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dortmund371   05-28-2007 at 11:36:36 PM

i use 3d mark and i get good scores for my 7600 gt (3060). During game play my games lock up then resume Is there a video card tester to tell if there is a problem with the card.

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No1sFanboy   05-29-2007 at 12:11:09 AM
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ATI tool has a feature to scan for artifacts. It will stress the card causing it to seriously heat up while scanning for artifacts.
http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/

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badnob   05-29-2007 at 02:04:12 AM
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When it locks up, check your HDD light to see if it's accessing the disk. It might be your access time although it could be your memory size. What are your system specs?

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dortmund371   05-30-2007 at 12:12:09 AM
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i have a 3800 athlon and a 1 gig of ram and a 250gb seagate barracuda 7200rpm (i think) I have defraged the hard drive.

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badnob   05-30-2007 at 06:24:22 PM
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Which games it this happening in?

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jay2tall   05-30-2007 at 07:11:54 PM
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Which games it this happening in?


Yeah we need to know what game this is.


ALSO, have you overclocked this card at all? Do you have sufficient case airflow? What kind of cooler is on the video card? is the fan on the card running? I had an issue way back when i had a 5600FX and the fan died and it would lock up after a while. How far into the game is it that it locks up?

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dortmund371   05-30-2007 at 08:51:35 PM
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it freezes during battlefield Vietnam and Battle field 2 also during command and conquer generals. i have a zalman cooler (mid range). Bf2 freezes about every 15 minutes or so less with Vietnam about every 25 minutes or so.C and C it freezes on the menu the only game to do that.i have no over clocked the card. the weird thing is that sounds will repeat while freeze occurs. the freeze is about 15 seconds but never does crash the game. i have low temps of about 52 degrees celcius during game play. my system temp is also low. I don't believe over heating is a problem. My psu is 480 watts with two +12amp rails of 16 and 18

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