hello fellow, EVGA forumites.
i'm freaking out a bit right now. i have been playing GTA V for the last 2 days, and i recently bought an EVGA nvidia GTX 960 and i am blown away by the power i get while playing GTA V and DAI. 
but tonight, while playing, i decided to turn up MSAA from x2 to x4, and another setting from high to very high, (while i played all night last night and a few hours tonight at very high //high settings with no issues).
 
i have been running both games at NEAR maxed out, and still getting great frames.
 
but tonight while playing GTA V, the game made to horrid audio noises, where the sound locked//skipped like "EEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRR-OOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRR" and the screen froze and PC locked up.
 
is this a heating problem?
 
i couldn't even ctrl alt del out, or windows key, or alt tab...???
 
the screen picture was frozen at the time of the event, and there was no sound. i couldn't see my mouse and i had to hard reset my PC.
 
i was using k boost when it happened.
 
i have a falcon NW PC.
12g ram
intel cpu 2300 i5 2.8ghz
nvidia EVGA 960 2g
windows 7
 
i have been monitoring all my gameplay temps in the middle of playing with precision X and i have an aggressive fan speed set.
my GPUs resting tempt is 28 to 32 degrees Celsius.
when running DAI and GTAV with high settings it sits around 48 to 55 degrees. 
 
should i not use kboost while playing these new graphics intensive games?
 
any tips would be much appreciated.
 
thanks in advance guys!!!

ah yes, one of the most important pieces and i forgot, lol... 
 
its a 750 watt, 

ST75F-P

 

Sajin
Completely uninstall precision, reboot pc, retest your games without precision.

+1. That would be a good starting point. 

Yes, it's safe to run the card without precision.

Methodical2
Does Precision X cause in game and/or computer problems?

Yes, it's been known to cause some issues.

Yes, there is other software out there that can control the power & fan. You need to run your PC without any of the software to see if you still experience crashing without the software installed. Precision isn't required for the card to run normally. Can't answer your clock speed question because I don't know which GPU you have, need a part number for that. Precision is mostly used for heat management, monitoring & overclocking. 

No problem. Here are the clock speeds for you card... Base clock: 1304MHz, Boost Clock: 1367MHz

PS Sajin-
saw in another post, you told another to try MSI afterburner, well i DLed it and for the very few mins i have used it, i really dig it so far.
very simple to use. about to fire up GTA V and see if it makes a difference!!!
 
it has my cor clock running at- 1455
and my memory clock at-        3506
 
do you suggest over clocking this model card? or should i just stick with monitoring heat and fan speed.
i have NEVER OC'ed, usually im against it, but this card runs so cool when playing a crazy game like GTA V, it usually sticks around 50 degrees C, with a fan speed of 55-60% (while playign the game), that i wonder if i can eek out a tad more power.
 
cheers/.

yeah, f the OC, "L O L".
im very happy with this cards performance and price range. it can handle new heavy weights and makes older games class it up just a tad.
 
cheers.
 

Sajin

Methodical2
Does Precision X cause in game and/or computer problems?

Yes, it's been known to cause some issues.

Thanks.
 
To the OP - did the other software solve your problems.