I just bought a brand new system with an HIS HD2900 XT. The VPU keeps on crashing and has to be reset. The last time it crashed (like 2 min ago), after the VPU Recover, I lost all hardware acceleration on my display.
My Motherboard: ABIT Fatal1ty F-190HD
My CPU: Core2Duo E4400 overclocked to 3.00GHz, temp @ 30C
CPU Cooling: Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme w/ 90cfm 120mm fan
OS: XP x64
Case: Antec P180B, 3 fans
PSU: 600W Ultra X-Finity
I don't think it's a cooling problem - the video card doesn't seem very hot to the touch (I could keep my hand on it all day).
I don't think it's a power problem either, the mobo utility says I'm getting 11.97V to 12.03V on the 12V line.
However, the last time the VPU acted up and I lost all hardware accel on graphics, I opened the case to see how hot the card was... and after several seconds the system just shut off. It wouldn't turn back on until after I reset the PSU by turning it off and then back on. In the few minutes it has taken me to write this post, the VPU has not crashed.
The crashes started happening a few minutes as I was web browsing, after I watched a video on YouTube. They would mostly happen when I switched from one tab to another in Opera.
Is it a driver issue? I'm using the x64 drivers obviously, and I did hear there were performance isssues with the drivers for the HD2900.
My Motherboard: ABIT Fatal1ty F-190HD
My CPU: Core2Duo E4400 overclocked to 3.00GHz, temp @ 30C
CPU Cooling: Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme w/ 90cfm 120mm fan
OS: XP x64
Case: Antec P180B, 3 fans
PSU: 600W Ultra X-Finity
I don't think it's a cooling problem - the video card doesn't seem very hot to the touch (I could keep my hand on it all day).
I don't think it's a power problem either, the mobo utility says I'm getting 11.97V to 12.03V on the 12V line.
However, the last time the VPU acted up and I lost all hardware accel on graphics, I opened the case to see how hot the card was... and after several seconds the system just shut off. It wouldn't turn back on until after I reset the PSU by turning it off and then back on. In the few minutes it has taken me to write this post, the VPU has not crashed.
The crashes started happening a few minutes as I was web browsing, after I watched a video on YouTube. They would mostly happen when I switched from one tab to another in Opera.
Is it a driver issue? I'm using the x64 drivers obviously, and I did hear there were performance isssues with the drivers for the HD2900.