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billin30   08-29-2008 at 02:23:04 PM

My COD 4 keeps freezing after about 30 mins to an hour of playing. If I have my fans set to 80%, then its fine and I dont have the freeze, but if they are lower than that, it will happen from time to time along with some stuttering. When it freezes I have to manually turn on and off.

The temps with fans at about 60% get up around 70 give or take a few degrees. I believe that is well within the operating range of an 8800GTS 512.

Using 177.92 drivers and Riva Tuner 2.09 to control fan speeds and overclocking. This problems occurs both overclocked and no overclocking.

I run all max settings on a 22" monitor w/ vsync off and FPS capped at 110.

I dont know if it matters, but my main card is stock XFX and the second is a factory OC'ed card from MSI at like 678. I use Riva Tuner to set the speeds to the overclocked card.

Is it a driver issue, a heat issue, or something else?


Message edited by billin30 on 08-29-2008 at 02:30:05 PM
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Kraynor   08-29-2008 at 02:36:22 PM
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So what you're saying is that when you run the fans faster, keeping the card cooler, the game works fine, but if you lower the fan speed, making the card run hotter, it freezes.

I think the problem is pretty obvious;your keyboard is broken.

Seriously though, why would you assume that the card running at 70ish is fine if it's crashing? Sure that's a relatively safe temp for a gfx card but still, it's the most likely cause.

My guess is your overclock gets unstable at higher temps. Consider underclocking your OCd one to stock levels instead if you don't want to up the fan speeds.

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billin30   08-29-2008 at 03:04:56 PM
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I am fine with upping the fan speeds, I just wanted to see if the heat was the only problem or if there were some underlying issues. I hear about many other peoples cards being way hotter than mine and doing just fine. I have a door can blowing right on the thing all the time as well, so its not like they are gonna burn up or anything.

Guess I will just stick with the fans for the time being.

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Kraynor   08-29-2008 at 03:09:13 PM
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Cards can run hotter at stock, but when you overclock you tend to run into stability issues at higher temperatures.

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gamerk316   08-29-2008 at 09:18:34 PM
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If you are crashing running at 70, something is seriosuly wrong with your card.

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