video problem

[frooney]

I'm having a problem where if i run a game with settings higher than those reccommended by the program after a few min of play the game will stop and my screen will fill with what looks like 256 color patterns. the only way to recover is to physically turn the pc off at the power switch and restart. I was wondering if anyone is aware of what could cause this problem and what can be done to fix it. i have an athlon 64 3000 socket 754 running on an msi k8t neo fis2r board with 1gb of mushkin pc 3200 and a gefgorce 6800gt agp

please let me know if you have any ideas

thanks

 

[animefanatic]

Your GPU is probably overheating. Either that or it could be your PSU,The 12 volt rail on your PSU might not be providing constant voltage. I have the same problem too and I still haven't been able to fix it. I just run the games on a lower resolution if I know it crashes. Good luck!

 

[BadThad]

Originally posted by: animefanatic
Your GPU is probably overheating. Either that or it could be your PSU,The 12 volt rail on your PSU might not be providing constant voltage. I have the same problem too and I still haven't been able to fix it. I just run the games on a lower resolution if I know it crashes. Good luck!

Exactly.