I get a black screen when gaming for a period of time, audio plays as usual

KennyK360

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Sep 27, 2015
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This happens on basically every game I play. I usually play Counter Strike: Global Offensive, so I experience it most in that.

As I play the game, my screen will randomly go black, and the audio will play normally, no loops or anything. The screen may flicker back to normal, but it quickly goes back to black. If I tab out to the desk top, I get my screen back, and can go back in game for a short period before it black screens again. The longer I stay on the desktop, the longer I get to play.

I am 70% sure it's a problem with my graphics card (2048MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6670), and it seems like an overheating problem, but I have completely cleaned out my PC recently, but the problem persists. The GPU temperatures are 40 Celsius when idle, 45 when gaming.

I need any help I can get, thank you.
 
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Make sure everything is plugged in completely, add some case fans, or replace the gpu with one with fans. A geforce 750ti will do and its only 154 on amazon for the ftw edition!

Haydomon1

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Aug 26, 2015
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Make sure everything is plugged in completely, add some case fans, or replace the gpu with one with fans. A geforce 750ti will do and its only 154 on amazon for the ftw edition!
 
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