I need help my GEFORCE 2 GTS

[Enishi]

I recieved a GEforce 2 GTS(Elsa,Gladiac) but encountered a problem(s). I'm not sure if it's the card. Here's the problem basically, any game freezes in a 10-20 min time span. but the comp doesn't lock up since i'm able to ctrl-alt-del. only the picture/screen freezes. I tried everything the VIA agp patch,Disabling the 4x agp, screwed around with some of my bios setting. Is this the cards prob?-my last solution is now to try declocking it to see if it's the card or not.


Duron 700
AZ11 MOBO
128 PC133

 

[ChipNOW]

I'm taking an absolutely wild guess (actually on second thought maybe not as wild as I first thought), but it may well be cooling, or lack thereof. The reason I'm coming to weird and wonderful conclusion is the timeframe - I'm going to apply the simple overclocking theory (even though your card isn't overclocked) that heat is cumulative and will take a fair amount time to set in... my thought would be to somehow get some better airflow onto the card and then try your luck.
Hope this helps!!

 

[Enishi]

You were correct!..found out by declocking(core clock 180/Mem clock 300..really suck speed). I guess one system fan isn't enough. thanks