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what is this
Mkay. So I'm having this problem with my new computer. I suspect it is down to nVidia drivers but I'd like a second opinion.
While playing games or while the graphics card is under stress for a period of time it shuts it's self down, the monitor turns off too. Sound keeps going for a while and then stops, I suspect the motherboard is shutting it's self down at this point. At first I thought the graphics card was over heating so I logged the temperatures, the highest it hit was 79c and the last time the problem happened the card was at 78c. I think (but I'm not sure) that the 6800gt works normally upto 90c, so this is why I don't think the problem is with over heating.
I have also heard that the latest forceware drivers detect temperature wrong, and in the settings it says the threshold before a shut down is 120c.
So what do you think the problem is? Could it be a BIOS setting I'm over looking?
The card is under warrenty, should I get another?
Also, just for reference, the highest temperature the CPU hit was 43c, and the chipset was 36c. Both these max temperatures occurred consistently for about ten minutes before the problem occurred.
While playing games or while the graphics card is under stress for a period of time it shuts it's self down, the monitor turns off too. Sound keeps going for a while and then stops, I suspect the motherboard is shutting it's self down at this point. At first I thought the graphics card was over heating so I logged the temperatures, the highest it hit was 79c and the last time the problem happened the card was at 78c. I think (but I'm not sure) that the 6800gt works normally upto 90c, so this is why I don't think the problem is with over heating.
I have also heard that the latest forceware drivers detect temperature wrong, and in the settings it says the threshold before a shut down is 120c.
So what do you think the problem is? Could it be a BIOS setting I'm over looking?
The card is under warrenty, should I get another?
Also, just for reference, the highest temperature the CPU hit was 43c, and the chipset was 36c. Both these max temperatures occurred consistently for about ten minutes before the problem occurred.