Hi,
I have always run games at 1920*1080 resolution with very high graphics settings, but recently while playing Borderlands and then Dragons Age: origins at high settings in 1080p
my computer has begun turning the screen solid purple or green, freezing, and making random scary noises kinda like a dial-up modem...... If I turn the graphics down I stop having this problem
My comp is this
750 W corsair PS
4*1gb sticks of corsair memory 4-4-4-12 @ 800Mhz
AMD2 6000+ 3Ghz*2 w/ ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro 92mm
Asus M2-N32 SLI Deluxe Mobo w Nvidia 590i chipset
2*500Gb seagate barracuda w/ 32mb cache in RAID 0
8800 gts OC 640MB
Antec 900 gaming case
42" visio in 1080p
Nothing is OC'd the 8800gts is stock OC
I think that the problem is my video card overheating but it could also be my CPU.... The CPU run hot around 45 C idle and easily can get past 60 C while not gaming and both these games run both cores of my cpu at 95-100% the entire time I also have Asus Smart Probe set with 73 C as my CPU threshold.
My GPU's diode idles at about 68 C... is there a way to check what error or which component is causing my computer to do this?
Also I am wondering if people think that it would be a good decision to keep my mobo and get a new GPU like "http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161317"
and perhaps a phenom processor or
if it would be better to wait awhile and just upgrade my whole Mobo/ram/processor/gpu all at once
I am a very poor college kid so money is an issue... This is a high priority though so what has to happen, has to happen
I have always run games at 1920*1080 resolution with very high graphics settings, but recently while playing Borderlands and then Dragons Age: origins at high settings in 1080p
my computer has begun turning the screen solid purple or green, freezing, and making random scary noises kinda like a dial-up modem...... If I turn the graphics down I stop having this problem
My comp is this
750 W corsair PS
4*1gb sticks of corsair memory 4-4-4-12 @ 800Mhz
AMD2 6000+ 3Ghz*2 w/ ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro 92mm
Asus M2-N32 SLI Deluxe Mobo w Nvidia 590i chipset
2*500Gb seagate barracuda w/ 32mb cache in RAID 0
8800 gts OC 640MB
Antec 900 gaming case
42" visio in 1080p
Nothing is OC'd the 8800gts is stock OC
I think that the problem is my video card overheating but it could also be my CPU.... The CPU run hot around 45 C idle and easily can get past 60 C while not gaming and both these games run both cores of my cpu at 95-100% the entire time I also have Asus Smart Probe set with 73 C as my CPU threshold.
My GPU's diode idles at about 68 C... is there a way to check what error or which component is causing my computer to do this?
Also I am wondering if people think that it would be a good decision to keep my mobo and get a new GPU like "http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161317"
and perhaps a phenom processor or
if it would be better to wait awhile and just upgrade my whole Mobo/ram/processor/gpu all at once
I am a very poor college kid so money is an issue... This is a high priority though so what has to happen, has to happen