Hello
 
I've overclocked my new 1 month old GTX 960 too much and I think I damaged it but not sure!
I had no problem for the whole month, but now I'm facing these new issues and I could not fix it even after installing the gpu in different PC.
 
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- Shadows are shown low quality until i get near them and wait few seconds and then they slowly turn into high quality shadows.
- Enemies and monsters trees showing in close distance only.
 
+No FPS drop or any other problems
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I've tested the GTX 960 in the following game :-
 
FFXIV
Witcher 3
 
I've tested the GTX 960 in two PCs:-
 
1st :-
 
i7-2600
8gb ram
power supply 500w
 
2nd:-
 
a 2 days new PC
 
i7-4770
16gb ram
power supply 750w
 
 
Result:-
 
issue occurs in both PCs, so it is 100% gpu problem!
 
Help! is there anything I can do ? reset factory settings or something ? hidden switch or button on the GTX 960 ? or is it 100% faulty and no solution ? any solution at all please ?
 
if there is no hope, which gpu do you recommend me to get?

Sajin
This sounds like a game setting issue rather than a gpu issue.

But i tried to the game on both different PCs
 
and not just one game!

see the Frequency is very low, did my gpu downclock ? how to return it to default state ? if possible
 

 

 
 
Please assist

Here are the pictures re-uploaded
 
68 Errors


 
Low Freq ?


 
GTX 960 low Frequency 540 MHz


 
Note: in EVGA precisionX 16 it shows normal (1445 MHz)
 
 
GTX 550 normal Frequency 981 MHz

Looks like the software is reading the frequency incorrectly when running your 960. Is your 3dmark firestrike score within normal range?

If you believe your gpu is broken go ahead and rma it.