I'm having a rather strange problem with my graphics card and I'm posting here as a last resort before I RMA it.
This problem seems to be solely with the graphics card but here's my specs if it'll help at all:
core i5-2500k @ 3.3ghz
g.skill ripjaws 4gb ram
asrock p67 extreme4 motherboard
asus 23" LCD monitor
PNY Geforce 460 gtx graphics card
So I bought this graphics card around 4 months ago and I notice the temps are getting higher then they used to, so I look and find a coat of dust on it. No problem, I have an air compressor so I take the card out, careful not to harm it with anything that might conduct static electricity and I blow the dust out.
Now when I seat the card back into the slot and start the witcher 2, I notice my frame rate just got completely killed, it went from 40 fps to 5-10. I wondered if it could just be a problem with that game in particular, so I start up Dragon Age II and I notice a not too significant drop in FPS (from 50-60 to 40-50) but then the screen freezes up a couple times and the game crashes.
At this point I know something is wrong with the card, so I turn off the computer and re-seat the card and try starting up the witcher 2 again(with the computer on the ground horizontally), the frame rate turned back to normal so I thought the issue was just with how I seated the card, so I turn off the computer again and put it back into its vertical position and immediately I start having the same problems I had before.
This time I turn off the computer and try a different PCIe slot after cleaning the connectors on the card. It seemed to change nothing so as a final test I put back in my old 8800 gt and it works fine, so I don't think its a problem with the motherboard or PCIe slots. The graphics card still works normally when the computer is on its side, but when I stand it up it starts having these problems again.
At this point I'm really stumped as to what could be causing the problem and looking for any solutions before I RMA this card.
This problem seems to be solely with the graphics card but here's my specs if it'll help at all:
core i5-2500k @ 3.3ghz
g.skill ripjaws 4gb ram
asrock p67 extreme4 motherboard
asus 23" LCD monitor
PNY Geforce 460 gtx graphics card
So I bought this graphics card around 4 months ago and I notice the temps are getting higher then they used to, so I look and find a coat of dust on it. No problem, I have an air compressor so I take the card out, careful not to harm it with anything that might conduct static electricity and I blow the dust out.
Now when I seat the card back into the slot and start the witcher 2, I notice my frame rate just got completely killed, it went from 40 fps to 5-10. I wondered if it could just be a problem with that game in particular, so I start up Dragon Age II and I notice a not too significant drop in FPS (from 50-60 to 40-50) but then the screen freezes up a couple times and the game crashes.
At this point I know something is wrong with the card, so I turn off the computer and re-seat the card and try starting up the witcher 2 again(with the computer on the ground horizontally), the frame rate turned back to normal so I thought the issue was just with how I seated the card, so I turn off the computer again and put it back into its vertical position and immediately I start having the same problems I had before.
This time I turn off the computer and try a different PCIe slot after cleaning the connectors on the card. It seemed to change nothing so as a final test I put back in my old 8800 gt and it works fine, so I don't think its a problem with the motherboard or PCIe slots. The graphics card still works normally when the computer is on its side, but when I stand it up it starts having these problems again.
At this point I'm really stumped as to what could be causing the problem and looking for any solutions before I RMA this card.
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