Graphics will sporadically freeze during gaming, audio will continue playing as normal.

MrBaker · Jul 25, 2016

This started happening yesterday after i ran Cinebench R15 to see how much would the processor score...
Benchmark went fine, no crashes watsoever...

Then After a few hours playing FlightGear, the graphics froze for 5 seconds or so , i couldn't move the mouse, or type any commands...
But i could still hear the game's sounds. It's like the graphics card crashed somehow...

System:
Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR motherboard;
FX-6300 processor;
Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM;
GeForce GT 730 2GB DDR3 Graphics Card using latest driver (368.81);
460W Generic PSU by MTek.

Smokietreat13 · Jul 28, 2016

Is the game having a hard load on your card? I have a R9 270x and only one game gives me that problem and that's Arma3 im guessing because it puts a hard load on my card.

MrBaker · Jul 28, 2016

Smokietreat13 :

Indeed this could be the cause, the card may be overheating and freezing/crashing.
I also noticed the power supply gets somewhat hot after playing FG.
I just ordered a new higher quality PSU from XFX, will see if this helps.

But in case it doesn't, what graphics card do you recommend?

Smokietreat13 · Jul 28, 2016

MrBaker :

Smokietreat13 :

Indeed this could be the cause, the card may be overheating and freezing/crashing.
I also noticed the power supply gets somewhat hot after playing FG.
I just ordered a new higher quality PSU from XFX, will see if this helps.

But in case it doesn't, what graphics card do you recommend?

What is your budget and what kind of gaming do you do most?

MrBaker · Jul 28, 2016

Smokietreat13 :

MrBaker :

What is your budget and what kind of gaming do you do most?

Something between $300 ~ $450.
I mostly do flight simulation, also use stellarium.

Smokietreat13 · Jul 28, 2016

Acually i just looked at the power consumption on your mother board and video card and your cpu The mother board uses 300w your video card uses 350w and your cpu uses about 80w- 90w. So that new power supply should help.

MrBaker · Jul 28, 2016

Wow that is a fairly high power consumption.
Do you think this new 600W supply still won't be able to handle my system?

Smokietreat13 · Jul 28, 2016

I'm not sure if it can or not only time will tell. But it might

Smokietreat13 · Jul 28, 2016

As RazerZ said, the GTX 750 Ti is a HIGHLY efficient card while giving you some pretty decent performance. Its capable of taking power from the Motherboard, without having a connector to the PSU directly. Its as low as 110 right now.
Here is a decent card.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-n750ti2gd5o...
It may not max out the newest games at 1080p, but still will be able to deliver at low-high depending on the game.

Cyroburn101

Smokietreat13 · Jul 28, 2016

http://media.bestofmicro.com/8/R/408555/original/05-Power-Consumption-Torture.png
There you go look at this. I have the 270x which is super good for about 200 dollars and is really effisiont. But make sure it's compatible.

MrBaker · Jul 28, 2016

Very nice cards

I've heard the GTX 750 is pretty good budget gpu.
Might get this one in the near future. It's just over $180 here.
The R9 is not in stock in many brazilian online stores.

About the wattages, if i understood correctly, the rig will, at full load, pull almost 750W?

Some people even said a 500W PSU would be too much and a 600W just plain overkill..
Now i'm confused

Smokietreat13 · Jul 28, 2016

Unless my source for the info was incorrect than yes if you get a new card it should reduce the watts tremendously

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