Weird issue after upgrading GPU

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hawk1410

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So i recently upgraded my desktop video card from a Zotac 560 Ti to a Gigabyte Windforce OC GTX 670. But something is not right. Whenever I am playing a game, after some time the screen goes blank for a second or 2 and then either the game stops working(in case of BF3) or I experience serious FPS drops to 10-20fps(In case of Spec Ops The Line). I installed the latest WHQL Nvidia drivers after installing the new card and when I got the problem I did a completely removed all drivers and performed a fresh install of the latest beta drivers but the problem still persists. What could be the issue?
Could it have something to with my PSU as it is not exactly a high quality PSU, it is a CX600V2 with 480W on the 12V rail. I did not think it would be a problem since it ran my 560ti without any problems and the 670 consumes less power than the 560 Ti.
 
It could be:

1) Drivers just as you mentioned, have you tried the 304 one?
2) Unstable OC (which usually means that it's getting lesser volts). I'd recommend you under clock it to a 670's own stock clocks of a reference card and see if it happens again.
3) PSU, but I think that you're good in that dept.
 
I agree its prolly teh * beta* drivers bad idea.........use ccleaner to clean out old reg files and never back them up.
 
fightingfi said:
I agree its prolly teh * beta* drivers bad idea.........use ccleaner to clean out old reg files and never back them up.
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Had the same issue when I was on WHQL drivers



Illyria89 said:
It could be:

1) Drivers just as you mentioned, have you tried the 304 one?
2) Unstable OC (which usually means that it's getting lesser volts). I'd recommend you under clock it to a 670's own stock clocks of a reference card and see if it happens again.
3) PSU, but I think that you're good in that dept.
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Will try another version of the drivers. Have tried 301 and 306, not 304. If the OC is unstable isn't that a hardware fault requiring me to RMA since I haven't OCed the card and the OC is just the OC that gigabyte did.
 
Newest beta's are not so good for me. Try 304.79 beta.
 
hawk1410 said:
Will try another version of the drivers. Have tried 301 and 306, not 304. If the OC is unstable isn't that a hardware fault requiring me to RMA since I haven't OCed the card and the OC is just the OC that gigabyte did.
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That's true. It is certainly gigabytes fault, but right now at your current position, would you really wanna go through the process of RMA'ing it just cuz of lower the clock speeds?
 
I vote for a clean install of windows at this point. If that doesn't fix it, then off for a RMA
 
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