Can anyone tell me why my display driver is freezing when i play games

[brbchurch]

everytime i play my game, my screen will turn to pixels and go black. this happens seemingly randomly and is very frustrating. i dont know much at all about computers but i driver sweeper to clean my files and delete everything and i reinstalled on http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-64.aspx and it still did it...

heres my dxdiag if it will help

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System Information
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Time of this report: 4/26/2011, 01:05:34
Machine name: 2NDTRY
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.101026-1503)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: GA-790FXTA-UD5
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8190MB RAM
Page File: 2056MB used, 14322MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x6898)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_6898&SUBSYS_21E51458&REV_00
Display Memory: 753 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1010 MB
Shared Memory: 3839 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: HP w2338h Wide LCD Monitor
Monitor Model: HP w2338h
Monitor Id: HWP281C
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: HDMI

 

[brbchurch]

screen shot of the message i receive after it freezes
http://s762.photobucket.com/albums/xx264/brbchurchghost/?action=view&current=freeze.png

 

[bystander]

I've seen this happen. Most the time it's overheating.

You might want to set things back to stock if you are OCing. I'd also make sure to blow out any dust and make sure there is good air flow. You might consider underclocking the ram and or CPU to test. If you underclock it by a good amount and still have a problem it could be related to poor power or some other problem.

 

[brbchurch]

would that make it happen only when im playing a game tho? ive never seen it happen any other time, even watching videos and everything it doesnt happen

 

[Mrsh4dy]

What game where you playing (multi/single?) and what version of catalyst are you using?

I had a similair issue with bfbc2 and reinstalled punkbuster as well as uninstalling catalyst 11.4 for 11.3, this seems to have fixed it.

 

[joytech22]

I also have this problems, mostly in the Crysis games though.

I have custom fan settings on my GTX470's in SLI and still have this same "freezing" problem.