8800GTS 320mb stutters every second

[Ika]

I have an eVGA 8800GTS 320mb. Whenever I play anything 3D now (CS:Source, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Mass Effect, whatever) I've noticed that the card skips a frame every second or so. This behavior has only been recently (within the past month), but I don't know exactly when it started. I've tried lowering the clocks on the card to stock settings, below stock settings, and highest stable overclock, but nothing makes a difference. Any idea what's going on?

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: Aflac
I have an eVGA 8800GTS 320mb. Whenever I play anything 3D now (CS:Source, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Mass Effect, whatever) I've noticed that the card skips a frame every second or so. This behavior has only been recently (within the past month), but I don't know exactly when it started. I've tried lowering the clocks on the card to stock settings, below stock settings, and highest stable overclock, but nothing makes a difference. Any idea what's going on?

The VRAM is dying..... typical of nV cards...

70c GPU temps are fine but GDDR is not designed to run that hot over long term

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: Mr Fox

Originally posted by: Aflac
I have an eVGA 8800GTS 320mb. Whenever I play anything 3D now (CS:Source, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Mass Effect, whatever) I've noticed that the card skips a frame every second or so. This behavior has only been recently (within the past month), but I don't know exactly when it started. I've tried lowering the clocks on the card to stock settings, below stock settings, and highest stable overclock, but nothing makes a difference. Any idea what's going on?

The VRAM is dying..... typical of nV cards...

70c GPU temps are fine but GDDR is not designed to run that hot over long term

Gah... I was afraid of this. I had been getting a single minor artifact in ATiTool at any clock, but it wasn't affecting my gaming until now. I suppose I'll just bite the bullet and get a new card.

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: Aflac

Originally posted by: Mr Fox

Originally posted by: Aflac
I have an eVGA 8800GTS 320mb. Whenever I play anything 3D now (CS:Source, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Mass Effect, whatever) I've noticed that the card skips a frame every second or so. This behavior has only been recently (within the past month), but I don't know exactly when it started. I've tried lowering the clocks on the card to stock settings, below stock settings, and highest stable overclock, but nothing makes a difference. Any idea what's going on?

The VRAM is dying..... typical of nV cards...

70c GPU temps are fine but GDDR is not designed to run that hot over long term

Gah... I was afraid of this. I had been getting a single minor artifact in ATiTool at any clock, but it wasn't affecting my gaming until now. I suppose I'll just bite the bullet and get a new card.

RMA .. Tis a Lifetime Warranty....

 

[faxon]

Is thecard evga? If so then RMA it and they will probably send you an upgrade lol.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: Mr Fox
RMA .. Tis a Lifetime Warranty....

I was under the impression that unless you register within 30 days of purchase, eVGA will only give it a one or two-year warranty. The card is just over two years old.

In any case, I just registered with eVGA and am going through the RMA hoops now. Will these symptoms (the single artifact in ATiTool and stuttering every second) be enough to diagnose failing VRAM? I tried to look for a better source but couldn't find anything.

 

[Kakkoii]

What CPU do you have?

 

[flexy]

The VRAM is dying..... typical of nV cards...

not only does the OP in NO way indicate a memory error - there are no artifacts, bad polygons etc..etc...i have NO idea how you could conclude that a micro-stutter like that has anything to do with faulty vram. (As a side note, i also never heard of any "typical vram dying with NV cards" issues)

Also..i had this issue once...it might be driver related, with some older driver. Also noticed that it MIGHT happen after many hours WoW playing in certain battlegrounds, restarting WoW fixed the problem. MIGHT also be related to SSD....so its unclear what caused the micro stutters.

Now explain to me how a stutter every second or two makes you conclude it is VRAM? The wirst thing which can happen is he is going through the RMA process - they find nothing and he will STILL have the problem.

To exclude Vram etc,. problems i'd say he should run the OCCT3.1 GPU tests as well as furmark...and also a variety of 3dmarks and look for artifacts. But i am pretty sure its not a hardware defect.

Edit: Oversaw that you did get an artifcact..so yes..RMA no question

 

[Genx87]

I once had a stuttering issue between a 6800GT and an Nforce 3 250 chipset. I solved this by either using an older version of the card drivers or not installing Nvidia's IDE controller driver.