Recently I've been having a lot of problems with my computer and I am trying to find the source. I think its the graphics card but I'm unsure. The problem mostly occurs when I try and play games, nothing too graphic intensive like Word of Warcraft or League of legends. In the case of WoW what typically happens is I log onto my character and everything is fine. After a minute or two, my monitor will turn off and display "power saving mode". While the monitor is off, the game is still running in the background. The monitor comes on and off a couple of times then the game crashes and I get a "nvidia kernel mode driver crash". I have tried deleting and installing different drivers, cleaning the components, checking the fans speeds and the other components. I would greatly appreciate any help with this problem, before I go and spend money on something that I might not need. If there are any suggestion for graphics card please let me know. Thanks for the help.
Here are my specs
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: X58A-UD3R
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.1GHz
Graphics Card : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
PSU: 775W
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Here are my specs
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: X58A-UD3R
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.1GHz
Graphics Card : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
PSU: 775W
Memory: 8192MB RAM