Strange problem guys

[Aedubber]

So while im in game and playing a game , the screen starts to flicker here and there and then it stops and comes back on later . Another moment out of nowhere , screen shutdown and all of a sudden my gpu drivers have been recovered succesfully? When i am overclocking and cant stay stable with vantage thats what happens somtimes, but im gaming at the specs i got the cards from EVGA.. WHat you guys think this could be happening? Very strange and only in games with gets like this.

[Ket]

Clean out drivers and reinstall is a good starting point

[tentp0le]

Power issue?
Check if the PSU can handle your system specc, also check PCI-e power cables - have you connected both etc?

[spynoodle]

If all else fails, i'd just think that it's a bad card.

[Aedubber]

Yea I will do all the above and see what happens . Yes I have a hx850 power supply which is sli rated etc . I hope it's not the secondary pcie cables for my 2nd card that are going bad :/ .. I know there was a thread about it a while ago .

[STEvil]

Heat for GPU(s) or heat causing efficiency drop of the PSU over time.

[Ket]

Depends what PSU he has. If its any kind of PSU with quality to it even in a toasty environment the PSU shouldn't be dropping below around 80% efficiency.

[Aedubber]

Seems like 1 of my gpus is htting 99c immed !! While the other is just around 73c. Did a couple tests yesterday . I disabled sli to run the card that runs cooler and haven't had a problem .. I talked to evga about it and I said I might try applying my own Tim on it but honestly I think something is just wrong with it . When I start a bench test the ba card immed hits 99c wihin 10 seconds of the test .. I had my computer reboot on me 3 times last night but when I just ran single with the normal card
, no glicthes or reboots or crashes .. Hmmm

[Ket]

Its possible the cooler just isn't making good contact. Deffinately worth trying a remount IMO.

[Aedubber]

Well I was thinking about maybe just RMAing the card cuz my EK waterblocks came in but I can't install them yet . Eh screw it , I'll try my mx3 I have at home and see how the temps r

[Aedubber]

Ok well I took apart and applied my own thermal paste , temps are great !! I'm still getting problems tho gaming .. Game gets choppy , screen blacksout sometimes , some objects and shapes don't fully appear while playing in game .. I tried with sli disabled in the nvidia control panel and the game runs smoother , when I have sli enabled it seems to give me
problems then .. What you guys think could be the problem?

[damha]

Bad card for sure. Typical nvidia crap manufacturing.

[Aedubber]

Dammit , not what I wanted to hear but I figured something has to be wrong . It's cool
cuz evga is really good about rmas and the guy I felt with was pretty
chill so well see what happens

[Aedubber]

Ok i think i figured out the problem. I tested each card 1 by 1 . The 1 card that runs cooler stock voltage on afterburner is 1012 . Now the other card stock voltage and runs warmer is 975 in afterburner. LOL i dont get it? They are both the same cards...Gonna have to RMA the lower volatge one and get another card, i think thats what the problem was in SLI , not enough power going to the 1 card and it was dragging the other card as well.