Bishop1138
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For some time now i've had a problem where after playing games for an extended period of time with no issue, they will freeze and lock up my PC requiring a reboot.
The game will freeze, sometimes loop the last sound playing and then cut to a solid screen of colour that seems to be mostly random what colour it is.
Some information on my setup:
- Core 2 Duo E6300 (overclocked from 1.8Ghz to 2.8Ghz with 1.4vcore)
- 4GB DDR2 800Mhz at 4-4-4-12
- ATI 4890 (1GB vram and stock settings with latest drivers)
- Asus P5B Deluxe (ver.1233 Bios)
- 700W OCZ StealthxStream PSU
- Windows 7 32-bit ultimate
1) I've ruled out overheating, at least in any detetable way. When gaming all temps report back green across the board.
2) I've stress tested with Prime95 showing no errors.
3) It appears that the more graphically demmanding the game is, the faster it freezes up. I can run something like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat (high settings) or the Bad Company 2 Beta (med settings) on high for several hours, but Bioshock 2 (high settings) has frozen up within 5 minutes of play.
I'm really stumped by this problem, it shows every indication of being a graphics overheat or if not that then an insufficient PSU, but temps report fine and the PSU is rated for running an SLI setup without problems so a single high-end card shouldn't have it breaking a sweat.
Any help would be much appreciated, I am open to any suggestions on how to pin this problem down. Thanks in advance.
The game will freeze, sometimes loop the last sound playing and then cut to a solid screen of colour that seems to be mostly random what colour it is.
Some information on my setup:
- Core 2 Duo E6300 (overclocked from 1.8Ghz to 2.8Ghz with 1.4vcore)
- 4GB DDR2 800Mhz at 4-4-4-12
- ATI 4890 (1GB vram and stock settings with latest drivers)
- Asus P5B Deluxe (ver.1233 Bios)
- 700W OCZ StealthxStream PSU
- Windows 7 32-bit ultimate
1) I've ruled out overheating, at least in any detetable way. When gaming all temps report back green across the board.
2) I've stress tested with Prime95 showing no errors.
3) It appears that the more graphically demmanding the game is, the faster it freezes up. I can run something like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat (high settings) or the Bad Company 2 Beta (med settings) on high for several hours, but Bioshock 2 (high settings) has frozen up within 5 minutes of play.
I'm really stumped by this problem, it shows every indication of being a graphics overheat or if not that then an insufficient PSU, but temps report fine and the PSU is rated for running an SLI setup without problems so a single high-end card shouldn't have it breaking a sweat.
Any help would be much appreciated, I am open to any suggestions on how to pin this problem down. Thanks in advance.