what to do?

I-Duff-Man · 11-05-2009, 07:30 PM

ok so i have read through about 20 pages of this forum and im still not sure what to do, while playing games like arma 2 or call of duty 4 my video card, i belive, is shuting down and i get a no signal on my screen, then have to restart computer. i have a gts 250 right now and i dont know if i should get 2 and sli or get a better video card, if that is the porblem. doesnt seem like its overeheating, when i touch the card it is barley warm

pc specs are
650w power supply with 1 52a 12v rail
intel quad core 9550
4gb ram 800mhz ddr2
gigabyte ud3p 45? mother board
bfg gts 250 oc

**johnb35** · 11-05-2009, 07:55 PM

Still could be a defective card, how long have you had the card?

I-Duff-Man · 11-05-2009, 10:11 PM

i bought it about a month ago, it seems like it only crashes when its got to work hard

daisymtc · 11-06-2009, 01:37 PM

What mobo have you got??
GA-EP45-UD3P?? It don't support SLi anyway.

What happen to your card? is it faulty?? Do your PSU juicy enough to run the card?

StrangleHold · 11-06-2009, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by I-Duff-Man

while playing games like arma 2 or call of duty 4 my video card, i belive, is shuting down and i get a no signal on my screen, doesnt seem like its overeheating, when i touch the card it is barley warm

I would stiil install something like EVGA Percision and make sure what the fan speed is and the Temp.

Backwoods166 · 11-06-2009, 09:32 PM

could be PSU, could be bunk GPU. It sounds like you think the card is just not powerful enough: this is not the case. It sounds like a hardware problem but it never hurts to update drivers.

edit: forgot to give advice... RMA RMA RMA (chanting), if you are running up against an RMA deadline then get that sucker out the door.

I-Duff-Man · 11-07-2009, 01:58 AM

ok so i got evga precision and the fan speed was at 38 and gpu was runing at 50 so i bumped fan speed to 60 and got 42 under gaming and it still crashed, so i returned card and got gtx 260 for 20 dollars more hopefully it works, still downloading drivers. oh yea this is the second power supply i have tired first one was 650 with three 12v rails at 22 amps and still had the same problem

*update* new gtx 260 works great can play through a whole mission on call of duty 4 single player

11-05-2009, 07:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
I-Duff-Man New Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3	what to do? ok so i have read through about 20 pages of this forum and im still not sure what to do, while playing games like arma 2 or call of duty 4 my video card, i belive, is shuting down and i get a no signal on my screen, then have to restart computer. i have a gts 250 right now and i dont know if i should get 2 and sli or get a better video card, if that is the porblem. doesnt seem like its overeheating, when i touch the card it is barley warm pc specs are 650w power supply with 1 52a 12v rail intel quad core 9550 4gb ram 800mhz ddr2 gigabyte ud3p 45? mother board bfg gts 250 oc

11-05-2009, 07:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnb35 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Near Joliet Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 3,619	Still could be a defective card, how long have you had the card? __________________ Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R CPU - E8400 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - ATI HD3870 Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

11-06-2009, 09:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
Backwoods166 Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Maine Posts: 298	could be PSU, could be bunk GPU. It sounds like you think the card is just not powerful enough: this is not the case. It sounds like a hardware problem but it never hurts to update drivers. edit: forgot to give advice... RMA RMA RMA (chanting), if you are running up against an RMA deadline then get that sucker out the door. __________________ Q6600 G0 SLACR...........MSI R4870 1g (852/995) 1.275vid @ 3.4Ghz........AC Freezer 7 Pro 3.6Ghz(Bench).............Seagate 250gb/VRaptor 160gb Gigabyte UD3R..............Antec NeoPower 650w Modular 4gb G.Skill 1066............Antec 900 Last edited by Backwoods166; 11-06-2009 at 09:40 PM.

11-07-2009, 01:58 AM	#7 (permalink)
I-Duff-Man New Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3	ok so i got evga precision and the fan speed was at 38 and gpu was runing at 50 so i bumped fan speed to 60 and got 42 under gaming and it still crashed, so i returned card and got gtx 260 for 20 dollars more hopefully it works, still downloading drivers. oh yea this is the second power supply i have tired first one was 650 with three 12v rails at 22 amps and still had the same problem update new gtx 260 works great can play through a whole mission on call of duty 4 single player Last edited by I-Duff-Man; 11-07-2009 at 02:49 AM.

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11-05-2009, 10:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
I-Duff-Man New Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3	i bought it about a month ago, it seems like it only crashes when its got to work hard

11-06-2009, 01:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
daisymtc Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 3,918	What mobo have you got?? GA-EP45-UD3P?? It don't support SLi anyway. What happen to your card? is it faulty?? Do your PSU juicy enough to run the card?