Recently while playing a game that doesn't use much power it froze up. I soon began to have blue screens randomly but not too often. I went for over a week without one so I thought I had fixed it only to have another one today.
I decided to check my video card with ati tool and began to check for max core and memory. This isn't a good card for overclocking but when I scanned for the first time I was able to go from 425 core to 453 and from 432 mem to 520. I would back off a bit when playing games and have done well ever since I set up this computer over 6 months ago.
Just now I when I checked for max core and mem it hardly overclocked at all before it had an artifact. Is my card gone bad? I don't overclock except when playing games but sometimes a get a blue screen when doing nothing except checking email, etc. Do I need to put a better heat sink on the card? It has worked great up until now. Also, the rails on my PS are and always have been great.
I haven't changed anything and all programs are up to date. Help please. Thanks
Abit an8, Venice 3200 OC 2503
Abit x700 pro 256
Rosewill 500w 502 Extreme
OCZ 512x1 Performance
I decided to check my video card with ati tool and began to check for max core and memory. This isn't a good card for overclocking but when I scanned for the first time I was able to go from 425 core to 453 and from 432 mem to 520. I would back off a bit when playing games and have done well ever since I set up this computer over 6 months ago.
Just now I when I checked for max core and mem it hardly overclocked at all before it had an artifact. Is my card gone bad? I don't overclock except when playing games but sometimes a get a blue screen when doing nothing except checking email, etc. Do I need to put a better heat sink on the card? It has worked great up until now. Also, the rails on my PS are and always have been great.
I haven't changed anything and all programs are up to date. Help please. Thanks
Abit an8, Venice 3200 OC 2503
Abit x700 pro 256
Rosewill 500w 502 Extreme
OCZ 512x1 Performance