8800gt freezing system

[Aubryn]

A friend of mine gave me his old 8800gt and I've had problems with it. I know that the temps on those cards are high so I have no real problem with that, However I get random lock ups with strange triangle like squiggly lines all over the screen. I have a 500 watt power supply so I don't think that is a problem.


Any help would be really appreciated, I don't want to go back to my 9500gt.....

 

[Rockdpm]

the GPU could be going caput

 

[Aubryn]

Could be no telling how long my friend had it. my idle temps are usually around the late 50's up to 80 on full load. But as I said before 8800's are known for heat.

 

[Rockdpm]

Yea just look on youtube, NVIDIA made a marketing video showing off the blow dryer effect

 

[Aubryn]

Hah, seen it.

Still looking for solutions though, if anybody has any.

 

[johnnyq1233]

It might be too late for that card, but you could try to find a cooling solution for this card if one still exists...
Otherwise start looking for a bargain GTX650ti or HD7850...
JQ

 

[Rockdpm]

Yea honestly dude a 8800GT is in retirement now.. time for "the new"

http://www.rouen-histoire.com/mj/images/new.gif

 

[Aubryn]

Hah my rig is from 2006, i'm just trying to squeeze as much as a can out of what I have.

 

[Rockdpm]

Bro.. you have squeezed all you can get out of it I'd say.. 7 year old desktop is.. yea.....