Hey everyone! I recently upgraded my GPU from a GTX 960 to an MSI RTX 5060 Ti VENTUS 2X OC PLUS 16G, but now my system is freezing under load conditions, which wasn't an issue before. Here's my setup:
- CPU: Intel i5-6500
- Motherboard: MSI B150M PRO-VDH
- Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 650W (just got it new!)
- RAM: 2x8 GB Corsair DDR4-2133
- Old GPU: GTX 960 (ran perfectly)
After installing the new GPU, I ran some stress tests (on Roll20, YouTube, and OCCT) and my system freezes in under 5 minutes. I've checked that temperatures are good and have done a clean driver install using DDU. I even tried different PCIe cables, but the freezing persists. When I switch back to the GTX 960, everything works fine. Do you think the 5060 Ti might be defective, or could it just be incompatible with my older Skylake setup? Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks!
1 Answer
It sounds like your CPU might be bottlenecking the performance of the RTX 5060 Ti, causing those freezes. Nvidia GPUs can be particularly sensitive to this compared to AMD ones. However, freezing isn't normal if everything is working fine with the old GPU.
I’d recommend systematically testing. Start with a CPU stress test, followed by RAM, and then storage. Once you’re sure those are stable, monitor usage during a GPU stress test. And yeah, even if you did a clean install, it doesn’t hurt to redo the drivers just to rule that out. Good luck!
Thanks for the tips! So far, I've run a CPU test which ran stable for over 30 minutes, and my RAM also checked out fine. When testing the GPU with the RTX 5060 Ti, it freezes after about 4 minutes, but the GTX 960 runs well. I’ll rerun the driver installation and try the stress tests again.