Game closes, starts up again and runs horribly - MSI GTX 660Ti

Yes, the latest drivers have been installed.

I recently upgraded my computer and instead of ATI I put in a GTX 660Ti, but new stuff woulnd't be new stuff if they weren't plagued by goddamn annoying problems with it. First off, when I try to play Sleeping Dogs or test my performance with 3DMark 11 both applications close after about five minutes and the following messages come up. It's either: "HKShip.exe has stopped working." or "Nvidia kernel mode has stopped working and has been recovered" or something like that.

Another problem that I have is with some games (Several Call of Duty titles, Splinter Cell: Conviction, I only have been testing it for 2 weeks) minimizes to desktop after a random time. You are allowed to click on the application again but gone is your smooth framerate replaced by a stuttering mess.

If anybody has any idea's on how to fix these, I'm happy to listen.

I had problems with my former card and I switched to it's concurrent to avoid these kinds of problems. ATI and NVidia are no different. D'oh well.

Sleeping Dogs and 3d mark put alot of stress on your GPU.

Do you have the OC'ed version of the 660 Ti?

Usually driver crash is from an unstable overclock. You can try down clocking your GPU and seeing if the problem goes away... If it does RMA or send back the card.

Yes, my GPU is a MSI GTX660TI Power Edition Overclocked (PE OC). How does one downclock a GPU? If the problem goes away, I should send back the card, but what if it doesn't?

Yes, my GPU is a MSI GTX660TI Power Edition Overclocked (PE OC). How does one downclock a GPU? If the problem goes away, I should send back the card, but what if it doesn't?

Vravage

You can use MSI afterburner, Asus GPU tweaker or EVGA Precision X.

I would down clock it to standard 660 Ti clocks for mem and boost. Then try it.

The card may be faulty. RMA

Sounds like the driver is crashing, and when it restarts it won't clock up.

That happens when I overclock my GPU too much, try downclocking.

Sounds like the driver is crashing, and when it restarts it won't clock up.

That happens when I overclock my GPU too much, try downclocking.

kraken2109

Okay, so how do I go about doing that? In MSI Afterburner?

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Sounds like the driver is crashing, and when it restarts it won't clock up.

That happens when I overclock my GPU too much, try downclocking.

Vravage

Okay, so how do I go about doing that? In MSI Afterburner?

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Sounds like the driver is crashing, and when it restarts it won't clock up.

That happens when I overclock my GPU too much, try downclocking.

kraken2109

Okay, so how do I go about doing that? In MSI Afterburner?

Right, I installed Kombustor and Afterburner. What should I do/change?

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Okay, so how do I go about doing that? In MSI Afterburner?

Vravage

Right, I installed Kombustor and Afterburner. What should I do/change?

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[QUOTE="kraken2109"] Yeah you should be able to.kraken2109

Right, I installed Kombustor and Afterburner. What should I do/change?

That fixed it. I (finally) have no more problems playing games. Does this mean the amount of horsepower that I disabled is completely useless? Or can I go to 100% in, for example, 2015, when games have become more demanding?

Also, I do want to thank you for your immense help!!

That fixed it. I (finally) have no more problems playing games. Does this mean the amount of horsepower that I disabled is completely useless? Or can I go to 100% in, for example, 2015, when games have become more demanding?

Also, I do want to thank you for your immense help!!

Vravage

Means you have a defective card that can't keep stable at factory clocks. I would RMA it or return it.

Did you overclock it your self or is the factory overclock that's causing it to be unstable? If it's the latter you should RMA.

Did you overclock it your self or is the factory overclock that's causing it to be unstable? If it's the latter you should RMA.

BeerMage

It's the latter. I'm way too scared to do stuff like overclocking and such. The guy at the store just installed it in my rig and then this problem started.

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Did you overclock it your self or is the factory overclock that's causing it to be unstable? If it's the latter you should RMA.

Vravage

It's the latter. I'm way too scared to do stuff like overclocking and such. The guy at the store just installed it in my rig and then this problem started.

[QUOTE="BeerMage"]

Did you overclock it your self or is the factory overclock that's causing it to be unstable? If it's the latter you should RMA.

Vravage

It's the latter. I'm way too scared to do stuff like overclocking and such. The guy at the store just installed it in my rig and then this problem started.