knappy

I would be interested to see if there is a resolution to this as well.  I believe this is tied in to the same issues I'm having with my 680 FTW+ - it randomly clocks all over the place, and it crashes at random times in benchmarks or in general use.  It's crashed once on me when I was just in the BIOS.

The card I have is displaying the same behavior in two totally separate machines, and another card (480gtx) works great in both under all conditions.  I see a lot of people on several forums that are having this issue with the 6 series, and it seems like some folks are just lucky and get good cards, and others don't.  I'm going to try for an RMA and see if that helps.

edit : wow - post count got reset.  8)

I bet he just had to RMA his card, it was probably defective.

Just to circle back - 
 
RMA'd my old card, got a new one in today - constant benchmarking has resulted in no errors or previously noted behavior.  
 
Yay.

I just got my 680 ftw 4gb yesterday, and my card is doing the same thing I think.  I noticed it once yesterday in 3dmark, but it went away and I didn't think anything of it.  But yet again today having the same issue, i closed down precisionx and it went away, but I think that was just a coincidence of my machin being on for awhile.  I'm about to do a cold boot and see hwat happens.

 
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Anyway we shouldn't have to play the lottery when we buy a card. I'll be at my girlfriends decompressing until Sunday. Catch you guys then. Maybe we can go have a 15 fps bf3 squad dm together.


Is this only affecting ftw cards? I might just return to newegg and buy a classified.

If you get the new EVGA precision, and activate the "K-boost" feature, it solves this problem!!!

yeah 3.04 is the version with K Boost, its in the "Adjust Voltage" section. You will need to reboot after turning the k boost on.

well it fixed it for me, no more downclocking in battlefield 3!

nathancnc
well it fixed it for me, no more downclocking in battlefield 3!

 
This issue is a bit different than the simple down clocking. Not only does it down clock but the voltage also spikes making my card run rather hot.
 
If your card is doing what you've seen in my screen shots id highly recommend RMA'ing you card.

Unfortunatly I have to join the club of the GTX 680 FTW downclocking and power target surging up to 275% :(

WannaB

tarpon31
Unfortunatly I have to join the club of the GTX 680 FTW downclocking and power target surging up to 275% :(

Sorry to hear that bud! EVGA works hard to keep everyone happy so RMA that puppy!

Thanks man, dealing with evga support now have dealt with them before and they were flawless just a little bit nervous that these issues seem to be a reacuring issue with this particular model I am hoping they have a firmware fix for this card.

fcaster

Has anyone figured out if it is the card or the software? I am on my second card and it has the same exact problem, so I find it hard to believe its the card, it has to be some software interference. The odds of several people getting cards in a row with the same problem is pretty small unless a substantial portion of these cards are damaged, but all reviews are positive on reseller sites.

It's the card.

my first 2x680 FTW cards in sli surround and the second card down clocks it self during gaming to 340MHZ and other programs! the screen will stutter for a couple seconds then it clocks it self back to normal!! and also there is this weird high frequency noise that it makes ?!? the bad part is i have my system fully water cooled  which i just recently finished! if it is the card which looks like it is i will have to drain my system take it out , install back the original fan ect.. ship it then wait! i wish there was a solution for this looks like i have to contact EVGA 2morrow!

Thats great to hear bud! Im hoping that a new bios version will come out that will increase stability so we can OC these puppies even further ;)

Sick rig jacob650.