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wick001   04-26-2009 at 04:07:44 AM

I just bought (2)BFG GTX 285. Crysis Keeps Freezing after 5 minutes of gaming.

I have a Core i7 system, 1000watt powersupply.

Is it the drivers? Or is something else causing this?

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baddad   04-26-2009 at 06:09:10 AM
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What Nvidia driver are you using, what screen resolution, what game setting high, very high, AA, need more info.

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HundredIslandsBoy   04-26-2009 at 07:27:38 AM
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The same thing happens to me on my SLI rig.
Put everything on stock speed (CPU, GPU, RAM) and see if that solves the problem.

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wick001   04-26-2009 at 08:21:03 AM
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182.50 / 1680x1050 / Very High / 4xAA / Vsync on

I figured out the problem, I had to download RivaTuner to manually set the fan speed to 75%. It was over heating. My cards are aparently overclocked from the factory. I guess I got lucky because it's only supposed to be at 666 with the BFG OC version but these are at 694, sweet. and these won't overclock with Rivatuner AT ALL, even 2 clicks, crash.

I've never used Nvidia before, Why don't they have an overclocking/fan utility in control center? RivaTuner is the only program I know of that can control those options, unlike CCC where it's built in.

I just sold (2) 4870x2's I had in crossfireX (4 gpus) for these (2) GTX 285's, and i'll tell you what, the performance is much better. I was always getting random slow downs, hicups, and glitches with those ATI's.

Vantage Perfomance GPU score is 23800, with the ATI's best I could get was 25000. But the smoothness of these 285's is just amazing. Sorry ATI.

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HundredIslandsBoy   04-26-2009 at 05:50:03 PM
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Try EVGA Precision tool (free) to manually set your fan and GPU core, memory.

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