Good day, I've been looking up countless reviews, forums (including Sapphire's), how-to's and walkthrough's but i can't seem to solve this issue I've been having with my PC's performance in relation to my Graphics card. I'm using Windows 7 x64 OS and have updated my drivers.
My System Specs are as follows:
x1 Intel i7 Quad Core running @ 2.93 Ghz (Possible suspected issue)
x1 ACER: Predator G5900 motherboard (Suspected issue)
x2 G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB DDR3 1866MHz CL9 Dual Channel Kit
x1 Sapphire (11196-16-20G) AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5
x1 OCZ X Series 1250W Power Supply
x1 128GB ADATA SSD
x1 1.5 TB Hard drive
My base computer before upgrades was simply the ACER: Predator G5900 series with the i7 before I decided it simply wasn't good enough...I've replaced the RAM, Graphics card and power supply and added the SSD which I now run my OS on.
What happens is that even when using the factory settings on my card (950 Hz core clock, 1250 Hz memory clock), the moment I begin to tax the card by playing a game (such as Assassin's Creed 3), the screen will first freeze, then the driver (the card) will "stop responding" and the screen will go black (as if the monitor has been shut off), restart, then resume...often repeating this process until the computer inevitably crashes (blue screen of death) or until the screen becomes permanently black which then forces me to have to manually shut off my computer and restart it from there.
I have been trying to purposely crash my computer after figuring out how to freeze the blue screen so as to see what is causing the crash, but since then, my card has been stubborn and has only been perma-blacking since.
What I plan to do is replace the motherboard and the processor (a i7 Quad running @ 3.5 Ghz) and see if there is any improvement in performance, i also plan to get another tower so as to actually have room to maneuver cuz my current tower is very crapmed and tightly packed, (i have to keep the side lids open just to fit everything).
What i want to know is...Does my motherboard affect the performance of my graphics card or is it an entirely different issue all together?
My System Specs are as follows:
x1 Intel i7 Quad Core running @ 2.93 Ghz (Possible suspected issue)
x1 ACER: Predator G5900 motherboard (Suspected issue)
x2 G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB DDR3 1866MHz CL9 Dual Channel Kit
x1 Sapphire (11196-16-20G) AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5
x1 OCZ X Series 1250W Power Supply
x1 128GB ADATA SSD
x1 1.5 TB Hard drive
My base computer before upgrades was simply the ACER: Predator G5900 series with the i7 before I decided it simply wasn't good enough...I've replaced the RAM, Graphics card and power supply and added the SSD which I now run my OS on.
What happens is that even when using the factory settings on my card (950 Hz core clock, 1250 Hz memory clock), the moment I begin to tax the card by playing a game (such as Assassin's Creed 3), the screen will first freeze, then the driver (the card) will "stop responding" and the screen will go black (as if the monitor has been shut off), restart, then resume...often repeating this process until the computer inevitably crashes (blue screen of death) or until the screen becomes permanently black which then forces me to have to manually shut off my computer and restart it from there.
I have been trying to purposely crash my computer after figuring out how to freeze the blue screen so as to see what is causing the crash, but since then, my card has been stubborn and has only been perma-blacking since.
What I plan to do is replace the motherboard and the processor (a i7 Quad running @ 3.5 Ghz) and see if there is any improvement in performance, i also plan to get another tower so as to actually have room to maneuver cuz my current tower is very crapmed and tightly packed, (i have to keep the side lids open just to fit everything).
What i want to know is...Does my motherboard affect the performance of my graphics card or is it an entirely different issue all together?
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