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Gigabyte 560 non-Ti (GV-N56GOC-1GI.F1) SLI problems - generic design flaw?
Well I've had the same problems with two Gigabyte 560 non-Ti running in SLI as described in [Bugfix] NVIDIA GTX 560 Ti OC: Probleme mit Blackscreen, “Switch to Desktop” oder Reboot | Media Addicted. This mainly happened to me in heavy lifters like Guild Wars 2 (which seems to put even more strain at least on the VRAM than Furmark does). Testing the issue is pretty easy: leave Guild Wars 2 in the background with borderless window mode and wait until the system freezes.
In summary: when SLI is enabled, games like Guild Wars 2 crash my two 560 in either one of those styles:
This may well be a generic design flaw of those 560 cards by Gigabyte - or I am a very very unlucky person.
Though looking at the problems people have with the 560 Ti with WindForce cooling from Gigabyte I doubt that pretty much.
I hope this may help some people with problems with SLI and their Gigabyte 560's.
In summary: when SLI is enabled, games like Guild Wars 2 crash my two 560 in either one of those styles:
- graphics driver resets
- frozen screen with mouse moving possible, sound still playing
- frozen screen without mouse moving possible, sound still playing
- black screen full freeze
This may well be a generic design flaw of those 560 cards by Gigabyte - or I am a very very unlucky person.
Though looking at the problems people have with the 560 Ti with WindForce cooling from Gigabyte I doubt that pretty much.
I hope this may help some people with problems with SLI and their Gigabyte 560's.