Galaxy GTX680GC Crashing V2.0

[great_big_abyss]

I'm having a problem with my Galaxy GTX 680 GC 2GB.

Once again, I can't do an entire run through of Unigine Heaven or 3DMark13 without crashing to desktop. BF3 (which I play nightly) will randomly crash to desktop. Borderlands 2 would also crash randomly.

However, other applications run just fine. Civ V doesn't seem to exhibit any problems, and Folding at Home seems to run just fine.

I run all applications at Ultra, AA turned all the way up, resolution 1920x1200. Temps never climb beyond the mid to high sixties using the stock fan profile. Card is at stock clocks. I found that if I upped the fan profile a bunch (to the point where the card was screaming like a jet) it caused fewer crashes.

Here's the kicker. My card just returned from RMA (My Thanks to Andrew Fischer, your friendly local Galaxy Rep, for expediting that). I was experiencing the problem described, which is what initiated the RMA. After installing the new card in my system and installing the latest WHQL drivers, I'm experiencing the same problems.

The thing is, I'm pretty confident it's not the rest of my system. My original 680 exhibited the same problem on my old system (M5A97, 1055T, Vengeance 1600Mhz). I upgraded to my Intel platform a month ago, and while I was at it, did a fresh install of Windows. Also, while my card was away for RMA, I was using my backup card in my main rig (XFX 6950 reference) and it performed admirably without a single failure, again, playing BF3 every night.

When I get home sometime tonight I plan on putting the card into my old X6 system, and I'll also try it in my FM1 HTPC to see what it does there.

Now, I want to iterate that throughout the entire RMA process Galaxy was very easy to deal with, and the fact that they have a rep browsing the main forums is fantastic. I'm not here to slag Galaxy in any way. I just want to get this problem fixed so that my $450 graphics card is stable and I can game without problems.

Any insight? The Galaxy Rep is looking into it, but I want to increase my chances of a successful resolution.

[GT7R]

Try bumping the vcore a bit. Same thing was happening to me and it helped.

[mattlef]

Originally Posted by GT7R

Try bumping the vcore a bit. Same thing was happening to me and it helped.

+1, if your card might just need a bit more vcore than others. I had the same issue with my old GTX 570 and a little vcore bump fixed the problem :)

[great_big_abyss]

Okay. How much is 'a little bit' over stock?

[bliz]

10 to 20 mv...Generally stabilizes the thing.

[great_big_abyss]

Okay, cool. Will try out. Thanks.

[Dzzope]

Currently running my 670 at 83 mv over stock... though this is to power a decent oc on it... hope it solves the prob. :)

[great_big_abyss]

I tried a 20mV bump. It lasted a little longer in heaven, then crashed again. Will try again when i get home, bump another 20

EDIT:

I downloaded the new version (4.0) of Heaven, and it crashed same as usual.

I added another 20ish mV for a total of about 1020mV. Heaven has now been running for about 45 minutes and it seems pretty stable. So, so far so good.

[sourthings]

Can you adjust voltages on these Galaxy 680s ?! AFAIK all 680 are voltage locked.

[Dzzope]

you can but only slightly..