Hi folks!
I've been having some problems with my Zotac GTX 970 recently and they only seem to be getting more frequent. I wondered if anyone's had similar experiences or could help me narrow down the problem?
There have been a couple of occasions where I've been doing nothing graphics-intensive but my GPU suddenly plays up. I'd just be browsing the internet, but then my Windows desktop theme (toolbars, etc) seems to get reset to Basic, and my GPU's temperature and speed suddenly start ramping up. It reaches nearly 80°C in maybe half a minute, with no sign of going back down, and sounds so stressed that I just rush to turn the PC off. Then it's usually fine again the next time I start the PC.
This happened last night (again while just browsing), so I gave the card a dust this morning, but now something similar seems to be affecting my games. Within a few moments of gameplay starting, GPU temp jumps up massively and won't stop increasing until I quit. It's not necessarily new games either, but some games from 2007-8. The only difference from above is that my desktop theme doesn't get changed, and temps go back to normal without having to turn the PC off.
Does anyone have any ideas? I haven't contact PCS yet because I'm hoping it's an easy fix, but I don't really know where to start diagnosing!
Thanks,
Marisa
I've been having some problems with my Zotac GTX 970 recently and they only seem to be getting more frequent. I wondered if anyone's had similar experiences or could help me narrow down the problem?
There have been a couple of occasions where I've been doing nothing graphics-intensive but my GPU suddenly plays up. I'd just be browsing the internet, but then my Windows desktop theme (toolbars, etc) seems to get reset to Basic, and my GPU's temperature and speed suddenly start ramping up. It reaches nearly 80°C in maybe half a minute, with no sign of going back down, and sounds so stressed that I just rush to turn the PC off. Then it's usually fine again the next time I start the PC.
This happened last night (again while just browsing), so I gave the card a dust this morning, but now something similar seems to be affecting my games. Within a few moments of gameplay starting, GPU temp jumps up massively and won't stop increasing until I quit. It's not necessarily new games either, but some games from 2007-8. The only difference from above is that my desktop theme doesn't get changed, and temps go back to normal without having to turn the PC off.
Does anyone have any ideas? I haven't contact PCS yet because I'm hoping it's an easy fix, but I don't really know where to start diagnosing!
Thanks,
Marisa