After a bunch of testing with different BIOS settings, I found out that much of my problems with freezing/artifacts was actually the software I use to monitor CPU temps. RealTemp, CoreTemp or Speedfan... doesn't matter which I use, if I play a game with one of those running, within the first 30 sec it freezes briefly then gets a weird layer of artifacts all over the screen. Then it give me an nv4_disp.dll error.
Using EVGA Precision to monitor my GPU temps/speeds is fine. But if I use anything to monitor my CPU temp as well, it causes artifacts. Is this some kind of conflict of running 2 temp monitoring apps at once, or what? If so, then how can I monitor both my CPU and GPU temps, along with ambient temp/gpu fan speed and clocks, without stability issues?
I don't really understand why this is causing a problem. Maybe nvidia drivers have issues with temp monitoring software... because I ran 2 different apps to monitor both my gpu and cpu temp on all my old ATI cards. I've tried many different forceware drivers and this happens on all of them. Posted this here because I'm not really sure if it's a GPU problem or some problem with temperature sensors or the software reading the temps... anyone ever experienced something like this?
Using EVGA Precision to monitor my GPU temps/speeds is fine. But if I use anything to monitor my CPU temp as well, it causes artifacts. Is this some kind of conflict of running 2 temp monitoring apps at once, or what? If so, then how can I monitor both my CPU and GPU temps, along with ambient temp/gpu fan speed and clocks, without stability issues?
I don't really understand why this is causing a problem. Maybe nvidia drivers have issues with temp monitoring software... because I ran 2 different apps to monitor both my gpu and cpu temp on all my old ATI cards. I've tried many different forceware drivers and this happens on all of them. Posted this here because I'm not really sure if it's a GPU problem or some problem with temperature sensors or the software reading the temps... anyone ever experienced something like this?