Tom's Hardware > Forum > Games General > PC Gaming > New PC freezing - Nvidia 9800gx2 the problem?

New PC freezing - Nvidia 9800gx2 the problem?

Forum Games General : PC Gaming - New PC freezing - Nvidia 9800gx2 the problem?

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
Razor123   08-31-2008 at 08:23:01 PM

Hi,

I have a newly built PC with the following specs:
E8400 Core2Duo 3 GHZ
Asus P5E3 motherboard
4 x 1 GB sticks of CSX 1333 MHz RAM
***Inno3D NVIDIA 9800GX2 video card
2 Seagate HDDs in Raid 0 (on-board Intel ICH9R controller)

I am running a clean install of Vista x64, although the problem occurred on both WinXP and Vista x86 as well.

The problem is that on a cold PC I can play some 1-2 hours of Crysis, COD4 etc and then it starts freezing - no response from controls and the last audio sample keeps making an annoying repeating noise. If I leave my PC on during the day and try playing on a warm PC in the evening, the problem tends to occur immediately after some 0-5 minutes of play. CPU is running at no more than 60 degrees celsius and the graphics card, which I suspect to be the problem, can get up to 95 degrees. Anyone know how to tell for sure?

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
darthvaderkenneth   09-01-2008 at 11:07:46 AM
- 0 +

i had problems like that and i fixed it by setting my gx2 fan to 100% all the time because it only went up to 45% even when gaming when i first bought it.

Reply to darthvaderkenneth
rtfm   09-01-2008 at 11:25:07 AM
- 0 +

Agreed, a heat problem. You could try shoving in some extra case fans (if you don't have enough - the 12mm ones are good) or maybe look at an aftermarket cooler for your 9800gx2 (not sure if there are any for that though).

A nice big case will also help with cooling. Oh and make sure you have a decent psu too as this will help with the stability of your system

Here is a very good app for monitoring your temps (not just gfx):

http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php

Reply to rtfm
Razor123   09-01-2008 at 11:41:30 AM
- 0 +

How do set the GX2 fan speed? The Ntune utility does not allow me to do that (controls for the fan are disabled in grey).

Reply to Razor123
spuddyt   09-01-2008 at 02:37:44 PM
- 0 +

tried rivatuner?

Reply to spuddyt
Razor123   09-01-2008 at 04:01:30 PM
- 0 +

Ok, seems like the problem is with the fan on the 9800gx2. It seems to be set at 45% of max, hence the temp goes to over 90 degrees celsius. When set to 75%, the temp goes to some 75 deg, and when set to 100% the temp does not exceed 65.
Temperature at 50 degrees with 100% fan with no load (idle).

I used the EVGA Precision utility, which looks more simple than Rivatuner.

Thank you everyone!

Reply to Razor123
gamerk316   09-02-2008 at 03:48:59 PM
- 0 +

The GX2 does have a really conservative fan setting by default. Cranking up the fan will legitimatly take off close to 10-15 degrees at idle...

Reply to gamerk316
Razor123   09-11-2008 at 10:02:14 PM
- 0 +

Guess what?
Turned out to be a faulty motherboard.

Reply to Razor123
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Games General > PC Gaming > New PC freezing - Nvidia 9800gx2 the problem?
Go to:

There are 856 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.481 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them