GTX 260 + 6 gb ram


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yeah heres the deal.. i just installed that stuff into my computer (i did not reinstall Just deleted all the nvidia drivers)

so i thought Hey.. lets try Operation Flashpoint...

so it runs great.. really smooth.. and then all of the sudden black screen.. and computer is unresponsive..

So i tried another game.. Fallout 3 (on highest).. Game runs great.. for 15 minutes.. and then Computer unresponsive..

(this is with all the games i tried) Can anyone help me.. ?

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i got AMD Phenom 9550 + 4 gb ram Kingston 800 mhz + 2 Gb Ram Corsair 800 mhz

GTX 260 Nvidia Geforce.. brand is Asus

and an ASUS M3N-H/HDMI Motherboard

450W Coolermaster (about 3 years old)

i got AMD Phenom 9550 + 4 gb ram Kingston 800 mhz + 2 Gb Ram Corsair 800 mhz

GTX 260 Nvidia Geforce.. brand is Asus

and an ASUS M3N-H/HDMI Motherboard

450W Coolermaster (about 3 years old) This is you problem!!!

Try with another power supply since the minimum requirement is 500w.

Thermal and Power Specs:

Maximum GPU Temperature (in C) 105 C

Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) 182 W

Minimum System Power Requirement (W) 500 W

Supplementary Power Connectors 6-pin x2

Don't think PSU is problem. I read some people have 2 video cards that work fine on a 400w PSU. What are the temps on the card?

Also what maker is the card. I also have GTX260 (Gigabyte branded) too and it works fine on all my games but if I update to the latest drivers, I have the problem where any games I play, the computer would reboot without warnings. I'm about to email the Gigabyte people about this.

It *might* be the PSU but it depends on how good the current one is (the most important factor is how much the PSU puts on the 12V rails)? I have a GTX 260 (Asus as well) running quite happily off a 375W PSU with no issues. It might be a memory issue, as others have suggested try testing your RAM to see if there are any errors.

Yeah i fixed it... Some cable was hanging in the Cooler of my video card..

i was like @#&!^@#!@#&@! but yeah its fixed..

it was the SPDIF out from the motherboard to the videocard for HDMI sound, since i never use it anyway i ripped it off... and got it out of the cooling ;).. Works like a charm now :)

My case is so tight in space, that the same thing happened to me, some cable was blocking the graphics card fan from spinning. Computer was fine (no black screen or anything), but after a game, gpuz reported gfx card was 100c. I opened up the case and was like d'oh! Now it idles at like 34-37c and gets up to 48-54c after a game

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