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First Build, Problem with graphics card (I think)

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I've seen a lot of these posts on here, I'd like to thank you in advance for your help!

Here is my build:

Asus P7P55 Deluxe motherboard
Intel I7 quad 860
2 1TB HD (raid0)
Radeon 5850hd graphics
750W psu
2x 4gb OCZ ram
Windows 7 64bit

My first game tested was Starcraft 2, playing on high settings the game would freeze, go to a random color screen, make an odd noise and require a hard reset. I read some forums and learned of a comparability problem with SC2 and my GPU, set to lower settings, seems to run fine.

So I go out and buy AVP, run it on high settings/low settings, same thing. It seems completely random, sometimes the game will run for 30 minutes sometimes 5.

My card drivers are all up to date, my guess is maybe I need a more powerful PSU, I just wanted some feedback before I drop another 200$ for a new one.

Thanks again (in advance)

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Graphics card Authority

As Jay said, 750W should certainly drive and it's most likely a vidcard problem. But I'd like ot add two things.

First, your PSU may be failing under its new load, either due to age or quality.

Second, its remotely possible your problem is heat related, which in turn may or may not be the fault of your vid card cooler. Anyhow, its easy to check - download CPUID's Hardware Monitor and check your temps as you play, ideally right before the crash lol.
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The temps on the chart look very good - your vid card and cpu were at least running lol. The peak temps seem a tad lower (51-53 and 57) than they should be if truly stressed. Also, the fact that OCCT temps only went to 48, less than when in the game, says something ain't right with the temp measurement, the number you grabbed, or your OCCT run.

Did the system fail while running AvP? I'd continue watching temps until the game fails again, before popping for a new psu. And $200 for a high-quality psu isn't necessary.

Yeah, it fails during AvP, also an FFXIV Benchmark program, sometimed it will make it though the whole thing, sometimes it crashes. Even on the low settings. I was watching the temps, it crashed around 130F, though, sometimes it didnt. Very frustrating.

Another note, when I was opening IE it got hung up, said "Drivers failed and restarted" Ive installed, re-installed the drivers, no fix.... also, very frustrating.
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If the "Drivers failed . . . " message is a little box that offers you a chance to send an email, that happems on "normal" systems and should be ignored for now. (Ironically, the email address is invalid - guess AMD really don't want to know lol. Doesn't inspire confidence lol.)

Anyhow, lets leave temps for a minute, you've reported nothing that looks bad.

What specific OCZ memory are you using, and what is BIOS running it at? (CPUID's CPU-Z is a good tool to report this.)

If its not a memory settings issue, we're left with swapping in a different gcard or psu.

definately a hardware problem
are there little colored boxes popping up when you're gaming?
i had something similar before and went to Powercolor for help, turned out it was faulty VRAM so they tossed me a new card cuz it was in the warranty period
my suggestion is try your friends graphics card or something on your computer and see if it works fine

No colored boxes, It just freezes.

So I went out and bought a Geforce GTS 250, everything was going good until it stopped working lol. The info bubble popped up and said "Nvidia display Driver stopped working and restarted" It also said 'Kernal Event" I dont remember exactly what it said, and I cant get it to do it again.

Im going to RMA the Card anyway, but do you think the same thing would happen with two seperate cards? I've been trying to research the hell out of this and it seems alot of people are having the same problem, nvidia and ati, word is it may be a problem with Windows 7 itself. We'll see if the new card will fix it, or if I can find any Windows updates to fix this.

I installed a new Asus GTX 480 today, still running into problems. Same deal as before but when AvP freezes, it doesn't lock up the computer, it just kicks me back to the main menu. There is no pop up that says "Driver Stopped Responding". Is there any chance that a problem with the motherboard could cause this? There are options for overclocking (which I still dont fully understand, the user manuals kinda suck)
Maybe something needs to be configured or set up.

Next week I'm probably going to grab a PSU and try that out.

ok well i seriously doubt its the graphics card. if youv been through a couple of cards now. until you get the new PSU you could try stripping down your system (take out extra hard drives, Ram, and Disk drive to see if possibly your PSU can handle a lighter load. then try running AvP again. just a thought. good luck

New Development, I was messing around with the settings on this new Grapgics Card and stumbled into the fan control settings. After changing the fan setting to "Enable Smart Cooling", the fans now adjust speed at variable temps, which it never did before. Now after playing AvP for about an hour, running Starcraft 2 for a few, and running the FFXIV Benchmark on high settings and I havent had a hiccup. Maybe its time to invest in some extra cooling. I'm going to run like this for a few days and let you all know how it goes.
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