9800 gt problem

[nagaprasanna]

i have nvidia 9800gt card for about 2.5 years with Corsair 450 vx psu.had also installed driver 270 version and it was running fine for a couple of months.
But today all of a sudden while entering into any game the display gets clumpsy and system freezes so has to be manually restarted
I am able to play videos and others.only while entering games trouble starts.
I have done a few things 1.downgraded my driver to182.06 and fan speed100.still problem exists.pls help

 

[iam2thecrowe]

Whenever i enter a game it just freezes and display gets clumpsy and which in turn require manual restart.But am able to play videos and do other operations in the system.Only while entering games i face this issue.So i think its better to replace the card

maybe you just need to clean the dust from your card's heatsink/fan because its overheating.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

it sounds like its overheating under stress. you already have another thread regarding this topic. you need to get a temperature monitoring program like HWmonitor. Check the GPU temps under load, i bet that is the issue. You will need to clean the dust from the heatsink/fan and possibly re-seat the heatsink with new thermal compound. then if you get it going you can spend the money on a cpu/motherboard upgrade because your CPU is bottlenecking the crap out of your 9800gt.

 

[Mousemonkey]

@homeboy2, start your own thread.

 

[nagaprasanna]

when i open the nvidia system tools for monitoring the temperature it reads 65 and leaving the nvidia system tools open for few seconds the computer freezes and manual restart is required

 

[Mousemonkey]

This next topics has been merged by Mousemonkey
■ Best replacement for 9800 gt

 

[nagaprasanna]

How to check if the card is actually dead.Any software to show that card has failed.Kindly clarify

Thanks for ur replies