GTX 1060 and my game(s)

GoldenBuffy

I've been Googling like crazy, but have yet to find a clear answer, so I'm hoping - with minor trouble - that someone here can help me. I got my new video card: a geforce gtx 1060 3 gig memory last week. I was able to play GTA V with no problems on max settings. My daughter then updated her modded Skyrim, and my card's LED lighting went from bright white to red. So she turned off the game. On Sunday I was able to fire up Sims 3. It loaded fine, and I had the game on pause, just looking around the world, seeing how things looked better.

Once I unpaused the game and went into live mode, that's when my card's light again went from white to red. I played for about 10 minutes, and the light stayed a solid red. So I saved and exited the game. Now comes Monday, and I fired up GTA V, and the card's light alternated between white and red lighting. Does this mean I need a more powerful power supply? Right now mine is 460 watts. I also upgraded my memory from 12 gig to 16 gig.

Please, can anyone help me? Thanks!

phoebebebe13

You need @chesterbigbird

SimplyJen

Which exact brand of 1060 do you have? Can you link it? I ask because some of these newer graphics cards have RGB which means you can change the LED lights. RGB can be a little glitchy sometimes changing colors without your control.

chesterbigbird

LED lighting doesn't indicate problems.
If you had power supply issues then your pc would be crashing. What brand card and power supply is it?

GoldenBuffy

Simasaurus09 wrote: »

Which exact brand of 1060 do you have? Can you link it? I ask because some of these newer graphics cards have RGB which means you can change the LED lights. RGB can be a little glitchy sometimes changing colors without your control.

Here's my card, but I go it from Best Buy not online: https://www.pny.com/geforce-gtx-1060

Wait, I could have LED lights that change colors?

GoldenBuffy

chesterbigbird wrote: »

LED lighting doesn't indicate problems.
If you had power supply issues then your pc would be crashing. What brand card and power supply is it?

My pc isn't crashing and it's coming on with no problem. My new card is the pny geforce gtx 1060. My power supply not sure, it came with my pc, I do know it 460 watts - volts - not sure which I should use.

Can you all tell pcs are not my thing. lol

chesterbigbird

That card does have LED lights but not sure if you can customize them. The LEDs are for show only.. they do not indicate any problems.
You are cutting it close with a 460 watt power supply.. chances are its not a quality power supply so you may get issues sooner or later. That card needs a good 400 watt (quality unit.)

GoldenBuffy

@chesterbigbird would this be a good power supply to upgrade to? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EON40CS/ref=twister_B01G69E69E?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

chesterbigbird

GoldenBuffy wrote: »

@chesterbigbird would this be a good power supply to upgrade to? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EON40CS/ref=twister_B01G69E69E?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

It's not bad but certainly not the best.
Look at these if you want quality :
https://www.amazon.com/SeaSonic-650-Watt-CrossFire-Certified-SSR-650RM/dp/B00918N4A0/ref=sr_1_8?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487921255&sr=1-8&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_two_browse-bin:6906985011,p_n_feature_keywords_browse-bin:2888266011
https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Supernova-120-G1-0650-XR-Modular-Supply/dp/B00K85X2AW/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487921554&sr=1-1&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_two_browse-bin:6906985011,p_n_feature_keywords_browse-bin:2888266011
https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CX600-Supply-Bronze-Certified/dp/B0092ML0OC/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487921575&sr=1-3&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_two_browse-bin:6906985011,p_n_feature_keywords_browse-bin:2888266011

Out of those the seasonic is the best.

GoldenBuffy

chesterbigbird wrote: »

GoldenBuffy wrote: »

@chesterbigbird would this be a good power supply to upgrade to? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EON40CS/ref=twister_B01G69E69E?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

It's not bad but certainly not the best.
Look at these if you want quality :
https://www.amazon.com/SeaSonic-650-Watt-CrossFire-Certified-SSR-650RM/dp/B00918N4A0/ref=sr_1_8?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487921255&sr=1-8&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_two_browse-bin:6906985011,p_n_feature_keywords_browse-bin:2888266011
https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Supernova-120-G1-0650-XR-Modular-Supply/dp/B00K85X2AW/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487921554&sr=1-1&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_two_browse-bin:6906985011,p_n_feature_keywords_browse-bin:2888266011
https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CX600-Supply-Bronze-Certified/dp/B0092ML0OC/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487921575&sr=1-3&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_two_browse-bin:6906985011,p_n_feature_keywords_browse-bin:2888266011

Out of those the seasonic is the best.

Thank you!

chesterbigbird

GoldenBuffy wrote: »

chesterbigbird wrote: »

GoldenBuffy wrote: »

@chesterbigbird would this be a good power supply to upgrade to? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EON40CS/ref=twister_B01G69E69E?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

It's not bad but certainly not the best.
Look at these if you want quality :
https://www.amazon.com/SeaSonic-650-Watt-CrossFire-Certified-SSR-650RM/dp/B00918N4A0/ref=sr_1_8?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487921255&sr=1-8&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_two_browse-bin:6906985011,p_n_feature_keywords_browse-bin:2888266011
https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Supernova-120-G1-0650-XR-Modular-Supply/dp/B00K85X2AW/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487921554&sr=1-1&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_two_browse-bin:6906985011,p_n_feature_keywords_browse-bin:2888266011
https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CX600-Supply-Bronze-Certified/dp/B0092ML0OC/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487921575&sr=1-3&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_two_browse-bin:6906985011,p_n_feature_keywords_browse-bin:2888266011

Out of those the seasonic is the best.

Thank you!

Your welcome