EVGA 7600GT OC problems

spldoc · Mar 5, 2007, 04:40 AM

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I'm hoping I can get some help.
Recently purchased a new barebones pc with specs listed in sig. From day one, I went thru RAing 3 bad psu's out of the box. Finally on the 4th one, no voltage irregularities. The whole time it kept blue screening, locking, etc. Now that the psu problem is fixed, the machine is still blue screening, locking, etc. Ran thru the event logger and it's all attributed to the video driver. Nvidia has been no help other than telling me that the current 93.71 firmware has some bugs with dual core machines.
When the machine is running, it's really fast with awesome gaming graphics. The problem is that it doesn't stay stable long. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. All drivers are up to date, bios is up to date, memtest shows no errors with 2-3-3-6 2.8v settings, temps are all well under acceptable limits, device manager shows no issues, and event logger only points to the video driver.

Thanks.

fobis · Mar 5, 2007, 05:14 AM

Okay, well first off, you need to choose a different driver version. I'd suggest tweaked drivers (ie - XtremeG, DNA, etc) over stock drivers to get you better performance and/or image quality.
Then, you need to download some flavor or DriverCleaner. Platinum and .NET cost some money (but mind you, totally worth every penny), but Pro (which is not supported anymore) is free (you can find it on some websites, just google it).
Once all of that is done, uninstall your nVidia video drivers and reboot into safe mode, whereupon you must use DriverCleaner to clean out all of your nVidia video drivers.
Then, boot into normal mode and install your new set.
If the problem truly resides in your video drivers, then this will cure it for sure.

CDsDontBurn · Mar 5, 2007, 06:48 AM

to add to what fobis has already mentioned...you might want to try removing your chipset drivers and your display drivers and re-installing them within safe mode as well. There might be conflict there. Then, for testing purposes only, another card in the machine just to verify that it isn't the card itself that is somehow not properly working with the display drivers. if that is the case, then your card would probably be faulty, not corresponding with the drivers, at that point and would need to be exchanged, but that would be something along for a last resort option.

spldoc · Mar 6, 2007, 01:58 AM

Thanks for the help. Got DCPro downloaded and looking into the drivers you both suggested. Where would I find the drivers mentioned I.E. extremeg,DNA,ETC?

fobis · Mar 6, 2007, 02:07 AM

Just google those and you'll find it for sure.
ie - "XtremeG" or "DNA Drivers"

spldoc · Mar 6, 2007, 03:36 AM

OK. Ran DCPro got all the nvidia driver removed and installed zeropoint drivers. When ocing the card now, the best I get is 572 core/ 734 mem which is way under the original specs of 550/1400. Anyway to improve this? or do I need to swap to xtremeg or dna drivers? System is very stable atm, but it's way under clocked from what I wanted.

CDsDontBurn · Mar 6, 2007, 08:29 AM

those specs are actually faster than the 550/1400. the 734 speed is multiplied by 2. so it's 734x2 = 1468Mhz.

you can probably get better scores/FPS in games if you increase just the GPU and leave the memory alone. cards typically can OC the core or memory higher if you do just one only. but, you might want to try it both ways to see which OCs higher than when having both OCed. but you should try a combination of all three to see which gives you the best performance.

fobis · Mar 7, 2007, 03:32 AM

CDsDontBurn is exactly right as usual.

RAM on video cards these days are always DDR (Double Data Rate).

CDsDontBurn · Mar 7, 2007, 06:12 AM

remember it's also your system memory

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Mar 5, 2007, 04:40 AM	#1
spldoc DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	EVGA 7600GT OC problems Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I'm hoping I can get some help. Recently purchased a new barebones pc with specs listed in sig. From day one, I went thru RAing 3 bad psu's out of the box. Finally on the 4th one, no voltage irregularities. The whole time it kept blue screening, locking, etc. Now that the psu problem is fixed, the machine is still blue screening, locking, etc. Ran thru the event logger and it's all attributed to the video driver. Nvidia has been no help other than telling me that the current 93.71 firmware has some bugs with dual core machines. When the machine is running, it's really fast with awesome gaming graphics. The problem is that it doesn't stay stable long. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. All drivers are up to date, bios is up to date, memtest shows no errors with 2-3-3-6 2.8v settings, temps are all well under acceptable limits, device manager shows no issues, and event logger only points to the video driver. Thanks. __________________ Asus A8S-X Mobo v1001 bios AMD FX60 Dual Core Ultra 500w PSU Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2 2gb ram EVGA 7600Gt OC Vid Card 93.71 Driver/ 5.5 NTune 560/1428 76Gb Raptor Sata HD 250Gb WD IDE HD LG DL DVD RW Compaq DVD Rom DEMON Gaming Case with 6 Fans

Mar 5, 2007, 05:14 AM	#2
fobis DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 716 Rep Power: 51	Okay, well first off, you need to choose a different driver version. I'd suggest tweaked drivers (ie - XtremeG, DNA, etc) over stock drivers to get you better performance and/or image quality. Then, you need to download some flavor or DriverCleaner. Platinum and .NET cost some money (but mind you, totally worth every penny), but Pro (which is not supported anymore) is free (you can find it on some websites, just google it). Once all of that is done, uninstall your nVidia video drivers and reboot into safe mode, whereupon you must use DriverCleaner to clean out all of your nVidia video drivers. Then, boot into normal mode and install your new set. If the problem truly resides in your video drivers, then this will cure it for sure. __________________ MacBook Pro Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz 2GB DDR2-677 ATi Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB 120GB 7200RPM SATA HDD

Mar 5, 2007, 06:48 AM	#3
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,806 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	to add to what fobis has already mentioned...you might want to try removing your chipset drivers and your display drivers and re-installing them within safe mode as well. There might be conflict there. Then, for testing purposes only, another card in the machine just to verify that it isn't the card itself that is somehow not properly working with the display drivers. if that is the case, then your card would probably be faulty, not corresponding with the drivers, at that point and would need to be exchanged, but that would be something along for a last resort option. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Mar 6, 2007, 01:58 AM	Thread Starter #4
spldoc DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for the help. Got DCPro downloaded and looking into the drivers you both suggested. Where would I find the drivers mentioned I.E. extremeg,DNA,ETC? __________________ Asus A8S-X Mobo v1001 bios AMD FX60 Dual Core Ultra 500w PSU Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2 2gb ram EVGA 7600Gt OC Vid Card 93.71 Driver/ 5.5 NTune 560/1428 76Gb Raptor Sata HD 250Gb WD IDE HD LG DL DVD RW Compaq DVD Rom DEMON Gaming Case with 6 Fans

Mar 6, 2007, 02:07 AM	#5
fobis DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 716 Rep Power: 51	Just google those and you'll find it for sure. ie - "XtremeG" or "DNA Drivers" __________________ MacBook Pro Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz 2GB DDR2-677 ATi Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB 120GB 7200RPM SATA HDD

Mar 6, 2007, 03:36 AM	Thread Starter #6
spldoc DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	OK. Ran DCPro got all the nvidia driver removed and installed zeropoint drivers. When ocing the card now, the best I get is 572 core/ 734 mem which is way under the original specs of 550/1400. Anyway to improve this? or do I need to swap to xtremeg or dna drivers? System is very stable atm, but it's way under clocked from what I wanted. __________________ Asus A8S-X Mobo v1001 bios AMD FX60 Dual Core Ultra 500w PSU Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2 2gb ram EVGA 7600Gt OC Vid Card 93.71 Driver/ 5.5 NTune 560/1428 76Gb Raptor Sata HD 250Gb WD IDE HD LG DL DVD RW Compaq DVD Rom DEMON Gaming Case with 6 Fans

Mar 6, 2007, 08:29 AM	#7
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,806 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	those specs are actually faster than the 550/1400. the 734 speed is multiplied by 2. so it's 734x2 = 1468Mhz. you can probably get better scores/FPS in games if you increase just the GPU and leave the memory alone. cards typically can OC the core or memory higher if you do just one only. but, you might want to try it both ways to see which OCs higher than when having both OCed. but you should try a combination of all three to see which gives you the best performance. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Mar 7, 2007, 03:32 AM	#8
fobis DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 716 Rep Power: 51	CDsDontBurn is exactly right as usual. RAM on video cards these days are always DDR (Double Data Rate). __________________ MacBook Pro Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz 2GB DDR2-677 ATi Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB 120GB 7200RPM SATA HDD

Mar 7, 2007, 06:12 AM	#9
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,806 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	remember it's also your system memory . __________________ Her First Day \| A year later