hi, this is my first post but i have been a reader for years.
i recently got an asus GTX 280 and i get game lockups and freezing after about 5-30 min of game play.
my rig is:
Q9550 factory speed.
asus P5E3 premium
asus GTX 280
0cz platinum 1600 2GB normally at 1333
WD VR 300GB
Thermaltake tough power 1200 watt.
WIN xp 32 SP2
before the GTX 280 i had a powercolor 4870x2 and had no luck getting it to run any 3d app, in far cry 2 it would lockup at the opening screen, and 3dmark06 wouldn't run.
i read some forums and there were a few people with a set up like mine and no one had answers as to why they got the same thing.
so i sent the card back to store for testing and they cleared it as normal.
after selling it and getting a GTX 280 i can now run 3Dmark06 without problems and play games for up to 30min before a lockup or freeze.
i am running the latest bios have tried all the driver using driver cleaner each time, ran memtest, stress tested cpu, used a different psu, changed all settings in game, updated all other drivers from the chip manufactures site not the sub vendor and have tried most everything i can think of in the bios. also the card never gets above 70'c (i turn the fan up with riva tuner)
can anyone offer any suggestions i am starting to think it is the memory, but i don't have any other DDR3 to try.
(and by in games i mean far cry 2, crysis, fallout 3 and CoD4)
i recently got an asus GTX 280 and i get game lockups and freezing after about 5-30 min of game play.
my rig is:
Q9550 factory speed.
asus P5E3 premium
asus GTX 280
0cz platinum 1600 2GB normally at 1333
WD VR 300GB
Thermaltake tough power 1200 watt.
WIN xp 32 SP2
before the GTX 280 i had a powercolor 4870x2 and had no luck getting it to run any 3d app, in far cry 2 it would lockup at the opening screen, and 3dmark06 wouldn't run.
i read some forums and there were a few people with a set up like mine and no one had answers as to why they got the same thing.
so i sent the card back to store for testing and they cleared it as normal.
after selling it and getting a GTX 280 i can now run 3Dmark06 without problems and play games for up to 30min before a lockup or freeze.
i am running the latest bios have tried all the driver using driver cleaner each time, ran memtest, stress tested cpu, used a different psu, changed all settings in game, updated all other drivers from the chip manufactures site not the sub vendor and have tried most everything i can think of in the bios. also the card never gets above 70'c (i turn the fan up with riva tuner)
can anyone offer any suggestions i am starting to think it is the memory, but i don't have any other DDR3 to try.
(and by in games i mean far cry 2, crysis, fallout 3 and CoD4)
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