Upgrade from GTX 670.

[kalniel]

Thanks. Is there anyway for me to actually determine what the error of the shutdown is from the logs at all? I first thought It was the graphics card but I can't get it past 70c again now so It makes no sense.

Not from those, really. If you got a bluescreen then that might have more info, but that'll only tell you about which bit of software failed - you have to guess what hardware caused the software to fail (if it is hardware). Often it'll be something like a video driver fail, but then you can't say if the driver just failed, or if hardware caused the driver to fail.

Check if there are any errors that are unique to the time just before the crash - the nvidia ones are candidates. But having a graphics card driver throw an error during a game is hardly a smoking gun to hardware failure - could be software still.

[Sw1ftY]

Not from those, no. If you got a bluescreen then that might have more info, but that'll only tell you about which bit of software failed - you have to guess what hardware caused the software to fail (if it is hardware). Often it'll be something like a video driver fail, but then you can't say if the driver just failed, or if hardware caused the driver to fail.

Well I'm getting BugCheck Error 278 which converts to Hex > 0x00000116 and that constantly says the video driver is failing but since this problem has come up, I've changed driver and am still experiencing the problem.

[kalniel]

Well I'm getting BugCheck Error 278 which converts to Hex > 0x00000116 and that constantly says the video driver is failing but since this problem has come up, I've changed driver and am still experiencing the problem.

Yeah but you can never tell if you've managed to change everything about the driver - except by formatting your system and starting again with a new driver and never touching the old one.

Chips can degrade over time and eventually start needing higher volts, which pushes temps up - sometimes drivers that increase stability do so by increasing voltages a touch - while this is a short term fix it won't halt the decline.

I would suggest taking clocks down a bit - it'll hardly be noticeable, but you might gain some stability and reduce temps.

[Wordsmither]

A higher-performing single card setup all the way.

Less heat, less wattage

At the cost of performance hit