I am hoping someone may have an answer to a problem that has been bugging me for some time hence tail between legs and asking for help
I recently bought a second GTX480 to run in sli meaning a PSU, Motherboard and RAM upgrade to go with it.
I am pretty sure that I have everything at the correct settings. Motherboard is set to XMP meaning my i7 2700k is @ 3.9ghz, Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 @ 1600mhz. Both cards are at stock speeds I am running 306.97 drivers I am at a loose end as to what the solution to my problem is. Mobo is ASUS P8Z68-V GEN3 and PSU is a Corsair HX1050.
All temps are fine, custom water cooling and the second GTX480 is a Gigabyte with a custom 3 fan cooler strapped to it.
Ok, here is my problem that gives me several different error messages with different software. I have expirienced black screens using furmark completely locking up my computer needing a hard reset. In fact more like a power down and then power back on again. Reset hangs.......................
In Heaven 3.0 I get a message telling me that a device has been removed suggesting loss of connection with GPU or GPU's. In Dirt3 very rarely I get a display driver stopped responding issue ( not needing to reset my system ) In Crysis Warhead I suffered black screen crashes all over the place so un-installed. In Max Payne 3 I got black screen crashes back to desktop so un installed.
The only benchmark software which appears to be ' stable ' for my system is 3dmark11 which is great but doesn't help me much.
Maybe somebody has had similar issues?? I have run memtest86 with no errors, prime and windows memtest to rule out a duff RAM stick. Positive results everytime!!! Scratching head is getting boring.......
Suggestions I have looked into on other internet posts are lack of power going to my card or cards which seems to me the most likely cause to my problem. I have therefor increased the voltage on both cards, still I have the same issues.
I also read a post somewhere saying that my PSU might not be up to the job yet I read elsewhere that it should be ample.
Every now and then I get a great gaming
expirience or pass a benchmark with good scores giving me a little fake hope that everything will be fine from now on....like a boy whistleing in the wind until BAM CRASH CRASH CRASH.
Would somebody with some expirience or expertise surrounding this issue please bless me with a solution!!!!????
Many Thanks in advance
George
I recently bought a second GTX480 to run in sli meaning a PSU, Motherboard and RAM upgrade to go with it.
I am pretty sure that I have everything at the correct settings. Motherboard is set to XMP meaning my i7 2700k is @ 3.9ghz, Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 @ 1600mhz. Both cards are at stock speeds I am running 306.97 drivers I am at a loose end as to what the solution to my problem is. Mobo is ASUS P8Z68-V GEN3 and PSU is a Corsair HX1050.
All temps are fine, custom water cooling and the second GTX480 is a Gigabyte with a custom 3 fan cooler strapped to it.
Ok, here is my problem that gives me several different error messages with different software. I have expirienced black screens using furmark completely locking up my computer needing a hard reset. In fact more like a power down and then power back on again. Reset hangs.......................
In Heaven 3.0 I get a message telling me that a device has been removed suggesting loss of connection with GPU or GPU's. In Dirt3 very rarely I get a display driver stopped responding issue ( not needing to reset my system ) In Crysis Warhead I suffered black screen crashes all over the place so un-installed. In Max Payne 3 I got black screen crashes back to desktop so un installed.
The only benchmark software which appears to be ' stable ' for my system is 3dmark11 which is great but doesn't help me much.
Maybe somebody has had similar issues?? I have run memtest86 with no errors, prime and windows memtest to rule out a duff RAM stick. Positive results everytime!!! Scratching head is getting boring.......
Suggestions I have looked into on other internet posts are lack of power going to my card or cards which seems to me the most likely cause to my problem. I have therefor increased the voltage on both cards, still I have the same issues.
I also read a post somewhere saying that my PSU might not be up to the job yet I read elsewhere that it should be ample.
Every now and then I get a great gaming
expirience or pass a benchmark with good scores giving me a little fake hope that everything will be fine from now on....like a boy whistleing in the wind until BAM CRASH CRASH CRASH.
Would somebody with some expirience or expertise surrounding this issue please bless me with a solution!!!!????
Many Thanks in advance
George
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