570 and 580 Artifact Defects

[UpstartXT]

Has anyone noticed that there are a heck of a lot of people out there with either 570s or 580s that get artifacting on their cards for no real reason (i.e. their cards are not overheating, they have adequate power, proper drivers, etc. etc.)?

I am one of them, and I have RMA'd my card to EVGA and the one I got back is doing the SAME EXACT THING. If I put in a different video card into the same exact computer, no problems whatsoever.

Everyone else who seems to have this problem also confirms that doing a cold boot temporarily resolves the problem, but then it comes back. This is true for me as well.

I have also replaced my power supply. No difference.

My Rig:
CPU- i7 920
GPU- 570 HD (EVGA)
PSU- Corsair AX 850
MBOARD- EVGA X58 SLI
RAM- Corsair XMS 8GB DDR3 1600MHZ
HDDs- 2x Intel X-25M (G1) 80GB, 2x Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB

 

[toyota]

yeah I saw a pretty long thread about it on the EVGA forums. kind of makes me nervous because I will be getting a new gpu next month and was looking hard towards the gtx570.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

What happens if you underclock it, specifically the memory?

 

[lavaheadache]

I've seen this mainly about 570's not 580's

 

[amenx]

I think it mostly involves factory OC'd 570 cards. Set to Nvidia ref (732mhz) the problem is usually resolved. In some instances though a slight underclock may be needed.

Personally I think Nvidia had set the default clocks a bit high on the 570 (just to match the 6970 performance), so OCs can be unstable if not accompanied by a small voltage boost.

 

[toyota]

I believe the long thread on the EVGA forums was actually mainly gtx580 cards.

 

[UpstartXT]

My 570 is at 732mhz and 1900 memory clock. What should I set it to to see if it fixes the problem?

I have also tried increasing the voltage, but that has no effect.

 

[KentState]

I was getting some weird artifact issues with my GTX580 in Crysis 2. I have the EVGA factory overclocked model.

 

[manimal]

I get this problem randomly on my 580. If I uninstall drivers, clean em out and reinstall it goes away.


I am running it with the memory under clocked a bit and it has not happened since.

 

[tweakboy]

My 570 is at 732mhz and 1900 memory clock. What should I set it to to see if it fixes the problem?

I have also tried increasing the voltage, but that has no effect.

OC that thing for heavens sake!

 

[UpstartXT]

OC that thing for heavens sake!

Uh, but I'm getting artifacting (i.e. the point of starting this thread). Why would turning up the clocks make it go away?

 

[3DVagabond]

Uh, but I'm getting artifacting (i.e. the point of starting this thread). Why would turning up the clocks make it go away?

Think of the comment as "Comic Relief". Makes it easier to comprehend. Although nobody's quite sure if he's serious or not.

 

[manimal]

Think of the comment as "Comic Relief". Makes it easier to comprehend. Although nobody's quite sure if he's serious or not.

I always think of Andy Kaufman....




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