Computer freezing. Probably graphics card. Please help

Player0ne

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I have a computer that often freezes after the loading screen of a game or while using a cg-program or a video editing program or while watching a video. The screen and the sound freezes. Sometimes only the screen freezes, but i can still hear and speak on teamspeak.
Every time i have to shut down the computer by pushing the power button for 10 seconds.
I think the problem is the graphics card, because she gets very hot, and if i clean the heat sink, the computer do not freeze for 1-2 days.
A week ago i have changed the cooling paste, but the computer began freezing again after only 2 days
I have updated the graphicscard drivers, but every update i made the problem got worse
My specs are:
Packard Bell ixtreme M5720

Graphics: 1024 MB Nvidia Geforce GT220 (Sapphire/PCPartner)
Power supply: coolermaster B700 700W (previously 250W)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 @2.66 GHz
Motherboard: Packard Bell EG43M

I have bought this pc 2009 and i've noticed this problem happening regularly since june-july 2013
 
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simonax12

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Use Furmark program to test your graphic cards with the burn in test. When pc freezes check what the tempreture is. If its bellow 80 thats nothing to do with the over heating. But if it gets to 90C or above then its to do with over heating and you might need to get after-market cooler for GPU.
 

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"Yes it looks like your graphics card need some better cooling. Is your case well ventilated? Try doing the test again with your case open (computer case)"

No, the case is not ventilated. I'm already working with the case open. I could try to put in a fan that blows away the hot air
 

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Christian Nielsen

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Hi dude. I have the same problem, but my graphic card doesn't get above 80 degrees. it crashes after 3 min and it does only reach 78 degrees what to do????
 

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I built a new pc with the same graphicscard and it had the same problem. When i substituted the card with another the computer didn't freeze anymore.
Conclusion: my graphicscard is probably defective