evga 6800GT dieing??

[RavnShield2]

Recently, I am gettin artifacts in videos and on my desktop for a few seconds. I can't play games at all, it will freeze and give me the bsod. The gpu core temp at idle is 58C. 3dmark freezes after ~15 seconds.

I cranked down the cpu speed, everthing to default, tried diff nvidia drivers.
Card was never o/ced and always properly vented.

Hmm...the card will be one year old next month on the 10th. So...u guys think this card is goin bye bye? :-(

 

[Powermoloch]

Dust bunnies around the GPU's heatsink ?

 

[RavnShield2]

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
Dust bunnies around the GPU's heatsink ?

Nah, I cleaned em out last month, squeaky clean.

 

[Jen]

powersupply?

 

[RavnShield2]

Originally posted by: Jen
powersupply?

Disconnected secondary hd and dvdrom. No luck :-(

 

[Powermoloch]

It will be interesting of you letting us know the components of your pc...

 

[RavnShield2]

AMD 64 3000+ Newcastle
Corsair XMS 512MB DDR 400
Chaintech VNF3-250 nForce3 250
eVGA 6800GT
WD 200gb

I am gonna pop this card in my secondary box...will update.

 

[Powermoloch]

PSU ? it is also an equal importance also..

 

[RavnShield2]

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
PSU ? it is also an equal importance also..

PSU is Turbolink 420W

The card is perfect on my other box, no artifacts, ran 3dmark flawlessly. Both boxes have the same drivers too. I guess it's not the card..hmm...

 

[Jen]

try powersupply from secondary computer in this one your haveing problems with. if problems go away then its powersupply.


could be drivers maybe as well ,


am dizzy

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: RavnShield2

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
PSU ? it is also an equal importance also..

PSU is Turbolink 420W

The card is perfect on my other box, no artifacts, ran 3dmark flawlessly. Both boxes have the same drivers too. I guess it's not the card..hmm...

I've got a Turbolink 420 too.

I've got a couple that came with the cases I purchased, although not bad for a "free" PSU (way better than Powmax for example) these are only rated for 18amps on the +12 volt rail.

As with many low-level PSU's, the ratings are prolly "generous". Thus, it is likley your problem. As suggested above, try testing with another PSU


Fern