Hi all!
So I've been having a bunch of issues with my GTX 660. I used to have a 560 which died a few months ago and luckily I was able to RMA it. EVGA sent me a brand new 660 and I was pretty happy. However I've been fighting with the card ever since. Upon logging in, there is a 50% chance of the driver crashing directly after entering my password and hitting enter (pixelated screen, washed out colors, etc). Now if I do make it to the desktop, opening any application (ranging from Chrome, Spotify, etc) will cause the driver to crash (The display driver stopped responding and has recovered error) again leading to the screen flashing between black and the window(s) that were just opened before finally locking up after a few seconds.
Here's what I've tried-
1. Completely clean install of new 340 drivers using driver cleaner beforehand to remove any traces of the old drivers.
2. Rollback to the old 337 and 335 drivers
3. Trying it in the other PCI-E slot
4. Updated all motherboard drivers and BIOS to most recent version
5. New, fresh install of Windows
Now #5 worked for about two days before the issue appeared again. I was playing some games (World of Tanks) and my screen locked up and subsequently restarted. Ever since that original crash, the same issue has popped up. I've run out of ideas and need some help!
Specs-
MB:
ASUS P8H67-M PRO
RAM:
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
CPU:
Intel Core i5-2500K
500 W PSU
Win 7, 64-bit Enterprise