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Hi all, I rarely post anything in forums, but was compelled because I have had such a hard time with my EVGA GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ card. I have been playing PC games for a couple decades and have had 10s of video cards (remember vesa local bus?) but I have never had such an issues like this. Like others, I have experienced Black screens, BSOD, CTD - you name it- while playing Witcher 3 and Batman Arkham Knight. I purchased this card to play Witcher 3 (I got it free with the offer) and I have tried dozens of things to keep from crashing - sourced from here, nvidia and witcher 3 forums. Drivers, old, current and pre-release, down-clocking the GPU Core and Memory, cranking my fan, blah, blah blah... but nothing works. But fundamentally, none of these things should matter. With the cost of this card ($349) and the game, it should just work! Seriously. This is outrageous. And for the record, my RAM, Powersupply, MB, CPU and SSD are all tested and fine! I read on this forum about folks flashing their cards with BIOS that limits the voltage which seemed to help some - however, it wasnt for my model. But to me, this is EXTREME. If components are getting over heated, there is a something fundamentally wrong here. I should never have to do something like this on production released hardware. I know this is complex and there are some many moving factors in debugging an issue - from drivers, game code to hardware. But when you buy products that dont work as advertised, something has to give. At this point, do I RMA my card? I have read that folks RMA back to evga several times and never get a working card whiles other, all is fine. Should I wait even longer for new nvidia drivers, new game code? No guarantees there... I brought this card from Amazon and by the time I started see issues (playing Witcher 3), they wouldnt accept returns. I feel totally screwed. Frankly, I need a solution or a complete refund. -PC
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/06/29 16:33:31
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its the drivers downgrade to 3.43 i beleive i had the same issues it fixed it completely
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/06/29 16:35:34
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/06/29 16:37:12
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Thanks bluebob17, but I have tried that. Didnt work for me. I have tried the following drivers: 347.88 350.12 353.06 353.12 353.30 353.38
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/06/29 17:01:32
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did u use ddu at all? cause thats what ur describing is a driver issue, how is ur experience lvl some times things are really frustrating but the smallest suggestions go a long way when narrowing things like this down. i ask experience lvl cause some times thats a big factor
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/06/29 17:29:11
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Yep. I used DDU each time. Super clean installs each time.
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/06/29 17:38:14
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hmm what is ur other system specs?
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/06/29 18:23:04
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GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ Cooler Master 600w power supply G. Skill PC3-10700 8GB RAM DDR3 Dual @ 666.5 MHz Intel Core i7 3770k @ 3.50GHZ MSI P67A-C43 MB Sound Blaster Audigy 5.1 Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB Thanks bluebob71
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/06/29 18:42:55
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ya i dont see what would be the problem other then a faulty card but the issue u speak of ive fixed over 100 times in my shop by doing this. ppl were willing to sell my brand new gtx 980s for half of what the cards were worth before i fixed this by reverting drivers. if all else fails evga is very good at rma and customer support its the only brand of cards i buy
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/06/29 19:56:52
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If you're only having issues in the mentioned games I wouldn't rma it.
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/06/30 00:47:44
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I am in the same boat as you are..I dont know what do to either.Should i rma and hopefully with the same card it fixes the problem or just not play for a couple moths until they release a fix
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/06/30 06:48:30
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When you install your graphics driver, do you also install anything else besides PhysX? If so, do another clean install with the latest hot fix driver 353.38, but only install the graphics & physX components, nothing else. If you need the audio driver, install that as well. If it helps you decide about RMA'ing your card, I'm running the same one as you and playing both Witcher3 & Batman AK with no issue's.
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/06/30 08:11:40
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guys are your mainboard bios and chipset driver the latest available? it's not very common to have those issues with the EVGA GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+, imo.
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/06/30 09:54:37
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If you have a spare harddrive that is formatted and clear, I might go with a fresh install of Windows, updated motherboard drivers, bios, Nvidia Hotfix driver and then install Witcher 3 and see if the same occurs. Sounds to me very much like a driver issue and/or way out of date bios revision. Although, I haven't heard of too many issues with that card.
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/07/02 15:46:57
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Well, I tried another mother board, a Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H, and loaded all the latest bios and drivers from their website for the board. Within 10 minutes of playing Witcher 3, I blue-screened again. I have a a fresh Win7 64bit install on a new SSD. Powersupply checks out and memory/CPU diagnose fine. Im totally perplexed. Time for that RMA????
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/07/02 15:57:41
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Does it blue screen on anything besides Witcher 3? Do you have any overclocks on the card other than the stock OC? As far as your very original statement of RMA cards coming back not working, I have never experienced an issue like that.
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/07/02 16:05:48
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Thanks for the reply StealthArsenal. Yes, it bluescreens on GTA5 (less frequent) and Batman Arkham Knight as well. I dont have any overclocks on the card other than stock, and I do have an aggressive fan profile on the card (per someone else's suggestion). My comment about the RMAs was strictly hear/say from people on other forums. I would hope if I send it in, the next card would be fine.
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/07/02 17:37:21
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Out of curiosity, what kind of temperatures are you seeing when the cards cause the BSOD? Seeing it in GTA 5 is helpful. I would throw Arkham Knight out the window as a credible source because of how unfinished and unoptimized it is. Did you check to see if there were any updated firmware releases for that card?
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Re: GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ - At my wits end!
2015/07/02 18:55:41
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Use bluescreenview to view your bsod information. Post your blue screen bug check codes here for help.
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