Can't say for sure. I know this is the 2nd of the two he bought, and the 680 hasn't even been out for a year, so at most just under a year.
I would ship to Canada for an extra $10
Edit: The card was purchased at the end of April in...
Every card is different, and yours might not overclock as well as another.
I would suggest uninstalling MSI AB. It's generally bad practice to have two OC programs installed, and it seems more people are using EVGA Precision X with the...
First step would probably be to uninstall AB and EVGA Precision X and uninstall and re-install the drivers. From there, re-install EVGA Precision X and see if it's fixed. If not, then I'm out of ideas other than RMA ing the card.
Up for sale is a reference Zotac 680 GTX. Reason for selling is that I acquired it in a trade along with another 680, and after selling one 680, decided to go back to another 7970 (my OCD demanded my color scheme match inside my rig)....
I remember for my 2500k I had to change something called "voltage frequency" or something along those lines from the default 300 to 350. I wonder if you have to do the same for Ivy?
You could also just have a poor chip. It happens. If...