Recent Upgrade Problems ... Need Help :(

[mikey8684]

[[Sorry if this is in the wrong section]]

Ok so I'm really stuck here :/

Today I finally got round to upgrading to the following from my listed "System Specs"

Gainward GTX 760 4GB (running 337.88 drivers)
8GB (2x4GB) G.Skill DDR3 1600MHz

For some unknown reason most of my games crash now unlike before

2 in particular are Wolfenstein The New Order .. and Watch Dogs ... both of which ran ok at the settings I had them at before the upgrade.

Now I know WD is not the most stable thing atm for most but it worked before. Now it just crashes to desktop when it feels like it. I've also tried a huge variety of settings to try sort it out but still no luck.

Wolfenstein just crashed with an open GL error saying something about the TDR ??

I've had no other hardware related issues ......
I'm not sure what to do from here, and any help would be really appreciated.

 

[micropage7]

have you tried newer graphic card driver?
uninstall the previous then using the latest driver

 

[mikey8684]

I thought 337.88 was the latest one ?

 

[RCoon]

Did you do a clean install of drivers?

Test non Beta drivers, and ensure you do clean installs. Also, run a quick MemTest86+ for one pass, just to see if any immediate errors pop up with your memory.

 

[mikey8684]

At first I just installed the hardware and let windows do it's thing .. restarted then all seemed fine .. after the games started acting up I ran the nvidia drivers again

a few times an error message popped up in the tray saying that "I had recovered from a display error blah blah etc"

 

[erixx]

^^ and then check thermal paste of GPU.... Or first, run a temperature monitoring program like Aida64 or other. In Aida open tools/Stability test, but do not run it. Just let the statistics compile.... while you play that game. (maybe you have to "Add" GPU temp in the Stability Test manually, go to its Preferences.)

 

[OneMoar]

run furmark in benchmark mode a few times see if that triggers a TDR
if it does it might just be a defective card

 

[micropage7]

I thought 337.88 was the latest one ?

you may try beta or final, sometimes newer one offer you more but not stable

 

[mikey8684]

could it be that the drivers I have were chosen (although the package is the same) for my old card .. should I redownload the same driver but chose the new card from the list ??

gonna feel like a sack of dicks if this is all it is lol

 

[micropage7]

could it be that the drivers I have were chosen (although the package is the same) for my old card .. should I redownload the same driver but chose the new card from the list ??

gonna feel like a sack of dicks if this is all it is lol

what about 320.49 WHQL?
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win8-win7-winvista-64bit-320.49-whql-driver.html

personally i think its from driver, but just check one by one, try using different driver, test the card, or you may test it on other pc before saying its from the card

 

[mikey8684]

gonna try a few things mentioned .. thanks brb

 

[mikey8684]

Ok so I uninstalled the new card and drivers and everything nvidia related in the Programs and Features list.
Then restarted and let windows update the drivers and it installed 335.23
I'll see if this helped at all, and if not I'll install the latest ones for my correct card and go from there

 

[mikey8684]

I got this message again -

Display driver stopped responding and has recovered
Display driver NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 335.23 stopped responding and has successfully recovered.

I've installed the latest driver package now .. hopefully it helps :-/


Nope .. didn't help .. I even let GeForce Experience set the Optimal settings for me to and still crashes
I'm so lost at what else to try

 

[OneMoar]

I got this message again -

Display driver stopped responding and has recovered
Display driver NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 335.23 stopped responding and has successfully recovered.

I've installed the latest driver package now .. hopefully it helps :-/


Nope .. didn't help .. I even let GeForce Experience set the Optimal settings for me to and still crashes
I'm so lost at what else to try

run furmark in benchmark mode 3 passes use gpuz to monitor the temps in said passes if it fails furmark rma the card

 

[JswizzPC]

[[Sorry if this is in the wrong section]]

Ok so I'm really stuck here :/

Today I finally got round to upgrading to the following from my listed "System Specs"

Gainward GTX 760 4GB (running 337.88 drivers)
8GB (2x4GB) G.Skill DDR3 1600MHz

For some unknown reason most of my games crash now unlike before

2 in particular are Wolfenstein The New Order .. and Watch Dogs ... both of which ran ok at the settings I had them at before the upgrade.

Now I know WD is not the most stable thing atm for most but it worked before. Now it just crashes to desktop when it feels like it. I've also tried a huge variety of settings to try sort it out but still no luck.

Wolfenstein just crashed with an open GL error saying something about the TDR ??

I've had no other hardware related issues ......
I'm not sure what to do from here, and any help would be really appreciated.

i had the same issue with the 337.88 drivers. i would go back to the latest beta driver they released. for me it seems to be working better

 

[mikey8684]

I just tried the 337.50 Beta drivers and this time I got Black screen, Blue screen then restart ... getting so frustrated >:-(

 

[OneMoar]

what was the stop code ?

 

[JswizzPC]

time for an RMA my friend

 

[mikey8684]

what was the stop code ?

Stop code ?? where/how do I find this ?

time for an RMA my friend

Haven't even had it for 24hrs

 

[JswizzPC]

when you get the blue screen it will say "STOP" with a bunch of numbers and letters

 

[OneMoar]

when you get the blue screen it will say "STOP" with a bunch of numbers and letters

or he can download blue screen view http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

 

[JswizzPC]

or he can download blue screen view http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

i didnt know about that haha

@mikey8684 sometimes that happens man. call the manufacturer and ask them about what it could be first before sending it back. who is the maker?

 

[mikey8684]

Thanks for all the help so far everyone.

I just got back from doing an exchange ... I cleaned and repacked the 'Gainward Phantom GTX 760 4GB' and took it back telling them it didn't fit .. which in all honesty it didn't without removing my sound card.
I paid a little extra and got the 'Gigabyte Windforce OC GTX 760 4GB' ... they were a little reluctant until I said I wanted to throw down more cash and not just get a refund lol..... my sound card now fits back in to.

Now to test this one out..... fingers crossed

 

[JswizzPC]

Ive got the gigabyte 760 as well. Mine is the 2gig version but oh well lol let me know if you decide to overclock it if your voltage is locked

 

[mikey8684]

Ive got the gigabyte 760 as well. Mine is the 2gig version but oh well lol let me know if you decide to overclock it if your voltage is locked

Sweet, and thanks but I think the factory OC settings are good enough.

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnd it all works now ... must've just been a dodgy card before.
I can now run Watch Dogs with everything maxed out @ 1920x1080 ... next thing to do is upgrade my CPU, but for now it seems to be performing well enough

THANK YOU ALL