Framerate Drop and random shutting down with new graphics card installation

Doterchin

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Jun 5, 2015
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Hello, I just recently purchased a GTX MSi 960 2G video card to replace my somewhat dated GTX 550 Ti in the hopes to run my games on a higher quality setting and squeeze some better performance framerate wise. However after installing the new card, I've had a myriad of problems like framerate drops and random shut downs in and out of game. Any suggestions or help revolving around this kind of thing? I have a 600w power supply and here are my computer specs:

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
Manufacturer Intel
Speed 3.3 GHz
Number of Cores 4
CPU ID BFEBFBFF000206A7
Family 06
Model 2A
Stepping 7
Revision 12
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chipset GeForce GTX 960
Dedicated Memory 2.1 GB
Total Memory 3.9 GB
Pixel Shader Version 5.0
Vertex Shader Version 5.0
Hardware T & L Yes
Vendor ID 10DE
Device ID 1401
Plug and Play ID VEN_10DE&DEV_1401&SUBSYS_32021462&REV_A1
Driver Version 9.18.13.5306
Memory 8.2 GB
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit
Service Pack 1
Size 64 Bit
Edition Professional
Version 6.1.7601
Locale 0409
BIOS BIOS Date: 03/31/11 15:19:54 Ver: 04.06.04
Version American Megatrends Inc. V1.10
Manufacturer American Megatrends Inc.
Date 03/31/11
Display Maximum Resolution 1920 x 1080
Sound Device 1 High Definition Audio Device
Driver Version
Sound Device 2 NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM)
Driver Version
Sound Device 3 HD Webcam C270
Driver Version
Sound Device 4 NVIDIA High Definition Audio
Driver Version
DVD HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-H73N ATA Device
CD HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-H73N ATA Device
Drive
Size 931.4 GB
Free 136.8 GB


Thanks in advance for the help!
 

Doterchin

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Jun 5, 2015
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I had thought as much. I ruled it out just barely because the graphics card minimum PSU requirements are 400w, so I didn't think the PSU was the case. I didn't realize they got such a bad rep though...

Any suggestions for a model of the brands you listed for a budget of 80 - 100 dollars?

Also thanks for the help!