8800 GTX Monitor Turns Off While Gaming???

Have you tried reinstalling drivers and see if there are any patches or updates for flight simulator.

i have the same problem. although it wasnt on flight simulator.

was playing HL2 and my screen froze and the sound looped for about 7 seconds, then my dell monitor would go black and go into the powersave state. a few seconds later (my sound still looping) my monitor would wake up when i shook the mouse/pressed a key.

try waiting a few seconds and then shake the mouse to wake up your monitor. your game should have continued to run and all should be well

although if its the problem i have, it becomes more frequent and eventually leads to a crash at the deskop.

System Spec:

• Processor: Intel Core2Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz) @ 3.6GHz v5.125
• Memory: 4096MB DDR2 PC2 5400 RAM (OC'd @ 800MHz)
• Video Card: BFG 8800GTS 640MB OC'ed (630Mhz core, 2.0GHz RAM)
• Monitor: Dell E228WFP 22" TFT (1650x1050)
• Operating System: Vista Ultimate Edition 32Bit

i beleive its either due to an overclocked GPU or your drivers are dying

Ok well thanks but I seem to have sorted it. Changed a few things at the same time so I don't know exactly what fixed it.

For those of you still struggling, here is what I changed:

1) I reinstalled 169.25 drivers
2) I updated FSX to the latest service pack 2
3) I changed my primary boot device under graphics in BIOS to PCI instead of PCI-E. I know its a bit random, but I remembered it was originally on that, even though the 8800gtx is techinically PCI-E 16 not PCI.

Not sure if any of these will help you guys but personally I think it was a dodgy driver issue. try reinstalling them as pchoi04.

Good luck. I bet mine will crash again as soon as I've said its been fixed!

I dont believe you people are telling the truth

I think you are deviants from ATi sent to post derogatory comments about the almighty nVidia all over the internet.

I will hunt you down ATinfidels!