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lukehazellnut · 3rd Sep 2011, 09:38

Hi All

I have recently bought a Zotac GTX 570, brilliant card but many games wont run right with it. i get various different crashes: lockups some permanent, radomly exiting, BSOD and quite often when the game crashes i will be left with the last sound the game made never stopping till i restart. I have sometime seen the 'windows has recovered your display driver' during these crashes as well.

My specs
Mobo, Asus M3A79-T Deluxe, bios updated, OC'd but tested without OC
CPU, Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition 3GHz, zalman cooler
RAM, OCZ 4GB ddr2 1066MHz
PSU, Xilence 700W
Graphics, Zotac GTX 570, 280.26 driver clean install, NO OC
Sound, Asus xonar DS

Suspect
RAM or Graphics
Graphics, because normaly its a graphic dropout
RAM because RAMcheck threw up some errors, not quite sure how much trouble RAM errors cause but i have made note of what errors RAMcheck threw up.

Other tests i have done
Temps and PSU, i ran both prime 95 and furmark at the same time to test temperatures and PSU stability at load, temps got a bit toasty but never conked out.

Thanks
Luke

thehippoz · 3rd Sep 2011, 15:42

probably be a good idea to fix the ram errors.. maybe a faulty stick or your not getting enough/too much voltage to the sticks

thelaw · 3rd Sep 2011, 16:04

Its the likely the 280 driver, did you ever have this on the 275 driver? i get the same issue sometimes with my GTX 460 with the same message, either remove/re-install it or go back to the 275 driver.

lukehazellnut · 3rd Sep 2011, 19:22

thanks for the replies
Il try the 275 driver and il look into the RAM voltages.

Will post again after some testing

Cheers again

lukehazellnut · 5th Sep 2011, 16:20

Finally got the time to make the changes, still not stable but more so then it was.
I think the RAM made the real difference finding that it should run at 2.1v - 2.2v and im assuming the auto setting wasnt giving it that.

Though its now more stable, after playing the witcher 2 for while it starts to play up again though not straight away. Playing a few hours of supreme commander was absolutely fine though, im assuming its because the witcher 2 is that more demanding.

So im gona try memtest again and see if it still throws up errors, if it does maybe thats where the problem lies.

Any other suggestions would be welcomed

Cheers

3rd Sep 2011, 09:38	#1
lukehazellnut What's a Dremel? Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Hastings, East Sussex, UK Posts: 3	Game crashes, GTX570 or RAM? Hi All I have recently bought a Zotac GTX 570, brilliant card but many games wont run right with it. i get various different crashes: lockups some permanent, radomly exiting, BSOD and quite often when the game crashes i will be left with the last sound the game made never stopping till i restart. I have sometime seen the 'windows has recovered your display driver' during these crashes as well. My specs Mobo, Asus M3A79-T Deluxe, bios updated, OC'd but tested without OC CPU, Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition 3GHz, zalman cooler RAM, OCZ 4GB ddr2 1066MHz PSU, Xilence 700W Graphics, Zotac GTX 570, 280.26 driver clean install, NO OC Sound, Asus xonar DS Suspect RAM or Graphics Graphics, because normaly its a graphic dropout RAM because RAMcheck threw up some errors, not quite sure how much trouble RAM errors cause but i have made note of what errors RAMcheck threw up. Other tests i have done Temps and PSU, i ran both prime 95 and furmark at the same time to test temperatures and PSU stability at load, temps got a bit toasty but never conked out. Thanks Luke

3rd Sep 2011, 16:04	#3
thelaw Cynical B*stard Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Hawkes Bay, New Zealand Posts: 1,071	Its the likely the 280 driver, did you ever have this on the 275 driver? i get the same issue sometimes with my GTX 460 with the same message, either remove/re-install it or go back to the 275 driver. __________________ Main rig : I5 2500k @ 4.5Ghz / Asus P8P67 Pro / KUHLER H20 620 water cooler /16 GB 4x4gb Corsair Vengeance 1600 1.5v Ram / 2x Gigabyte GV-N460SO-1GI GeForce GTX 460 1GB super overclocked edition SLI'ed BABY / OCZ Vertex 2 60gb Sata 2 SSD + 2x 750GB samgsung drives / Coolmaster 700w gold series psu / antec 900 case with 120mm sickleflow fans / NZXT Sentry 2 fan controller / 2x 22 inch benQ full HD G222HDL 1920x1080 monitors and pair of Razer Carcharias for my sounds :-)

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3rd Sep 2011, 15:42	#2
thehippoz Banned Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 5,780	probably be a good idea to fix the ram errors.. maybe a faulty stick or your not getting enough/too much voltage to the sticks

3rd Sep 2011, 19:22	#4
lukehazellnut What's a Dremel? Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Hastings, East Sussex, UK Posts: 3	thanks for the replies Il try the 275 driver and il look into the RAM voltages. Will post again after some testing Cheers again

5th Sep 2011, 16:20	#5
lukehazellnut What's a Dremel? Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Hastings, East Sussex, UK Posts: 3	Finally got the time to make the changes, still not stable but more so then it was. I think the RAM made the real difference finding that it should run at 2.1v - 2.2v and im assuming the auto setting wasnt giving it that. Though its now more stable, after playing the witcher 2 for while it starts to play up again though not straight away. Playing a few hours of supreme commander was absolutely fine though, im assuming its because the witcher 2 is that more demanding. So im gona try memtest again and see if it still throws up errors, if it does maybe thats where the problem lies. Any other suggestions would be welcomed Cheers