- Mar 19, 2014
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Ok , So I bought a Dell xps 8500 in september 2012 with the following specifications:|
Processor - Intel Core i5 - 3450 3.10 ghz
ram - 8 gb
Graphics card - gt 640 1gb ddr3
I upgraded to Zotac gtx 660 2gb ddr5 synergy edition and i am having some problems
So I was playing Crysis 3 with high graphics and suddenly the pc crashed and then it kept restarting (it didnt go far the "dell xps 8500" screen btw) i plugged the switch off and gave it some rest , but still when i switched it on , it kept restarting like before then i opened the case and touched/pushed the gpu a bit and then the pc started working
again i played crysis 3 at high settings and after like an hour it crashed and again kept restarting like before!
i opened the case again and moved the grafix card
and it worked again
so what is the problem ?
It doesnt seems to crash when i'm just browsing or playing online games
but when i play real pc games ,it crashes (havent tried with other games though)
My psu : 460W
Required for gtx 660 : 450 W
the difference is just 10W , so can it be the problem? should I upgrade my psu as well?
or the problem is overheating? i touched the grafix card just after opening the case after it crashed
and it was kinda hot
please help!
Edit 1 : Drivers are up to date and I have installed GPU - Z and I get the following http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/14/03/19/28p.png while 2 tabs of google chrome ,1 tab of firefox , skype are open
Edit 2 : I tried capturing the img of gpu-z while crysis 3(high settings) along with all the stuff that was running(see edit 1) http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/14/03/19/3xw.pngv
NOTE: The Temperature kept increasing but i stopped it before it crashed
Edit 3: ok now i played crysis 3 for like 5-6 mins and here is the max result - http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/14/03/19/bew.png
I will try it without the case tomorrow(after 7-8 hours) and post results
Edit 4:Looks like the problem was that the gfx card was not seated correctly , an engineer came and reseated it and it worked .
Processor - Intel Core i5 - 3450 3.10 ghz
ram - 8 gb
Graphics card - gt 640 1gb ddr3
I upgraded to Zotac gtx 660 2gb ddr5 synergy edition and i am having some problems
So I was playing Crysis 3 with high graphics and suddenly the pc crashed and then it kept restarting (it didnt go far the "dell xps 8500" screen btw) i plugged the switch off and gave it some rest , but still when i switched it on , it kept restarting like before then i opened the case and touched/pushed the gpu a bit and then the pc started working
again i played crysis 3 at high settings and after like an hour it crashed and again kept restarting like before!
i opened the case again and moved the grafix card
and it worked again
so what is the problem ?
It doesnt seems to crash when i'm just browsing or playing online games
but when i play real pc games ,it crashes (havent tried with other games though)
My psu : 460W
Required for gtx 660 : 450 W
the difference is just 10W , so can it be the problem? should I upgrade my psu as well?
or the problem is overheating? i touched the grafix card just after opening the case after it crashed
and it was kinda hot
please help!
Edit 1 : Drivers are up to date and I have installed GPU - Z and I get the following http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/14/03/19/28p.png while 2 tabs of google chrome ,1 tab of firefox , skype are open
Edit 2 : I tried capturing the img of gpu-z while crysis 3(high settings) along with all the stuff that was running(see edit 1) http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/14/03/19/3xw.pngv
NOTE: The Temperature kept increasing but i stopped it before it crashed
Edit 3: ok now i played crysis 3 for like 5-6 mins and here is the max result - http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/14/03/19/bew.png
I will try it without the case tomorrow(after 7-8 hours) and post results
Edit 4:Looks like the problem was that the gfx card was not seated correctly , an engineer came and reseated it and it worked .
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