I'm pretty sure my EVGA GTX 970 is on its last legs. I do a lot of gaming for very long stretches namely in a game called Ark Survival Evolved. Only while playing, I started to get blue screens and memory allocation errors. Since some recent driver upgrades, things started to stutter which I determined was not server lag. The fans have also been running much higher than normal. At one point after a crash, my computer would be stuck in a pre-post loop which was fixed only after a cmos reset. I'm running an i7 920 which I ratcheted down from 3.9 to 3.7 to be safe. I've switched all my game settings from what was generally high / epic to medium and the crashing and stuttering has only gotten worse.
I've run Windows memory test and everything was fine. I checked my SSDs with CrystalDisk and all were in good health. I am using a Corsair HX750 power supply which I think is very reliable but have not replaced it or tested to see if there were problems with it. I tend to think since the issues only occur while I'm playing a game, it is likely video card related.
At this point in my life, I can't afford an upgrade. Keeping things under $200 for a replacement 970 GTX would be great otherwise I'd be willing to consider under $300 for an AMD or Nvidia replacement you might suggest. New or used makes no difference to me.
Thank you for any advice! I need to get back to the Ark before the EU raiders from Ragnarok arrive!! LOL @ the things we do.
I've run Windows memory test and everything was fine. I checked my SSDs with CrystalDisk and all were in good health. I am using a Corsair HX750 power supply which I think is very reliable but have not replaced it or tested to see if there were problems with it. I tend to think since the issues only occur while I'm playing a game, it is likely video card related.
At this point in my life, I can't afford an upgrade. Keeping things under $200 for a replacement 970 GTX would be great otherwise I'd be willing to consider under $300 for an AMD or Nvidia replacement you might suggest. New or used makes no difference to me.
Thank you for any advice! I need to get back to the Ark before the EU raiders from Ragnarok arrive!! LOL @ the things we do.