it sitting in its box again, but in real life I never noticed anything choking it down. While I don't play Crysis or something else, It was pretty awesome. Ive read the 5770 is on par with the GTX260. I still got the 5850 but that sucker is a little bigger and thats why the 5770 is in the box again. This was with COD MW2. Depending on the game you might have different power.

Very nice, how much?

 

[zezasu]

I was running at everything maxed out with 1920 x 1080. I don't do the mark-vantage stuff so I can give figures for that especially since the 5850 from Sapphire is inside, with some luck.

 

[Shook]

I was running at everything maxed out with 1920 x 1080. I don't do the mark-vantage stuff so I can give figures for that especially since the 5850 from Sapphire is inside, with some luck.

Can't send you a PM zezasu

 

[Shook]

Well went and picked up the HD5770 today. Uninstalled all the nVidia drivers, installed ATI 10.2 drivers for this card, put it in..... Ran great on the new Battlefield Bad Company 2. Went to launch CoDMW2 and was in a map for about 10 seconds, got a black screen then the monitor said DVI No Input. Restarted my comp and now back to normal. Havn't gotten any TDRs but I just now got some weird crazy lookin messed up textures show up on the taskbar... but they soon went away. Will be testing this alot more

 

[xile2010]

ah, so you went from the gtx 260 to ATI.. no RMA?

The reason I ask is I also have GTX 260.. (no problems yet 9 months ownership/usage). I suposedly have a lifetime RMA, did they refuse your RMA or you just cut your losses?

Also I went to your microcenter link and saw they have no GTX 260's or above almost like they were no longer being manufactured or sold. I would imagine because of the DX 11 thing and the market being broke.

I guess if mine went, I would be in the same boat as you.

 

[Shook]

ah, so you went from the gtx 260 to ATI.. no RMA?

The reason I ask is I also have GTX 260.. (no problems yet 9 months ownership/usage). I suposedly have a lifetime RMA, did they refuse your RMA or you just cut your losses?

Also I went to your microcenter link and saw they have no GTX 260's or above almost like they were no longer being manufactured or sold. I would imagine because of the DX 11 thing and the market being broke.

I guess if mine went, I would be in the same boat as you.

I RMA'd the GTX260 and it didnt fix my problem..... and actually the 5770 is acting up as well.... I guess its time to RMA my mobo or buy a new one.... dont know what else to do

 

[zezasu]

The only things I can say are,

The Monitor might have some issues with displaying things, so you might check on another computer with the monitor before you go out spending more money if you can or with another friends.

Do you get blue screens or visually things dont look correct to you? If you get blue screens, maybe you could get the files for the blue screen ( the dump or mini dump files) and someone around here could help out if you posted them.

 

[Shook]

The only things I can say are,

The Monitor might have some issues with displaying things, so you might check on another computer with the monitor before you go out spending more money if you can or with another friends.

Do you get blue screens or visually things dont look correct to you? If you get blue screens, maybe you could get the files for the blue screen ( the dump or mini dump files) and someone around here could help out if you posted them.

I've used a LG 20" 1600x900 and got the problems. Recently bought an ASUS 24" 1920x1080 and get the same problems. I posted the minidumps in the original post. But I mean its got to be my mobo I would think, 2 different cards doing the basically same thing, one nVidia one ATI.

The most common problem I have with the 5770 is while trying to play CoD:MW2 it will go to a black screen and my monitor shows no input. This happens about 10-15 seconds within joining a game. Can't CTRL+ALT+DEL or Alt tab or anything, have to hit the reset button to do anything. How common are defective PCIe slots on Gigabyte mobos?

 

[zezasu]

That changes a lot and sorry about the mini-dumps, forgot since this has been going on for awhile and I don't know how to understand the mini-dumps.

Post some new ones since your using a 5770 card just so someone can compare them also.

It could be the motherboard but I would think its the PSU not feeding power to the card more.
I looked up some problems and I came up with this about the drivers and MSE being active while playing games. I guess its happening to some people. Try that also.
Not sure if you have Microsoft Security Essentials. It might be another program thats causing issues.

AMD Game Forums - Multiples Games crash on 5770