Hello,
I am currently having an in-game issue where my overwatch crashes if i raise my fps cap over 230 FPS. My gaming rig was built a month ago and I just recently purchased/installed my gpu. I did struggle with the “rendering device has been lost” bug prior to these crashes but i managed to “fix” it after powering my rig directly into my wall instead of a power strip/surge protector. Whether these crashes are one in the same with the “rendering device has been lost” bug is unbeknownst to me. Can anyone get a stable 250-300 fps stable without their pc freezing up/artifacts popping up and/or full pc restart/blue screen of death error code: VIDEO_SCHEDULER_INTERNAL_ERROR? I am currently able to play overwatch on an in-game fps cap of 220 fps (230 crashed in comp recently). This is a shame because my gpu can render 300 fps stable until it ulimately crashes after a game or two.
Sidenote: I have performed DDU multiple times and installed the latest Nvidia driver v397.93 (only working one so far) after testing all drivers prior and crashing. All my components are new and have system diagnostics proving them to work properly. All my overwatch settings are on low and vsync is off.
Specs:
- CPU: i7-8700k stock 3.7MHz 12MB Cache
- Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X HERO WIFI-AC
- Ram: Corsair Vengeance RGB 2x8GB DDR4 3200MHz
- Storage: 1x Samsung 960 EVO NVMe M.2 500GB (used to boot windows) and 1x 2Tb Seagate HDD
- Fans: 6x Corsair LL120 RGB
- LED RGB and Controller: Corsair Lighting Node Pro/4x Corsair RGB Strips and 1x Corsair Commander Pro
- Cooling: Corsair h100i v2
- Power Supply: EVGA Supernova 750w G2 Gold Modular
- PSU Custom Sleeved Cables: Cablemod E-Series Modmesh Cable Kit (Red/Black)
- GPU: EVGA 1080 Ti FTW3 Elite (Pre-Overclocked @ 1569MHz GPU Clock and 5508MHz Memory Clock.
- Case: Corsair x570 Red Steel
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If you attach a coolant system onto your CPU you will be able to overclock to 4.5MHz fairly safely. Make sure to watch this video on YouTube first “How to Overclock your CPU - Beginner Tutorial”
The same guy on YouTube shows you how to overclock your GPU but unless its also coolant cooled play it on the safe side.
I can. I can push the limitall the way to 300, it goes to 285 and stops there because my 1080 can push more.
All tho I have some weird stuff going on rn, every few seconds the pwr draw drops by 20% and the fps go below 120 (from the usual 144 I play at.)
Anyone know a fix?
Wait, so you are suggesting overclocking of my cpu as a possible fix for my gpu giving out after playing with no in-game FPS cap @300 FPS? Also, my motherboard and gpu supports pcie speed 3.0x16? Could using this in my BIOS work or should I set it to gen 2/pcie 2.0x16? I would have guessed faulty pcie cables could be the reason for my crashes. I am currently using cablemod cables instead of my evga supernova G2 750w Gold’s default cables.
Fixing computers no matter how experienced you become is almost always trial and error. The first thing I would do is get 3dmark (or some variation of it) and check your heat on both CPU and GPU. If those check out look at your voltages and to make sure you have enough being sent to both your CPU and GPU.
Anything above 60 Celsius on your CPU is not sustainable over long durations.
I do most of my work in the Bios so it would be a good place to start.
Oh right, I absolutely forgot to mention my temps. Throughout my gaming, even for extensive amounts of time, my cpu hovers around 30-40 C meanwhile my GPU never goes pass 60 C. I still crash anyway after removing the in-game FPS limiter of 220 FPS. Also, my task manager live performance charts show my cpu at no more than 11% usage, memory at no more than 38% usage and GPU at no more than 14% usage while playing overwatch extensively.
Curious as to why you want to run at 300fps?
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What would you suggest I tinker with in the bios?
I would try increasing the voltages slightly given to both your GPU and CPU. That video I listed shows you how to set your CPU to automatic on voltage adjustment.
Overclocking that CPU should be easy because I overclocked my i7 3960x to 4.5GHz.
Playing hitscan and other aim intensive heroes. If not 300 at least 250+ without crashing. I plan on buying a 240hz monitor soon and there would be no point if my gpu cannot render 240+ frames. My GPU not hitting those frames seems ridiculous anyway seeing as how it’s a 1080 ti FTW3 Elite.
Try turning off reduce buffering and anti analyze on Overwatch before we start messing with intricate systems.
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That’s done. I also have my settings at low. Also, could my i7-8700k be a bottle neck for my GPU? Most suggestions I received was for underclocking my GPU but because task manager displays no cpu, memory and/or gpu usage percentage going over 100 I figured that my overclock was stable. It should be also noted that I can play at a stable 300 FPS IF AND ONLY IF my window is minimized into a small window and not full screen or border less full screen lmao.
If you are using cablemod cables I definitely suggest trying the ones that came with the PSU. The fact that you fixed rendering device lost errors just by going directly to the wall tells that there might be more problems with power delivery. The PSU itself isn’t top of the line model either.
There’s so many things that might cause problems. OW itself is really weird too. I can usually run ~250 fps but sometimes I just get 200 for no good reason and if OW has been on for a long time my fps starts going down, sometimes even to ~150. In DM for example I can run 250-300 no problem. I also have 1080 ti and 960 EVO NVMe but I do have quad channel 32GB 3200MHz ram and 12 core 1920X Threadripper instead of 8700k but technicly 8700k should be even better for gaming so you should be able to at least match my numbers if not go over.
Question: Why do you need all those frames per second? What’s your monitor’s refresh rate?
“Your PSU isn’t top of the line either”
Woah, I feel so attacked right now lmao jk.
Anyway, yes! I will be trying my default psu cables to see if it changes anything. Buying another psu isn’t necessarily thrilling right now either. But if I must, what would you suggest? Master Cooler psu calculator suggests a psu of 610w since my estimated load is 560w.
Also, I’ve seen people run on-par if not more powerful rigs using Cablemod psu cables. Could I just have faulty pcie cables or does Cablemod not support overclocked systems? This goes for anyone that owns Cablemod psu cables on their modular power supply.
Go to the search bar on Windows 10 and type “msconfig”. Once that’s done go to the boot tab with your primary hard drive selected (OS drive) select Advanced options. Under Advanced options select number of processors (max it out) and push okay.
Oh nice! I will do this promptly. Anything else? You have suggested over clocking my cpu and adjusting processors to max so far.
Are you sure you’re getting advertised RAM speeds? If you haven’t gone into your BIOS and enabled XMP profile, you almost certainly are not. This could actually make a gigantic difference in your performance.
Edit: Even if this is not the source of the problem, you (or anybody else reading this) should do this. Otherwise you have wasted your money on your fancy and super fast DDR4 RAM.
Haha it’s just that some G2 PSUs have had problems with 12V rails. I’d personally look at platinum PSUs. Like P2 models from EVGA and so on. I don’t think you probably should buy a new one at this point but if you can loan a different PSU from someone else then that would be good to try out. Might even want to try your PC somewhere else as there could be a problem with the lines in your house. Many of those calculators give little too small PSUs for my taste. Modern PSUs run most optimally at 40-80% load. Platinum PSUs at like 50% load are completely silent as there’s so little heat. I’d look at 700W+.
Yeah you should be able to use cablemod cables but there might be a fault. Try running some proper stress testing that puts your GPU to 100%. Also check the temps of the CPU and make sure your RAM is actually running at 3200MHz as they default to lower settings normally.
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Thank you Sparru and Fragehardt for your replies. My cpu runs no hotter than 30-40C and gpu no hotter than 60C while gaming extensively. As for my ram, it is advertised as 3200MHz while it only runs at around 2155 MHz. How exactly do I raise it in the bios?
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