Problem with computer freezing.. linked with graphics card?

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wetwillie42

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Hello everyone, I have computer that's about 6-7 months old and everything was doing good until it started freezing not too long ago. I got it reformatted multiple times (both with vista and xp) and the problem kept on persisting, so I went on and concluded that it had to be a hardware problem. The computer seemed pretty hot so I popped it open and set a fan towards it so it would be better cooled off and the computer stopped freezing (it seemed to over-heat after multiple consecutive reboots also, thing that I would do when it froze, making the problem get even worse I imagine). The problem now is that when I try to play games, the graphic card goes nuts! My graph card it a e-GeForce 8800 FTX and my motherboard is ASUS Ai lifestyle P5N32-E SLI. I don't know much about computers (the PC is actually my brothers and I'm trying to get the problem solved for him) but I do know that there is a "special" cooling fan for the graphics card that's connected independently to the power source (I believe) so I'm thinking maybe the problem is somewhere around there..? Anyways, if anyone could give me some tips or has had similar problems, please give a shout! Thanks!
 
here, I didn`t know exactly wich temperatures to give you so I print-screened it:
tempih3.jpg


That was taken using PC wizard, I didn`t find out how to use SiSoftware.. could you please tell me where to go get the readings you need? or do you have everything you need with the screenshot I gave you? Thanks

PS: sorry for it being in french but it seems my brother`s computer was set to french o.O
 
the temperatures actually look fine. but then again, at which point in time did you take the screenshot? during gameplay? was the case opened with the fan on?
 
yeah it was taken with the panel off and the game wasn`t running so.. the readings might not be accurate but it`s kind of weird... I hadn`t tried playing the game for a while (the computer was disconnected and just wasn`t being used..) and I just played a bit and everything was doing well.. maybe it`s cooler in my household because of winter?
 
Okay me and my brother thought the problem had *disappeared* :p but it came back.. here is a screen shot of what the game looks like (works fine, then kind of pauses/lags and weird patterns appear on the wall where they aren`t supposed to, then it looks like this)

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I then got an error saying to reboot and everything froze so I had to do so manually.
 
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