View Full Version : GTX280 XXX - Strange behavior in Video Card Stability Test
vega22
12-16-2008, 01:09 PM
Once a month I run this program to verify that all the graphics system remains stable. Always my card has passed the test in a completely fluid way, with the two balls of the world spinning totally smooth.
But now the card is unable to spin smooth the bottom ball, which uses the pixel shaders how render. The graphic stutters, and the PSU (corsair hx1000)emits louds pitch noises synchronously with the stuttering. I think something is wrong now with the voltage/power regulator circuit from the card.
Any feedback in this regard will be well appreciated by me. Thanks in advance
XFX Tech
12-17-2008, 03:26 PM
Does it ever stutter in games? Do you have another computer that you can try that card in to see if it does the same thing?
vega22
12-17-2008, 03:37 PM
Yes, same behavior in a Rampage Extreme and in a Gigabyte x58 Extreme. Same with a Seasonic s12 600 and with a Corsair hx1000.
Anyway I have already contacted the support and I already have my ticket open with a technician assigned for which I've made some tests. Excellent and quick service.
vega22
12-17-2008, 03:40 PM
Does it ever stutter in games? Do you have another computer that you can try that card in to see if it does the same thing?
Not, in games is allright. FPS in 3D not problem, all smooth. In 2D, video and films, i have too much tearing now, but i dont know if this is because the same problem...
XFX Tech
12-18-2008, 08:39 AM
What is the ticket ID from online support so I can take a look at what they have asked you to do already?
vega22
12-19-2008, 01:53 AM
The ticket is 196503. But I am using in the ticket my native language, Spanish. The technicien has asked me to run a test temperature. I've run a test (Video Card Stability Test, of course) and measured at 5, 10 and 15 minutes the temperature of the core and the ambient in full load, with hardware monitoring of RivaTuner:
Clocks (stables): core=669.60/shader=1458/ram=1242.
Fan speed (stable)=around 1700 rpm.
-CoreTemperature at 5 min=77ºC/10 min=77ºC/15 min=77ºC
-AmbientTemperature at 5 min=64ºC/10 min=64ºC/15 min=64ºC.
But something special has happened while running the test. When I passed the mouse over the graph of values in RivaTuner, the fan had immediately begun to turn faster, until 1900rpm, the CoreTemp has risen to 82 º C and CoreAmbient to 65 º C.
I am still awaiting the technicien response to my tests.