I recently swapped my old GeForce 630 for the GTX 660. I immediately saw a massive performance increase when gaming. However, my computer now shuts down at random intervals. Whenever I play a graphically taxing game, within 10 minutes to an hour(it's inconsistent, even with the same game), the computer will suddenly shut down. When it shuts down, the screen goes black, and audio flickers in and out. After about 5 seconds, the computer shuts down, and then reboots itself. No errors ever show up before the shut down or after the reboot.
This only occurs with the GTX 660 installed. With my old 630, I could have two games open, along with an internet browser and music in the background, and nothing would occur. Now all it takes is one graphically intensive game. It does not shut down when playing less intensive games or applications. Would this be a problem with the CPU overheating, or a problem with the GPU itself?
My drivers are up to date. I have two hard drives. A 112 GB HDD, and a 1.81 TB SSD. It was a pre-built computer by ZT Systems. It is a ZT IntelCore i7-3770 3.40GHz Processor Desktop.
This only occurs with the GTX 660 installed. With my old 630, I could have two games open, along with an internet browser and music in the background, and nothing would occur. Now all it takes is one graphically intensive game. It does not shut down when playing less intensive games or applications. Would this be a problem with the CPU overheating, or a problem with the GPU itself?
My drivers are up to date. I have two hard drives. A 112 GB HDD, and a 1.81 TB SSD. It was a pre-built computer by ZT Systems. It is a ZT IntelCore i7-3770 3.40GHz Processor Desktop.
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