Is my GTX 560 Going Bad?

Did it shut off or just glitch? If it's crashing, post the STOP error code and we might be able to see what is going on.
 
It hasnt actually crashed, but it is starting to do what you see in that video I posted in BF3. I've now checked other games and I am not having the problem that i am having in BF3.
 
I get green flashes frequently using a gtx 465, but I've never seen artifacting that bad ingame. A lot of people are complaining about poor performance with high end cards.
 
When I had the problem with the ASUS card I was using 285.62 (The most recent ones for that card). In the NVIDIA I used the 285.62 which is the most recent driver for the 560ti as well. Now I tried to use the driver from the CD that nvidia provided and it would not let me play BF3.

Update: I am installing the battlefield 3 beta drivers which I used for the beta and didnt have any of these issues.
 
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JaredC. said:
When I had the problem with the ASUS card I was using 285.62 (The most recent ones for that card). In the NVIDIA I used the 285.62 which is the most recent driver for the 560ti as well. Now I tried to use the driver from the CD that nvidia provided and it would not let me play BF3.

Update: I am installing the battlefield 3 beta drivers which I used for the beta and didnt have any of these issues.
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The beta drivers are designed for the beta. You should uninstall the drivers you have, install the drivers from the disk then go to the ASUS website and download their latest driver. These are designed specifically for your card. Nvidia just has general drivers for all models of the 560Ti
 
I am currently downloading the most up to date drivers for the NVIDIA GTX560ti, I have not re installed the ASUS GTX560. The cd provided to me by invidia failed to install properly for some reason. I have also deleted all old drivers on my computer.
 
I was getting that problem, so I played with the graphics settings and Mesh was the the only one that affected it noticeably.
 
Troncoso said:
Gah, would everyone stop being all insta "replace PSU" just because of the brand name. Yes, the product a company makes speaks for the company. But the lot of you guys just say get a different one because they have one that isn't "recommended".

I'm not saying the PSU is or is not the problem, but definitely research the free solutions first before throwing money away. If his PSU is working fine then there is no need to replace it. Just because of the brand name doesn't mean that it's a time bomb waiting to destroy his computer.
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I'm not going from the brand, I'm going from the specs. Nvidia recommends a minimum of 30 amps on the 12v for the 560ti. The specs on the power supply is the peak power it produced when testing it, as with the video card. To have the recommended amps for the video card to be equal to the peak amount of amps is dangerous and do not I, nor a lot of members, would recommend it, especially with the rest of his system as powerful and power hungry as it is.
 
Claptonman that seems like sound advice now that you explain it that way, but what power supplies do you suggest in paticular? You group together a list of brands like they are supeiror to every other brand with out regardless of specifications.

I am not trying to step on your toes, just trying to point out why somebody might have a problem with you suggesting a new power supply based on brand alone, not specifications.

And one update I have ordered a EVGA 560ti 2GB from amazon, and will be returning my NVIDIA 560ti since that was $320 after tax and the EVGA is $280.
 
specs on psus matter less than name, most companies build unreliable psus that will fail or blow up taking other parts with it much more often. the brands corsair/antec/xfx/seasonic/silverstone/pc power & cooling all build quality psus, there are other brands with good ones, some brands will have a line or 2 that are of quality, such as ocz and coolermaster being decent companies, but overall the ones listed are the most trusted and best quality also offering good value too.
 
jonnyp11 said:
specs on psus matter less than name...
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complete nonsense. as ususal.

Specs mean everything. There are plenty of Antec PSUs I wouldn't own, plent of silverstone too. Seasonic and Corsair (older) are the same thing as well as PC Power and Cooling.

If this is your PSU then you have no worries. Otherwise, post the specific model number.

Troncoso said:
... most high power PSU's have multiple rails
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Not true. Almost all consumer grade PSU's actually have 1 rail that is electronically split via voltage dividers (basically resistors), to emulate multiple rails. The only true multi rail design i know of is the Corsair 1000W which is two 500W coils in the one unit. Even my AX1200 is only one rail.

Its a driver issue. Roll back to an earlier verison.
 
jonnyp11 said:
specs on psus matter less than name, most companies build unreliable psus that will fail or blow up taking other parts with it much more often. the brands corsair/antec/xfx/seasonic/silverstone/pc power & cooling all build quality psus, there are other brands with good ones, some brands will have a line or 2 that are of quality, such as ocz and coolermaster being decent companies, but overall the ones listed are the most trusted and best quality also offering good value too.
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What a failure thing to say... a name is a reputation, nothing more. A reputation is what standards you expect a company to adhere to. Any company is capable of exceeding those standards.

And for the record, a huge reason companies gain bad rep isn't because of their products, but because of other factors such as customer service. You shouldn't look at the name nearly as much as what people are saying about that particular product.
 
bigfella, that is the PSU I have. It hasnt given me any problems. But I do find it interesting that my brother put the ASUS GTX 560 into his pc and has not had any artifacting, yet. I did try to flash my motherboard BIOS and I was unable to do so.
 
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