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Numskull
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Lotka Volterra
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Posted - 2007.05.02 22:43:00 -
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Edited by: Numskull on 02/05/2007 22:40:28
Hi all
A few days ago I bought a new Nvidia 7800 GS 'overclocked' card. All seemed well to start with, but after a few minutes of gaming I got a BSOD.... didn't think too much of it until I started getting them again and again. Yes, I'm running the latest drivers... Rest of the compy is:
AMD 64 3000+
1gig ram
crappy c-media audio card
Anyone got any ideas? Any known problems with the GS range of cards?
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Emperor D'Hoffryn
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Posted - 2007.05.03 00:13:00 -
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if nothing else in the computer has changed, and used to work fine, problem would be with the card.
the line of cards should be fine. If I were to toss out a guess, it would be that the card is overheating. There is a utility you can get to change the clock speeds on the card, trying declocking it to regular speeds for that card type (assuming the overclocked in its name means anything) and see if it improves anything.
If it does, then next step would be to improve airflow in your case so you can get all the power out of the card, ie, adding fans, or just live with it at the slow speeds. EVE is not vidcard limited anyway.
 Originally by: Snuggly
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Emperor D'Hoffryn
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Posted - 2007.05.03 00:14:00 -
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another thing to check would be your power supply...might be too small for the added load of the new card....should be able to get
some direction on nvidias sight about power wattage recommendations.
Originally by: Snuggly
It's just so great to have an actual reason to not die, incentive is fantastic!
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Calamity Jali
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Posted - 2007.05.03 10:23:00 -
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Hi, I had the 6600GS card, it seemed to work ok for a bit if I wiped the computer and reinstalled windows XP with the latest drivers then would keep BSOD, finally changed it for a ATI radeon card, no problems since, Please note I was on an ASUS Motherboard. I think it was an incompatability issue with the motherboard.
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Seth Allasatre
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Posted - 2007.05.03 16:36:00 -
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I know you said you're running the latest drivers, but did you do a complete driver cleanup before installing them?
I've been running 93.81 with no trouble for months. As others mentioned, you might need to drop the OC a little bit... originally I was pushing my card too hard. Even though it would test OK in benchmarks, the system would crash after playing EVE for a while.
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Numskull
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Lotka Volterra
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Posted - 2007.05.03 19:10:00 -
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Thanks for the excellent tips and suggestions - I'll have a play around just now =D
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Numskull
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Lotka Volterra
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Posted - 2007.05.03 19:16:00 -
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Incidentally, I don't think the 'overclocked' in the title of the card means much at all - though I'm no expert. There's certainly no obvious control in the settings to control the extent to which it's 'overclocked' (if at all it is) aside from the usual settings.
BTW is there any easy way to see the load on my PSU?
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Emperor D'Hoffryn
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Posted - 2007.05.03 20:20:00 -
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you have to grab a third party app to control the clock speeds. reducing the clock speed will not only reduce heat, but also the power load...so its worth a shot. if it helps, you have 2 areas to look into.
for power, there isnt an easy way to measure your load. your Power supply rating should be printed on a sticker on it...should give us a general idea. For the specs you listed you want to be up pretty high, i like overkill tho, so id go with at least 400W, more like 500W to be safe, but im insane like that.
whats your motherboard? are you using an AGP version of the card? whats the chipset? some cards and motherboards have problems together if certain agp settings are on, something else to look into. the card itself should be fine for eve, blue screens indicate hardware problems anyway.
ill try tracking down that clock control app, i cant remember its name anymore.
Originally by: Snuggly
It's just so great to have an actual reason to not die, incentive is fantastic!
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Emperor D'Hoffryn
No Quarter.
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Posted - 2007.05.03 20:23:00 -
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actually, I forgot nvidia makes their own app these days:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/ntune_5.05.25.00.html
grab that, and declock as much as possible, and see if it helps.
if not, you should pursue driver issues, did you have an ATI card before, and just swapped out and installed the nvidia drivers? might have some problem files sticking around, reinstall of the OS would be best next step if declocking doesnt stabilize things out.
Also, you COULD just have a bad card, its rare, but it does happen.
Originally by: Snuggly
It's just so great to have an actual reason to not die, incentive is fantastic!
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