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So I recently posted a on this site about my topic. My computer keeps crashing during gameplay. I played Minecraft for about two hours yesterday and my computer crashed all of a sudden. This has happened before and its not a crash the screen just freezes at its last point. My graphics card requires a 300 watt power supply and my previous one was 350 watts. I just got a new 520 watt power supply and the same issue occurred so now I think its a heat problem what can I do???
 
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Actually, that's an average temperature for that card. The maximum safe temperature is 102 degrees Celsius.
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-610/specifications

Do you have the latest drivers?
http://www.geforce.com/drivers

Another thing: I should have linked this to you instead of GPU Temp, just as a more comprehensive monitor...
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I just have a question and a suggestion

1. Does this happen with all games? Or just minecraft?

2. Try to monitor your GPU temperature. Play minecraft and check the temperature of your graphics card with this: http://www.gputemp.com/ This should tell us if the problem is indeed overheating.

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So my graphics card is the Nvidia geforce gt 610
Starting temp before gaming= 38 degrees celsius
Gaming temp after just nine minutes of minecraft=76 degrees celsius

And to answer you question I don't play another games or have any others to test this.

I'm guessing that temp is ridiculous. What can I do to fix this? Would my best bet be to just buy a new nicer graphics card?
 
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Actually, that's an average temperature for that card. The maximum safe temperature is 102 degrees Celsius.
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-610/specifications

Do you have the latest drivers?
http://www.geforce.com/drivers

Another thing: I should have linked this to you instead of GPU Temp, just as a more comprehensive monitor. So try HWMonitor. It displays the temperature etc. of a lot of your hardware. Useful stuff for determining which component could be causing a crash!

Next, after you have HWMonitor running, use a stress testing program like:

Prime95 for your CPU (http://www.pcworld.com/product/956261/prime95-32-bit-version-.html)

FurMark for you GPU
(http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/)

and lastly,
MemTest86+ for RAM (http://www.pcworld.com/article/232640/memtest86.html)
For MemTest 86+, you'll need to create bootable media with it and boot your computer with a USB key or CD to go into MemTest.
this guide hopefully will help: http://www.wikihow.com/Test-PC-Ram-with-MemTest86

This article sums up what I'm suggesting:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2028882/keep-it-stable-stupid-how-to-stress-test-your-pc-hardware.html
That should help clarify anything, but really the thing we're trying to accomplish is find out if the crashes are hardware or software related.

Good luck with the tests! I recommend reading the last article I linked to get an idea of what you'll be doing.

DonQuixoteMC



 
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