Hello all, first time poster on Tom's HW.
Lets start with the rig:
1100T Phenom II X6 w/Cooler Master Hyper 212+
850W Corsair
Radeon HD 6970 2GB DDR5 Sapphire (Running on the Catalyst Version 11.11)
ASUS Crosshair IV Formula Mobo
8GB (2 x 4GB) G.SKILL Ripjaws 1600Mhz
500GB WD Caviar Black 7200 RPM, 2TB WD Caviar Black 7200 RPM (Both 6.0 gb/s)
HAF 932 Advanced Tower
Here are my problems:
Minor problem:
A lot of my games have an annoying "stutter" no matter what settings I use. I also don't get nearly the same FPS as other people I know with lower powered rigs.
Major problem:
When I play Skyrim, after playing a bit, the screen goes black, my monitor has no DVI Signal, the sound cuts out, and my GPU fan rev's up to 100%. There is also a red LED that illuminates on top of my 6970. Next to it is D4000, it says.
Here is what I've done:
Updated to 11.11.
Checked GPU temps (Usually just after playing for an hour or so...never had any way to figure out what it was right before a crash since it is random).
Removed any OC I had on the NB/CPU.
Any help would be great, thanks.
Lets start with the rig:
1100T Phenom II X6 w/Cooler Master Hyper 212+
850W Corsair
Radeon HD 6970 2GB DDR5 Sapphire (Running on the Catalyst Version 11.11)
ASUS Crosshair IV Formula Mobo
8GB (2 x 4GB) G.SKILL Ripjaws 1600Mhz
500GB WD Caviar Black 7200 RPM, 2TB WD Caviar Black 7200 RPM (Both 6.0 gb/s)
HAF 932 Advanced Tower
Here are my problems:
Minor problem:
A lot of my games have an annoying "stutter" no matter what settings I use. I also don't get nearly the same FPS as other people I know with lower powered rigs.
Major problem:
When I play Skyrim, after playing a bit, the screen goes black, my monitor has no DVI Signal, the sound cuts out, and my GPU fan rev's up to 100%. There is also a red LED that illuminates on top of my 6970. Next to it is D4000, it says.
Here is what I've done:
Updated to 11.11.
Checked GPU temps (Usually just after playing for an hour or so...never had any way to figure out what it was right before a crash since it is random).
Removed any OC I had on the NB/CPU.
Any help would be great, thanks.