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| Thread ID: 107352 | 2010-02-13 02:40:00 | Computer Crashes in Graphics Intensive Tasks | Thebananamonkey (7741) | Press F1 |
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| 857897 | 2010-02-13 02:40:00 | Hi All, I've been having lots of problems playing Modern Warfare 2 recently, where my screen will go grey before the sound starts playing up and I have to turn the whole thing off and restart. Initially it was really bad and would happen every ten minutes or so. I was playing on my TV at 1920x1080 and when I've gone back to 1680x1050 it's become a little better. It became a bit better when I put my comp on all auto settings (reversing carefully tuned voltages and latency's). I suspect that my graphics card just isn't up to the job, but am wondering if it could be my PSU or RAM or something? Specs are: Q6600 @3.0 OCZ 2x2GB 1066 DDR2 Asus P5K-E Wifi XFX 9800GTX (Factory OC'd) Enermax 620W Liberty Asus Xonar STX Soundcard The soundcard is relatively new too, so am wondering if it's possible that it's the problem. Any suggestions? Ideas? I'm looking at the HD5770 as a replacement card if it's just that my GPU isn't up to scratch |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 857898 | 2010-02-13 03:28:00 | It'll be overheating I'd guess? Your Power Supply looks fine. What happens if you run something like speccy or EVEREST in the background and Alt + Tab to it every now and then? How hot is the GPU? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 857899 | 2010-02-13 04:32:00 | I've been having lots of problems playing Modern Warfare 2 I was playing on my TV at 1920x1080 and when I've gone back to 1680x1050 it's become a little better. It became a bit better when I put my comp on all auto settings (reversing carefully tuned voltages and latency's). There you go. You've answered your own question. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 857900 | 2010-02-13 04:45:00 | There you go. You've answered your own question. A little better and a bit better doesn't mean it doesn't hang. Had it stopped hanging, I would have said so. What I want to know is whether it could be anything other than my GPU, to save me from spending lots of money on a new one and still having the same problems. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 857901 | 2010-02-13 05:26:00 | Two simple things to try. Restore everything to default , non OC settings - see if it works OK make sure there is no dust/dirt buildup in the cooling devices, fans, heatsinks etc |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 857902 | 2010-02-13 05:26:00 | Temps sitting around 80C and peaking at 83C. That shouldn't be too high though, should it? | Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 857903 | 2010-02-13 05:46:00 | Not really good I suspect. Mine at 48C currently under load. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 857904 | 2010-02-13 05:56:00 | This is my graphics card, not my CPU. 83 load 63 idle |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 857905 | 2010-02-13 06:17:00 | I was referring to my GPU not CPU as well. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 857906 | 2010-02-13 07:18:00 | So if I just an aftermarket GPU cooler (ascent.co.nz) would that probably solve the problem? I thought these cards were able to go up to temps of ~100C before they died? Mine's not anywhere near that as far as I can see. |
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