Graphics will sporadically freeze during gaming, audio will continue playing as normal.

MrBaker

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This started happening yesterday after i ran Cinebench R15 to see how much would the processor score...
Benchmark went fine, no crashes watsoever...

Then After a few hours playing FlightGear, the graphics froze for 5 seconds or so , i couldn't move the mouse, or type any commands...
But i could still hear the game's sounds. It's like the graphics card crashed somehow...


System:
Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR motherboard;
FX-6300 processor;
Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM;
GeForce GT 730 2GB DDR3 Graphics Card using latest driver (368.81);
460W Generic PSU by MTek.
 
Solution
As RazerZ said, the GTX 750 Ti is a HIGHLY efficient card while giving you some pretty decent performance. Its capable of taking power from the Motherboard, without having a connector to the PSU directly. Its as low as 110 right now.
Here is a decent card.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-n750ti2gd5o...
It may not max out the newest games at 1080p, but still will be able to deliver at low-high depending on the game.


Cyroburn101


Indeed this could be the cause, the card may be overheating and freezing/crashing.
I also noticed the power supply gets somewhat hot after playing FG.
I just ordered a new higher quality PSU from XFX, will see if this helps.

But in case it doesn't, what graphics card do you recommend?
 


What is your budget and what kind of gaming do you do most?
 


Something between $300 ~ $450.
I mostly do flight simulation, also use stellarium.
 
Acually i just looked at the power consumption on your mother board and video card and your cpu The mother board uses 300w your video card uses 350w and your cpu uses about 80w- 90w. So that new power supply should help.
 
As RazerZ said, the GTX 750 Ti is a HIGHLY efficient card while giving you some pretty decent performance. Its capable of taking power from the Motherboard, without having a connector to the PSU directly. Its as low as 110 right now.
Here is a decent card.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-n750ti2gd5o...
It may not max out the newest games at 1080p, but still will be able to deliver at low-high depending on the game.


Cyroburn101
 
Solution
Very nice cards :)
I've heard the GTX 750 is pretty good budget gpu.
Might get this one in the near future. It's just over $180 here.
The R9 is not in stock in many brazilian online stores.

About the wattages, if i understood correctly, the rig will, at full load, pull almost 750W?

Some people even said a 500W PSU would be too much and a 600W just plain overkill..
Now i'm confused 😀