GPU Crash almost every game

[2ez4breezi]

Every since i switched to an ultrawide monitor i have consistent gpu crashes every game almost. I assume the gpu crashes because monitors go black but i still have sound and for example i can be heard on discord by others. Anyone have found any fixes ?

 

[tankorsmash]

Which GPU and driver version? What resolution are you running at? What were you doing in-game when in crashed?

 

[2ez4breezi]

GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3070, driver version : 581.29. Native resolution 3440x1440. in my experience so far most common crashes are cold front and yamato spells. Might be random tho. My assumption was game might not be optimised for this resolution so gpu crashes when something buggy happens.

 

[Brochelle]

You need to start with checking your system stability using something like a memtest86 usb stick or better.

Then if it passes memory check consider dropping your GPU clock down or GPU memory speed down. Yes I am suggesting setting it lower than stock clocks.

 

[2ez4breezi]

i did test my system with MemTest86, all tests complete no errors. I dont seem to understand how gpu clock down or memory speed down is gonna help but i can give it a try later when i get on.

 

[An Unoriginal Name]

Start with something more simple like updating or reinstalling your graphics drivers with the 'clean' option checked and without any external applications like the NVIDIA App or MSI Afterburner installed and running. Check that your new monitor is configured correctly according to the manual it came with, and update its firmware if any newer versions exist on the manufacturer's support website.

 

[2ez4breezi]

Start with something more simple like updating or reinstalling your graphics drivers with the 'clean' option checked and without any external applications like the NVIDIA App or MSI Afterburner installed and running. Check that your new monitor is configured correctly according to the manual it came with, and update its firmware if any newer versions exist on the manufacturer's support website.

I have tried clean install drivers and my monitor is indeed on the latest firmware. i dont think this should be monitor related as in other games i am not facing this issue (dota 2 as an example)

 

[An Unoriginal Name]

I have tried clean install drivers and my monitor is indeed on the latest firmware. i dont think this should be monitor related as in other games i am not facing this issue (dota 2 as an example)

Check Event Viewer for driver crash events. If there are none created at the exact time you experience the issue, it is likely something unrelated to the GPU and drivers at least. You mention still having audio when you experience the issue. If the audio is playing as normal, not looping, and you can still hear and speak to somebody in a voice call, then the monitor is simply losing signal for some reason. If the monitors go black and your system halts in an unrecoverable state, and nothing works at all except for rebooting the system, that may be caused by a driver bug related to the Steam overlay specifically for NVIDIA GPUs; you can try disabling 'GPU accelerated rendering in web views' in Steam to work around this, but only if this is actually the issue. You would have to be activating the Steam overlay while in-game to trigger this driver bug.

 

[Brochelle]

I dont seem to understand how gpu clock down or memory speed down is gonna help but i can give it a try later when i get on.

it helps some cards that just might be pushing harder at stock settings than they should be. this was a big problem with AMD cards in the last generation or two - black screening at stock settings. on some cards just dropping 50/100mhz would completely solve the problem.

Try it with MSI afterburner. Just try lower the GPU clock a bit and see if it stabilizes. if not then drop the memory speed a bit.

also it could be monitor cable related. also maybe try dropping your max frames in the game.

 

[2ez4breezi]

it helps some cards that just might be pushing harder at stock settings than they should be. this was a big problem with AMD cards in the last generation or two - black screening at stock settings. on some cards just dropping 50/100mhz would completely solve the problem.

Try it with MSI afterburner. Just try lower the GPU clock a bit and see if it stabilizes. if not then drop the memory speed a bit.

also it could be monitor cable related. also maybe try dropping your max frames in the game.

regarding monitor cable, i have tried so far 2 different hdmi cables one of which came with the monitor and one display port that came with the monitor as well. I have experimented with max frames in game too. None of these have helped. I will try to test with lowering clock on gpu today since i didnt have time yesterday. Thanks

 

[2ez4breezi]

@Brochelle i did run a 3d adaptive test on OCCT and had the exact same black screen gpu crash on minute 7. Then i did the same test after adjusting core clock to -100 and test completed without problems after 30 mins. This is probably a strong indicator that this has been a fix to my problem so thanks. Will confirm after work if i get the time in game as well.

 

[Brochelle]

@Brochelle i did run a 3d adaptive test on OCCT and had the exact same black screen gpu crash on minute 7. Then i did the same test after adjusting core clock to -100 and test completed without problems after 30 mins. This is probably a strong indicator that this has been a fix to my problem so thanks. Will confirm after work if i get the time in game as well.

awesome hope it works out!

can you post specifically which model 3070 you have?