I emailed evga support and got a response and they pretty much narrowed it down to psu problems. I just wanted to get another opinion before I go out and buy a new PSU. Note this is pretty much the email i sent to evga just edited. Again just want to get others opinion before I go buy a new PSU, or RMA the card.
The problem is frequent reboots when playing games, very frequent reboots. This happens primarily when playing games on the computer. I can do normal computer tasks without an issue. The crash can happen during loading of a saved game. Just launching a game, or in the midst of a game. Again this is very frequent I am sure it is the video card, due to this didn't happen with my 8600GTS. As to whether it is my install of windows, this occurs both under linux and windows. For the sake of testing I did a clean install of windows., and still had the same problem.
Computer Parts
Abit IP35-E
2x Corsair ballistix 1GB
9600GT
E2180
HTO Striker 7.1 SoundCard
Compro Videomate (Tv Tuner)
Corsair HX520 2 Monitor
1x19Inch 1x21 Inch
Temps
32C-36C Idle
55C-68C While playing games.
As to over clocking i had the computer over clocked at first, same clock settings I had used with the 8600GTS, and had experienced no problems. The over clock was E2180@3.0GHZ, the second day after experiencing the problem i set everything back to default. This didn't seem to help at all. Also the reboots aren't just normal reboots, its like a hardlock, The screens go black it powers down makes normal sounds for reboot. But nothing comes back up. However i can still hear audio from the games. Also holding the power button doesn't seem to work, meaning just pressing and releasing doesn't seem to work. Sometimes I will have to hold if for a couple of seconds. Also the monitors show no signal found/no signal received.
To test what the evga support thought would help. I got a spare PSU, 400W. Dedicated that solely to the graphics card By shorting it to start with the rest of the system. In a hour of playing games, i only had the issue happen twice. Versus 5-8 time before.
The problem is frequent reboots when playing games, very frequent reboots. This happens primarily when playing games on the computer. I can do normal computer tasks without an issue. The crash can happen during loading of a saved game. Just launching a game, or in the midst of a game. Again this is very frequent I am sure it is the video card, due to this didn't happen with my 8600GTS. As to whether it is my install of windows, this occurs both under linux and windows. For the sake of testing I did a clean install of windows., and still had the same problem.
Computer Parts
Abit IP35-E
2x Corsair ballistix 1GB
9600GT
E2180
HTO Striker 7.1 SoundCard
Compro Videomate (Tv Tuner)
Corsair HX520 2 Monitor
1x19Inch 1x21 Inch
Temps
32C-36C Idle
55C-68C While playing games.
As to over clocking i had the computer over clocked at first, same clock settings I had used with the 8600GTS, and had experienced no problems. The over clock was E2180@3.0GHZ, the second day after experiencing the problem i set everything back to default. This didn't seem to help at all. Also the reboots aren't just normal reboots, its like a hardlock, The screens go black it powers down makes normal sounds for reboot. But nothing comes back up. However i can still hear audio from the games. Also holding the power button doesn't seem to work, meaning just pressing and releasing doesn't seem to work. Sometimes I will have to hold if for a couple of seconds. Also the monitors show no signal found/no signal received.
To test what the evga support thought would help. I got a spare PSU, 400W. Dedicated that solely to the graphics card By shorting it to start with the rest of the system. In a hour of playing games, i only had the issue happen twice. Versus 5-8 time before.
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