I have this 8800GT for many many months and it hasn't been a problem until recently. Recently, my games such as BFBC2 and Oblivion 4 crashes to desktop randomly. After crashes, I would load it again and it would be fine until next random crash.
I suspect the video card temperature is too hot.
I installed SpeedFan 4.34 and it says that the video card is 72 (c) on desktop and when playing Oblivion 4 at high settings it goes up to 80-81 (c). I think this is extremely hot.
I have antec 900 and I feel the case is cool and the air that is coming from the back and top is also cool, so I'm not sure why it would overheat.
What do I need to do?
Maybe I have a different problem?
Note:
I never crash when not playing game. I never have BSoD.
I'm on WinXP Pro SP3 32bit. Directx9. 4GB RAM (only 3.x GB used, I know).
I have 3 SATA hard drives and an IDE DVD DL Burner (Pioneer).
I have AMD Athlon II X2 235 I think. No overclock.
As mentioned, my computer case is Antec 900.
Thanks.
I suspect the video card temperature is too hot.
I installed SpeedFan 4.34 and it says that the video card is 72 (c) on desktop and when playing Oblivion 4 at high settings it goes up to 80-81 (c). I think this is extremely hot.
I have antec 900 and I feel the case is cool and the air that is coming from the back and top is also cool, so I'm not sure why it would overheat.
What do I need to do?
Maybe I have a different problem?
Note:
I never crash when not playing game. I never have BSoD.
I'm on WinXP Pro SP3 32bit. Directx9. 4GB RAM (only 3.x GB used, I know).
I have 3 SATA hard drives and an IDE DVD DL Burner (Pioneer).
I have AMD Athlon II X2 235 I think. No overclock.
As mentioned, my computer case is Antec 900.
Thanks.