So my machine continued to get slower over the course of a month, even having trouble running simple flash games. Starting up Starcraft 2 finally killed it. It would run in safe mode for up to 2 minutes before it would lock up, and each consecutive restart halved that time. It would not even get through start up in normal mode. I also noticed the machine starts beeping while the motherboard is postings that it is starting the video card bios. Long story short, an old old PCI video card ran just fine for the 15 minutes I tested it.
It seems to all point to a video card, but I just wanted to make sure it is not a power supply problem since the GX2 9800 is a power hog. System specs are below.
Cooler Master Stacker 830 - Black
THERMALTAKE Toughpower W0116RU 750W Modular, SLI/Crossfire Capable
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E8400 3.5GHZ
Cooler Master RR-CCH-LB12-GP
EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 780i board
OCZ Reaper DDR2-800 4GB (2x2GB) Cas4
OCZ 120GB Agility 2 SSD (OS drive, there are other standard storage HD)
EVGA nVidia GeForce 9800GX2 1GB
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
LG Electronics GGC-H20L LightScribe Blu-ray/HD DVD Combo
It seems to all point to a video card, but I just wanted to make sure it is not a power supply problem since the GX2 9800 is a power hog. System specs are below.
Cooler Master Stacker 830 - Black
THERMALTAKE Toughpower W0116RU 750W Modular, SLI/Crossfire Capable
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E8400 3.5GHZ
Cooler Master RR-CCH-LB12-GP
EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 780i board
OCZ Reaper DDR2-800 4GB (2x2GB) Cas4
OCZ 120GB Agility 2 SSD (OS drive, there are other standard storage HD)
EVGA nVidia GeForce 9800GX2 1GB
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
LG Electronics GGC-H20L LightScribe Blu-ray/HD DVD Combo