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Is my Videocard dying?

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dugweb

Diamond Member
What's Happening: I only have one game on my computer, which is WoW. I don't play terribly often (just coming out of a couple month break) but for the past week or so the computer will freeze and display...

this (only way out is a hard reboot)

It usually happens within the first 10 minutes of play, but will sometimes go for over an hour before it will do it. It has only "come out of" the freeze on two occasions (out of maybe 20 freezes). The only reason I'm posting this here and not on the WoW forums, is because it did this same freeze up and display garbage while I was using dreamweaver. That only happened once though.

thanks for reading.

PC Wizard says my gpu is running at 57c currently, i have 9 running fans on the case. I would be really surprised if it's an over heating problem (also I've played the game lots this past summer, and never have seen this problem before)


and if you're curious, here's my system info.
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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/13/2007, 00:02:13
Machine name: DOUG-4D014432E9
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
System Model: MS-7125
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.0GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 281MB used, 2180MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode



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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Series GPU
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 6800 GT

(it's a BFG card, and has a lifetime warranty, so if the card is dead I don't have a problem getting it replaced... I'm just wondering if it could be anything else)
 
Clean video card fan and heatsink maybe? Sounds like a video card problem. Good thing you bought BFG. Yo will probably get something like a 7600GS or faster as a replacement.
 
yeah, i'm monitoring the temperature a little closer... I just keep alt+tabbing out of the game to check it.

At the moment I'm up to 79c, with the gpu fan still at 52%... that seems really hot, but i'll keep goin until it freezes just to see
 
Like Killrose said, I'd take a look at the fan and heatsink.

I had a similar problem with my Radeon 9800 Pro. Tons of dust in the heatsink and fan.
 
I had a 6800 Ultra that did exactly that about a month ago.....I don't think it's heat, I think it's dying. I had to replace mine and got a 7800 GS from New Egg for about $100.00.

You might want to start shopping.....
 
I see that the NV40 based GPU's doesn't last more than 2 or 3 years, I've seen that many people are reporting that their 6800 Ultra/GT's are artifacting or dying. Could it be that IBM didn't like nVidia and made their GPU's only to last a couple of years? At least the only ATi cards that are common to see dying are the very old Radeon 9800 PRO's and some R430 based X800GTO's and X800XL.
 
Originally posted by: evolucion8
I see that the NV40 based GPU's doesn't last more than 2 or 3 years, I've seen that many people are reporting that their 6800 Ultra/GT's are artifacting or dying. Could it be that IBM didn't like nVidia and made their GPU's only to last a couple of years? At least the only ATi cards that are common to see dying are the very old Radeon 9800 PRO's and some R430 based X800GTO's and X800XL.
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i hate to say this ... sorta 😛

but if you are a gamer ... it really IS a blessing in disguise

... especially if is is a lifetime warrantied BFG
---send that sucker back for a [hopefully much] better video card!
 
Originally posted by: evolucion8
I see that the NV40 based GPU's doesn't last more than 2 or 3 years, I've seen that many people are reporting that their 6800 Ultra/GT's are artifacting or dying. Could it be that IBM didn't like nVidia and made their GPU's only to last a couple of years?
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Now watch this spread as gospel across the hardware forums. 🙁

 
I remember back when I bought my BFG 6800nu it started artifactine like that. It died and I RMA'd it and my next 6800nu was perfect.
 
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