Video Card Overheating

[sepulveda]

So I just installed an MSI ATI Radeon 6670 on my computer, and after about an hour or so of playing Diablo 3 on the lowest settings, I get a blue screen and the computer restarts. I am assuming that the video card is overheating. I looked at the graph from MSI Afterburned and the usage shoots up to the top when on the game. Ive tried lowering the resolution and that seems to prevent the usage from shooting up so high while playing. However, I've read that playing on lower resolutions causes the CPU to do more of the work. Any help is appreciated

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127586

Coolmaster 550w psu

1g samsung dd2-800 (x2)

AMD athlon 64 x2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103274

ASUS M2N-E MOBO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131022

 

[NEX1RUSHER]

are you playing in full screen? what other programs are you running? system specs?

 

[sepulveda]

yea i am playing full screen. it happens even when im just running this game.

Time of this report: 6/30/2012, 21:04:37
Machine name: JONATHAN-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120330-1504)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Processor model unknown (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 3142MB used, 950MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

 

[NEX1RUSHER]

http://us.battle.net/support/en/article/diablo-iii-system-requirements here, make sure you have the min. requirements

 

[shamsmu]

So I just installed an MSI ATI Radeon 6670 on my computer, and after about an hour or so of playing Diablo 3 on the lowest settings, I get a blue screen and the computer restarts. I am assuming that the video card is overheating. I looked at the graph from MSI Afterburned and the usage shoots up to the top when on the game. Ive tried lowering the resolution and that seems to prevent the usage from shooting up so high while playing. However, I've read that playing on lower resolutions causes the CPU to do more of the work. Any help is appreciated

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127586

Coolmaster 550w psu

1g samsung dd2-800 (x2)

AMD athlon 64 x2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103274

ASUS M2N-E MOBO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131022

when you run diablo3, the gpu usage is meant to reach up to the top around 90-99%. Its the gpu temp you should be worried about. What is the actual reading of the gpu temp during gameplay? You psu is more than enough for that gpu so I guess the problem lies somewhere else. Try running the following apps-

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Benchmarks/IntelBurnTest.shtml for at least 5 threads to find out if the cpu is working well.

Run http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/ to find out if the gpu is working well. Monitor and record the max gpu temp during furmark stress test.

Run http://www.memtest86.com/download.html to find out if the memory is doing well.

let us know how everything goes.