Hello,
I am having a serious problem with my graphics card. I have serached and searched and cannot find a solution, so I am to the posting stage.
MY COMPUTER:
MSI 790FX-GD70 Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Processor 3.20GHz
4.00GB DDR3 RAM 1600
ATI Radeon 5770 1GB Video card
Windows 7 64 bit OS
OCZ600MXSP 600W PS
THE PROBLEM:
I recently (1 week ago) switched from Windows XP to Windows 7 and at the same time put in a ATI Radeon 5770 card. Since day one with Windows 7, I have been plagued by frequent graphics crashes. These crashes are often accompanied by a message saying the "display driver has stopped responding and has recovered." These crashes can occur at any time. I have had several of them while browsing the internet. They occur much more frequently, however, when the card has to work hard. I got the new game Skyrim and the crashing happens much more often while I am playing that. Sometimes I can play the game for up to an hour with no problem and other times it crashes after less than a minute. Sometimes the entire computer will crash after one of these problems but that is rare.
POTENTIAL CAUSES:
DRIVERS:
As far as drivers go, I have tried 4 different ones with the same results. I have tried the ones on the original disc, the ones that Win7 downloads automatically, and the two newest ones on AMDs website. I am not saying for sure that the problem is not drivers, but I don't think it is.
Also, I have tried two different drivers for the motherboard, the Win7 ones and the latest from MSI site.
HEAT:
I am 99% sure it is NOT a heat issue. The hottest I have ever seen the card is 64C and I have had several crashes while the card ( and the rest of the system) was in the upper 30s.
FAULTY CARD:
I am 100% sure it is NOT a faulty card. I happen to have a second 5770 (in my wife's) and I have the same problem with both cards.
THE CARD MODEL:
It is not just the 5770 model that does this. I also tried my 5750 and had the same problem.
WINDOWS 7:
I am pretty sure is has something to do with Win7 as my above mentioned 5750 worked with the same hardware on WinXP for 2 years without issue.
MOTHERBOARD/CPU:
It might also have something to do with this. My wife's computer has the same card and Win7 64 bit and I tested Skyrim on her computer for 15 or so total hours ( fun testing =P ) with no problems whatsoever. Her computer stats are as follows:
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66Ghz
6.00GB DDR2 RAM 800
SAME VIDEO CARD
SAME OS
Hipro 630W PS
I think therefore, it may be something with the video card, the OS, and the Motherboard/CPU combination.
video card + MSI/AMD + WinXP = fine
video card + Gigabyte/Intel + Win7 = fine
video card + MSI/AMD + Win7 = crash
Please help. I'm becoming quite frusterated. Thank you.
I am having a serious problem with my graphics card. I have serached and searched and cannot find a solution, so I am to the posting stage.
MY COMPUTER:
MSI 790FX-GD70 Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Processor 3.20GHz
4.00GB DDR3 RAM 1600
ATI Radeon 5770 1GB Video card
Windows 7 64 bit OS
OCZ600MXSP 600W PS
THE PROBLEM:
I recently (1 week ago) switched from Windows XP to Windows 7 and at the same time put in a ATI Radeon 5770 card. Since day one with Windows 7, I have been plagued by frequent graphics crashes. These crashes are often accompanied by a message saying the "display driver has stopped responding and has recovered." These crashes can occur at any time. I have had several of them while browsing the internet. They occur much more frequently, however, when the card has to work hard. I got the new game Skyrim and the crashing happens much more often while I am playing that. Sometimes I can play the game for up to an hour with no problem and other times it crashes after less than a minute. Sometimes the entire computer will crash after one of these problems but that is rare.
POTENTIAL CAUSES:
DRIVERS:
As far as drivers go, I have tried 4 different ones with the same results. I have tried the ones on the original disc, the ones that Win7 downloads automatically, and the two newest ones on AMDs website. I am not saying for sure that the problem is not drivers, but I don't think it is.
Also, I have tried two different drivers for the motherboard, the Win7 ones and the latest from MSI site.
HEAT:
I am 99% sure it is NOT a heat issue. The hottest I have ever seen the card is 64C and I have had several crashes while the card ( and the rest of the system) was in the upper 30s.
FAULTY CARD:
I am 100% sure it is NOT a faulty card. I happen to have a second 5770 (in my wife's) and I have the same problem with both cards.
THE CARD MODEL:
It is not just the 5770 model that does this. I also tried my 5750 and had the same problem.
WINDOWS 7:
I am pretty sure is has something to do with Win7 as my above mentioned 5750 worked with the same hardware on WinXP for 2 years without issue.
MOTHERBOARD/CPU:
It might also have something to do with this. My wife's computer has the same card and Win7 64 bit and I tested Skyrim on her computer for 15 or so total hours ( fun testing =P ) with no problems whatsoever. Her computer stats are as follows:
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66Ghz
6.00GB DDR2 RAM 800
SAME VIDEO CARD
SAME OS
Hipro 630W PS
I think therefore, it may be something with the video card, the OS, and the Motherboard/CPU combination.
video card + MSI/AMD + WinXP = fine
video card + Gigabyte/Intel + Win7 = fine
video card + MSI/AMD + Win7 = crash
Please help. I'm becoming quite frusterated. Thank you.