- Dec 1, 2013
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I have a GTX 285 card made by BFG. It's factory overclocked, but I've manually set its clock speeds back to NVIDIA standards. My computer has 8 GB of RAM, an Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 CPU, and Windows 8.1.
When I try to play almost any game, the computer crashes with a blank gray screen, often with a sound loop or buzzing sound. Some games crash immediately, while others crash after about 5-10 minutes. This happens to both new games like Skyrim and old games like Quake IV. It even happens on games I was able to play to completion with no problems on Windows 7. Games that use strictly 2D graphics are not affected.
I have the latest graphics driver, though I've tried the last 3 drivers and they haven't made a difference. I have also cleaned dust out of the video card's heat sink, reseated the card, and installed a new 750W power supply.
The card maintains a temperature of about 55 degrees C when playing most games. When I'm not playing games, I run BOINC to do CUDA calculations in the background; it can push the GPU to 98% utilization and up to 67 degrees C, yet it has never crashed even if it runs all night. I've run FurMark for 15 minutes; it didn't crash either and got a maximum temp of 70 degrees C.
I've run Memtest on my computer's memory and another program to test the video card's memory; both pass the tests. The only thing I can think of is that either the video card is defective (but why doesn't CUDA crash it?) or Windows 8.1 has some kind of incompatibility that Windows 7 did not.
When I try to play almost any game, the computer crashes with a blank gray screen, often with a sound loop or buzzing sound. Some games crash immediately, while others crash after about 5-10 minutes. This happens to both new games like Skyrim and old games like Quake IV. It even happens on games I was able to play to completion with no problems on Windows 7. Games that use strictly 2D graphics are not affected.
I have the latest graphics driver, though I've tried the last 3 drivers and they haven't made a difference. I have also cleaned dust out of the video card's heat sink, reseated the card, and installed a new 750W power supply.
The card maintains a temperature of about 55 degrees C when playing most games. When I'm not playing games, I run BOINC to do CUDA calculations in the background; it can push the GPU to 98% utilization and up to 67 degrees C, yet it has never crashed even if it runs all night. I've run FurMark for 15 minutes; it didn't crash either and got a maximum temp of 70 degrees C.
I've run Memtest on my computer's memory and another program to test the video card's memory; both pass the tests. The only thing I can think of is that either the video card is defective (but why doesn't CUDA crash it?) or Windows 8.1 has some kind of incompatibility that Windows 7 did not.
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