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3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Tuesday, April 24, 2012 2:35 PM (permalink)
I have 3 EVGA GTX470SC in 3WAY SLI not OC and I am noticing that I am getting frames lock up while my FPS are 200 and higher in game (FPS reading trough EVGA PRECISION on my G13 LCD), why this is happening?
It looks like a random and half second lock up, the game moves and respond good overall except for this lock up (very annoying) specially in heavy action.
Is that a PSU issue?
like not supplying enough wattage to the system?
System specs:
1x EVGA P67FTW
1x i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz 1.24Vcore
3x GTX470 no OC
4x G-SKILL RIPJAWS X 4GB @2133 11/11/11/30/1T (default speeds for this RAM) 16GB total
1x WD blue 7200rpm 500GB (storage)
1x CRUCIAL M4 128GB SSD
1x LG sata DVD-RW
1x Creative X-FI TITANIUM sound card
and 10 fans of various sizes to keep system cool
 
the current PSU is a OCZ ZX series 1000W 80+ gold, should I upgrade to a 1200W?
And upgrading to 1200W will fix the frame lock thing?
Edit:
I forgot to mention that the voltages are at 12.13V and 5.05V on system idle and never sinks below 12.02 and 4.99V wile heavy loaded, and this PSU was previously RMA because the first 1 blow up on me, with flames and black smoke, and at the time before the thing totally blow on me I was experiencing randoms systems shot downs and power it's self back on after few seconds, but that is not happening this time, just random FPS lock up in game, so I was wondering if this PSU is going again or just not enough power to power up 3 cards in SLI.

Thanks for any suggestion
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    Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Tuesday, April 24, 2012 4:16 PM (permalink)
    It doesn't sound like a power issue, it sounds like a VRAM issue. What games and what resolution are you playing at?
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      Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Tuesday, April 24, 2012 4:27 PM (permalink)
      the game is "Deus EX Human Revolution" and I am playing at 1920*1024 @ 59Hz in DX11 with Vsync and A.A.filters OFF, I tried to lower the resolution but that still happen.
      So you think 1 of the 3 cards has a bad VRAM on it? 
       
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        Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Tuesday, April 24, 2012 4:43 PM (permalink)
        are you useing precision x ?
         
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          Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Tuesday, April 24, 2012 4:43 PM (permalink)
          Before you assume you have a faulty part you should try returning your system to default speeds and see if the issue persists. Also does it happen in only that game or is it all games you play that you have that issue?
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            Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Tuesday, April 24, 2012 4:58 PM (permalink)
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            are you useing precision x ?


            yes sir, I am using precision X, the latest version.
            And yes, it happens on L4D2 & Saints row 2, dirt 2 as well, Alpha Protocol runs fine (maybe because the games is old and it uses the 1st card only)
            the cards are not over clocked, the only think is over clocked is the CPU, but I been runing it OC since day 1, and I ran 12 hours of prime95 and no issues, and I allso ran 30 pass on intel burn test and the system was found stable
             
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              Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Tuesday, April 24, 2012 5:02 PM (permalink)
              i've got my 465's capped @100 frps with the frame rate target found it to be a hole lot less choppy in bf3
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                Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Tuesday, April 24, 2012 5:21 PM (permalink)
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                i've got my 465's capped @100 frps with the frame rate target found it to be a hole lot less choppy in bf3

                really?
                but I did activate that options and doesn't do nothing, I still get 200FPS in Deus Ex Human Revolution and 350FPS on L4D2 even I I had set 60FPS on precision X and if I activate the Vsync on the game it does lower the FPS but I am getting crazzy 2 sec mouse lag
                 
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                  Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Tuesday, April 24, 2012 5:41 PM (permalink)
                  wow that crazy its been working great for me. had it first set at 60 then went to 70 and now up to 100
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                    Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Tuesday, April 24, 2012 5:50 PM (permalink)
                    rozeyz


                    wow that crazy its been working great for me. had it first set at 60 then went to 70 and now up to 100

                    what nvidia drivers version are you using?
                    just curious
                    I am using the 296.10
                    about the FPS lock up I was thinking of PSU problems I tell you the truth, because at 200FPS I should have smooth gaming experience, and it is except for this random lock up that occurs like all most every minute, I don't see any other reason for it to happen.
                     
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                      Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Tuesday, April 24, 2012 6:03 PM (permalink)
                      i be leave i'm using the latest beta driver.  is there any you can monitor the memory usage while your in game. i run 2 monitors and have the hardware monitor up on the second screen
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                        Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Tuesday, April 24, 2012 6:34 PM (permalink)
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                        i be leave i'm using the latest beta driver.  is there any you can monitor the memory usage while your in game. i run 2 monitors and have the hardware monitor up on the second screen

                        yes, I am using the 2 LCD on my logitech G15 and game pad logitech G13 to monitor my hardwares temps and stuff, I am running evga precision on the G13 LCD and it shows me gpus temps, fan speeds, memory usage, gpu usage , core speed, core Voltage, mem speed and in game DX type and FPS
                        and the max VRAM used on L4D2 is about 550Mb and about the same for the other but I have 1280Mb VRAM on those cards, the only games that I max out the VRAM is crysis 2 when using DX11 and ULTRA details I use all 1280Mb of VRAM and sadly there is no way that I can share some on my system memory since I have 16Gb installed and dedicate it as Vram so that I can increase the VRAM when need, it would of be nice if Nvidia or EVGA guys will design and make a program that let you share system memory as VRAM for games that require more VRAM then what you have available on your GPU card, my laptop does that, so I know it is possible.
                         
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                          Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Tuesday, April 24, 2012 7:34 PM (permalink)
                          well i'm not real savvy on psu's but you mite be right i'm thinking you are taxing you psu. i know my cards need 38 amps per card i believe and your power supply only has 1 12v rail with 83 amps. to me simple math says (and my way of thinking be it right or wrong lol) 3X38= 114 amps + the rest of your system ? . thats just my guess though
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                            Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Tuesday, April 24, 2012 10:29 PM (permalink)
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                            well i'm not real savvy on psu's but you mite be right i'm thinking you are taxing you psu. i know my cards need 38 amps per card i believe and your power supply only has 1 12v rail with 83 amps. to me simple math says (and my way of thinking be it right or wrong lol) 3X38= 114 amps + the rest of your system ? . thats just my guess though

                            yea, I thinking the same, I have a fealing I max out that PSU, this is why I am getting this frame locks.
                            I saw the EVGA released 301 beta drivers for the 400 serie GPU, i am going to download it, and tomorrow morning when I wake up I will upgrade them, and see what happen, I hope it is bad drivers, because upgrading a PSU to a 1200W is expensive lol, but that will be my next move if it still does that, I got to find out how much Amps my cards need, so I can calculate if I get there or I am over.
                            worse case I will try on selling this PSU and get a 1200W.
                            I know something, I am using about 800W on my wall outlet, and if I stress test with OC scanner it goes up to 924W wich I even overload my battery back up , but I don't know how much that will be on 12V rails.
                             
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                              Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Wednesday, April 25, 2012 8:27 PM (permalink)
                              ok, I installed the 301 drivers, same think, I am getting about  200FPS on the game but still randomly frame locking, if I disable SLI the FPS drops to 60~70  mouse became a little heavy but the frame lock stops, is that means is lack on power? or that mean 1 or the other 2 cards may have some problems, or 3 way sli it's to heavy for the p67 mobo?
                              Should I try on upgrading the PSU to a 1200W? 
                               
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                                Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:36 AM (permalink)
                                nick u SICILIANU


                                I have 3 EVGA GTX470SC in 3WAY SLI not OC and I am noticing that I am getting frames lock up while my FPS are 200 and higher in game (FPS reading trough EVGA PRECISION on my G13 LCD), why this is happening?
                                It looks like a random and half second lock up, the game moves and respond good overall except for this lock up (very annoying) specially in heavy action.
                                Is that a PSU issue?
                                like not supplying enough wattage to the system?
                                System specs:
                                1x EVGA P67FTW
                                1x i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz 1.24Vcore
                                3x GTX470 no OC
                                4x G-SKILL RIPJAWS X 4GB @2133 11/11/11/30/1T (default speeds for this RAM) 16GB total
                                1x WD blue 7200rpm 500GB (storage)
                                1x CRUCIAL M4 128GB SSD
                                1x LG sata DVD-RW
                                1x Creative X-FI TITANIUM sound card
                                and 10 fans of various sizes to keep system cool

                                the current PSU is a OCZ ZX series 1000W 80+ gold, should I upgrade to a 1200W?
                                And upgrading to 1200W will fix the frame lock thing?
                                Edit:
                                I forgot to mention that the voltages are at 12.13V and 5.05V on system idle and never sinks below 12.02 and 4.99V wile heavy loaded, and this PSU was previously RMA because the first 1 blow up on me, with flames and black smoke, and at the time before the thing totally blow on me I was experiencing randoms systems shot downs and power it's self back on after few seconds, but that is not happening this time, just random FPS lock up in game, so I was wondering if this PSU is going again or just not enough power to power up 3 cards in SLI.

                                Thanks for any suggestion


                                I used to run 3 470 sc'd cards with a more power hungry CPU than you're using on a 1000w PSU with no troubles.  I used to monitor wattage used while gaming & never saw it reach over 820W or so.  But 1 thing I had to do to be completely stable was to increase my IOH Vcore in Bios.  I am not familiar with your board or bios, but with my X58, I had to increase my IOH Vcore in bios to 1.30 to be totally stable under heavy load like gaming.
                                 
                                                                                                                        
                                 
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                                  Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:52 AM (permalink)
                                  nick u SICILIANU


                                  the game is "Deus EX Human Revolution" and I am playing at 1920*1024 @ 59Hz in DX11 with Vsync and A.A.filters OFF, I tried to lower the resolution but that still happen.
                                  So you think 1 of the 3 cards has a bad VRAM on it? 


                                  You could also try testing 1 GPU at a time.  Remove 2 cards testing just 1, then remove that 1 & put next 1 in 1st slot & so on.  Monitor your Vram while testing each card noting if Vram usage is close to the same playing the same game.
                                  Also, in my experience, having enough GPU power to obtain 200fps but using a 60HZ monitor isn't always a good thing.  I have found that in a lot of games that using Vsync makes games play more smoothly if your GPU (s) can maintain it or close to it.  Remember, a 60HZ monitor can only process 60 FPS. Others have varying opinions on using Vsync, but that's what I have experienced.
                                   
                                                                                                                          
                                   
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                                    Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Thursday, April 26, 2012 8:34 AM (permalink)
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                                    the game is "Deus EX Human Revolution" and I am playing at 1920*1024 @ 59Hz in DX11 with Vsync and A.A.filters OFF, I tried to lower the resolution but that still happen.
                                    So you think 1 of the 3 cards has a bad VRAM on it? 


                                    You could also try testing 1 GPU at a time.  Remove 2 cards testing just 1, then remove that 1 & put next 1 in 1st slot & so on.  Monitor your Vram while testing each card noting if Vram usage is close to the same playing the same game.
                                    Also, in my experience, having enough GPU power to obtain 200fps but using a 60HZ monitor isn't always a good thing.  I have found that in a lot of games that using Vsync makes games play more smoothly if your GPU (s) can maintain it or close to it.  Remember, a 60HZ monitor can only process 60 FPS. Others have varying opinions on using Vsync, but that's what I have experienced.


                                    well I can monitor my Wattage on wall outlet trough my battery back up system, it has a LCD screen that shows me Voltage in, out, wattage, battery status, and I see that my system uses including the monitor 924W when I do the evga OC scanner, and usually between 600 and 800W wile gaming, depend on the game and GPU work load usage,
                                    but like I said this Wattage are on the 120V side, I have no idea what that is on the low voltage side, but if I am using 924W-45W(screen)=879W(the tower alone) means I am close to max out that PSU on low voltage side, but not quite sure.
                                    About the FPS, if I activate Vsync it give me a terrible mouse lag for some reason, that is why I am forced to keep it OFF, same for A.A. filtering, and I am using a HDTV as monitor, it is a INSIGNIA LED 24" full HD 60Hz 5ms responce time, model number NS-24E730A12 by INSIGNA.
                                    I tried to disable SLI and runing the game in only 1 card (didn't pull the other 2 out) and yea, I get about 90FPS and it feels heavy, but the FPS lock stops (system uses about 400W from wall power outlet), if I go with 2 in SLI and dedicate the 3rd on as PhisicX so that I run 2 cards, bum, frames lock again,so it looks like it's a problem with SLI.
                                    And I forgot to mention I downloaded and installed 301 drivers from EVGA site and it fixed L4D2 problem except for the black screen when I exit from the game to lobby and some time it freeze the all computer, but it only does in L4D2.
                                     
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                                      Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Thursday, April 26, 2012 10:52 AM (permalink)
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                                      bdary


                                      nick u SICILIANU


                                      the game is "Deus EX Human Revolution" and I am playing at 1920*1024 @ 59Hz in DX11 with Vsync and A.A.filters OFF, I tried to lower the resolution but that still happen.
                                      So you think 1 of the 3 cards has a bad VRAM on it? 


                                      You could also try testing 1 GPU at a time.  Remove 2 cards testing just 1, then remove that 1 & put next 1 in 1st slot & so on.  Monitor your Vram while testing each card noting if Vram usage is close to the same playing the same game.
                                      Also, in my experience, having enough GPU power to obtain 200fps but using a 60HZ monitor isn't always a good thing.  I have found that in a lot of games that using Vsync makes games play more smoothly if your GPU (s) can maintain it or close to it.  Remember, a 60HZ monitor can only process 60 FPS. Others have varying opinions on using Vsync, but that's what I have experienced.


                                      well I can monitor my Wattage on wall outlet trough my battery back up system, it has a LCD screen that shows me Voltage in, out, wattage, battery status, and I see that my system uses including the monitor 924W when I do the evga OC scanner, and usually between 600 and 800W wile gaming, depend on the game and GPU work load usage,
                                      but like I said this Wattage are on the 120V side, I have no idea what that is on the low voltage side, but if I am using 924W-45W(screen)=879W(the tower alone) means I am close to max out that PSU on low voltage side, but not quite sure.
                                      About the FPS, if I activate Vsync it give me a terrible mouse lag for some reason, that is why I am forced to keep it OFF, same for A.A. filtering, and I am using a HDTV as monitor, it is a INSIGNIA LED 24" full HD 60Hz 5ms responce time, model number NS-24E730A12 by INSIGNA.
                                      I tried to disable SLI and runing the game in only 1 card (didn't pull the other 2 out) and yea, I get about 90FPS and it feels heavy, but the FPS lock stops (system uses about 400W from wall power outlet), if I go with 2 in SLI and dedicate the 3rd on as PhisicX so that I run 2 cards, bum, frames lock again,so it looks like it's a problem with SLI.
                                      And I forgot to mention I downloaded and installed 301 drivers from EVGA site and it fixed L4D2 problem except for the black screen when I exit from the game to lobby and some time it freeze the all computer, but it only does in L4D2.


                                      How old is your PSU?  Also, did you read my post about the IOH Vcore?  If you want to try to rule out that 1 of your cards is the issue, then you would need to seperatley test each card 1 at a time meaning you would have to remove the other 2 not being tested.  Ruling out a possible Vram issue would help narrow down the possible solutions like a PSU issue.

                                       
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                                        Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Thursday, April 26, 2012 11:21 AM (permalink)
                                        rozeyz


                                        well i'm not real savvy on psu's but you mite be right i'm thinking you are taxing you psu. i know my cards need 38 amps per card i believe and your power supply only has 1 12v rail with 83 amps. to me simple math says (and my way of thinking be it right or wrong lol) 3X38= 114 amps + the rest of your system ? . thats just my guess though

                                         
                                        Hold up here, let's think about this:

                                        Each card does not draw 38A, no way.
                                        Max power draw of the 470 = what?  (Maybe someone can find this, I think it's around 240W)
                                        240W/12V Rail = 20Amps  That's MAX amperage draw
                                         
                                        So for 3 x 20A = 60 Amps + whatever else is on that Rail
                                         
                                        Edit:  I was off, sorry Max wattage is 225W, so
                                        18.75A x 3 = 56.25A for all three cards + other items on that 12V rail:)
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                                          Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:03 PM (permalink)
                                          bdary


                                          nick u SICILIANU


                                          bdary


                                          nick u SICILIANU


                                          the game is "Deus EX Human Revolution" and I am playing at 1920*1024 @ 59Hz in DX11 with Vsync and A.A.filters OFF, I tried to lower the resolution but that still happen.
                                          So you think 1 of the 3 cards has a bad VRAM on it? 


                                          You could also try testing 1 GPU at a time.  Remove 2 cards testing just 1, then remove that 1 & put next 1 in 1st slot & so on.  Monitor your Vram while testing each card noting if Vram usage is close to the same playing the same game.
                                          Also, in my experience, having enough GPU power to obtain 200fps but using a 60HZ monitor isn't always a good thing.  I have found that in a lot of games that using Vsync makes games play more smoothly if your GPU (s) can maintain it or close to it.  Remember, a 60HZ monitor can only process 60 FPS. Others have varying opinions on using Vsync, but that's what I have experienced.


                                          well I can monitor my Wattage on wall outlet trough my battery back up system, it has a LCD screen that shows me Voltage in, out, wattage, battery status, and I see that my system uses including the monitor 924W when I do the evga OC scanner, and usually between 600 and 800W wile gaming, depend on the game and GPU work load usage,
                                          but like I said this Wattage are on the 120V side, I have no idea what that is on the low voltage side, but if I am using 924W-45W(screen)=879W(the tower alone) means I am close to max out that PSU on low voltage side, but not quite sure.
                                          About the FPS, if I activate Vsync it give me a terrible mouse lag for some reason, that is why I am forced to keep it OFF, same for A.A. filtering, and I am using a HDTV as monitor, it is a INSIGNIA LED 24" full HD 60Hz 5ms responce time, model number NS-24E730A12 by INSIGNA.
                                          I tried to disable SLI and runing the game in only 1 card (didn't pull the other 2 out) and yea, I get about 90FPS and it feels heavy, but the FPS lock stops (system uses about 400W from wall power outlet), if I go with 2 in SLI and dedicate the 3rd on as PhisicX so that I run 2 cards, bum, frames lock again,so it looks like it's a problem with SLI.
                                          And I forgot to mention I downloaded and installed 301 drivers from EVGA site and it fixed L4D2 problem except for the black screen when I exit from the game to lobby and some time it freeze the all computer, but it only does in L4D2.


                                          How old is your PSU?  Also, did you read my post about the IOH Vcore?  If you want to try to rule out that 1 of your cards is the issue, then you would need to seperatley test each card 1 at a time meaning you would have to remove the other 2 not being tested.  Ruling out a possible Vram issue would help narrow down the possible solutions like a PSU issue.



                                          yes I did, I am currently messing with it,
                                          in my mobo there is the fallowing voltage controls:
                                          CPU Multiplier control: MANUAL
                                          CPU Multiplier setting: 44
                                          Dummy OC: DISABLE
                                          Vdrop: without Vdrop
                                          internall PLL voltage override: ENABLED
                                          CPUVcore: MANUAL
                                          CPU Vcore (mV): 1250
                                          DIMM voltage controll: MANUAL
                                          DIMM voltage (mV): 1600 (according to my RAM manufacture)
                                          CPU VCCIO: AUTO (1.063V)
                                          PCH voltage 1.05V: 1.050V
                                          CPU PLL Vcore 1.8V: 1.800V
                                          VccSa voltage: 0.925V
                                          NF200 Voltage: 1.200V
                                          PWM frequency: 300Khz
                                          DMI_COMP: AUTO
                                          XCLK_RCOMP: AUTO
                                          TDC: 255
                                          Long duration TDP: 255
                                          Short duration TDP: 255
                                           
                                          Well I never mess with those stuff, I don't even know what they really are , the only think I mess with is multiplex and Vcore to gain stability
                                          and inside the CPU ADVANCED CONFIGURATION
                                          Active processor cores: ALL
                                          Limit CPUID maximum: DISABLE
                                          Execute disable bit: ENABLE
                                          hardware prefetcher: ENABLE
                                          Adjacent cache line prefetch: ENABLE
                                          INTEL (R) hyper treading tech: ENABLE
                                          INTEL (R) virtualization tech: DISABLE
                                          EIST: DISABLE
                                          TURBO MODE: ENABLE
                                          CPU C1E: DISABLE
                                          CPU C3 REPORT: DISABLE
                                          CPU C6 REPORT: DISABLE
                                          Package C state limit: NO LIMIT
                                           
                                          under memory config
                                          Memory multiplier: DDR2133
                                          Spd Profile Select: CUSTOM PROFILE
                                          ChanelA memory timing config:
                                          tCL: AUTO 11  (to ram manufacture specs)
                                          TRCD: AUTO 11  (to ram manufacture specs)
                                          TRP: AUTO 11  (to ram manufacture specs)
                                          TRAS: MANUAL 30 (to ram manufacture specs)
                                          TRRD: AUTO 7
                                          TWR: AUTO 12
                                          TRTP: AUTO 9
                                          TWTR: AUTO 9
                                          TRFC: AUTO 171
                                          TFAW: AUTO 33
                                          IO latency: AUTO 2
                                           
                                          ChanelB memory timing config:
                                          tCL: AUTO 11  (to ram manufacture specs)
                                          TRCD: AUTO 11  (to ram manufacture specs)
                                          TRP: AUTO 11  (to ram manufacture specs)
                                          TRAS: MANUAL 30 (to ram manufacture specs)
                                          TRRD: AUTO 7
                                          TWR: AUTO 12
                                          TRTP: AUTO 9
                                          TWTR: AUTO 9
                                          TRFC: AUTO 171
                                          TFAW: AUTO 33
                                          IO latency: AUTO 2
                                           
                                          most of the setting I didn't mess with it but I ran MEMTEST86 over night and no issues with the RAM, and I ran prime95 for 12 hours and same, no issues, I all so ran 50 pass on INTEL BURN TEST and system was found stable.
                                           
                                           
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                                            Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:22 PM (permalink)
                                            check your GVPU for all 3 cards, my money is that either 1 or more cards are not set to 1.1v
                                             
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                                              Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:27 PM (permalink)
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                                              check your GVPU for all 3 cards, my money is that either 1 or more cards are not set to 1.1v

                                              your welcome.

                                              how did you know
                                              you right, my cards are not OC, and the VDD are all different
                                              CARD 1: 0.987V
                                              CARD 2: 1.075V
                                              CARD 3: 1.000V
                                              and this is all default, same for clocks:
                                              625/1701
                                              idle are all the same
                                              50/135 @ 0.875 all 3 same 
                                               
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                                                Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:58 PM (permalink)
                                                lol , been in your shoes till i found out what the hell was wrong...
                                                 
                                                Use afterburner or precision to set your GVPU to 1.1 across all cards and I will bet your issues dissappear!!!
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
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                                                  Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:12 PM (permalink)
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                                                  lol , been in your shoes till i found out what the hell was wrong...

                                                  Use afterburner or precision to set your GVPU to 1.1 across all cards and I will bet your issues dissappear!!!



                                                  I will try it right know, I wish I could had this info before, I all-ready toke the all system apart for try 1 card at the time, ok, I will post back results,
                                                  bud-way, what should be by default the VDD on those cards, I been asking my self that question on a long time, why my cards, and they are identical have to use different VDD, never really found an answer on that, but thanks I am going to try it 
                                                   
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                                                    Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:16 PM (permalink)
                                                    nvidia says 1.1v, I think there is some kind of power savings on the stock firmware perhaps for desktop mode non 3d?  This is speculation on my part, but I changed mine to 1.1v and im fixed now.
                                                     
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                                                      Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:25 PM (permalink)
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                                                      nvidia says 1.1v, I think there is some kind of power savings on the stock firmware perhaps for desktop mode non 3d?  This is speculation on my part, but I changed mine to 1.1v and im fixed now.

                                                      OK, I opened precision X click on voltage tuning, and I tried to set all 3 cards manually to 1.1V and it doesn't accept the setting, the max I can up it is 1.087V for all 3 cards, I tried the game at that VDD and yes, you right, it does run smoother,
                                                      it still frame locking but not as bad as stock VDD values, why do I have to manually adjust VDD to 1.1V and it doesn't come stock with the cards, I mean this is stupid, is this a drivers or precision X bug?
                                                       
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                                                        Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:27 PM (permalink)
                                                        use msi afterburner, thats what I did until i was sent a firmware update.
                                                         
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                                                          Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:29 PM (permalink)
                                                          you may also want to read my post about the whole thing here, I discovered this last week.
                                                          http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=1558135
                                                           
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                                                            Re:3way SLI with 470sc in game lock ups probem Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:33 PM (permalink)
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                                                            use msi afterburner, thats what I did until i was sent a firmware update.

                                                            I will give it a try, where did you get the firmware update?
                                                            so it is a bug with the firmware in the actually GPUs?
                                                            That explain everything, and why I allways had this frame lock issue, and I was thinking I needed more HP, this is why I purchased a 3rd GPU to go 3way SLI, and well going 3way SLI did increase my FPS in game but never correct my frame lock problem, the game is smooth, mouse feel light, except for this damns randoms fram lock, some time even a 1 sec long that really bug me out.
                                                            3 WAY SLI is good in my opinion, but too much KW and heat in my room. 
                                                             
                                                            EDIT: and I forget to mention, in L4D2 other then some frame lock when there is heavy zombies hordes, some time the computer just lock (totally freezes, need hard reset), and some time when exiting the game and going back to lobby the screen remains black with (no signal message in the screen) and the computer freezes, some one told me is your CPU OC not been stable, well I reset the BIOS to defaults and at stock CPU speed it does it anyway, OC my CPU, my OC pass 12 hours straight of PRIME 95 and 50 pass on INTEL burn test with 16sec at 57gFlops and some # and then after finish it says system was able to maintain stability during the test, so I know it is nothing to do with my CPU OC, that is why I am thinking it's some thing to do with SLI, it does it in SLI, even 2 way or  3 way, same frame lock problem, I tried 275.33, 296.10 and now I am running 301.24 NV drivers and same issue
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