8800gts (g92) crash issues.

Reuben__ · 01-21-2008, 12:29 PM

I've had my evga 8800gts for about 2 weeks now,replacing my old 7600gt (which worked fine), and i get *a lot* of issues with it.

It sometimes works fine and i canplay any game for hours without problems.. performance is excellent and the temps stay down below 70 by a good margin, but about half the times i boot up my pc the screen will either blank out or turn purple ( ? ) when loading windows, watching a movie, or playing a game (usually after about 2-3 mins) . this dosent happen every time, but i'm sure it isnt an issue with heat. Is this a driver or bios issue ?

spec . : cpu: e6850 3.00ghz stock - memory: 800mhz ocz platinum 2x1gb - mobo : evga 680i sli fsb 1333mhz stock - PSU 600w ocz gamexstream- gpu evga 8800gts 512 @stock clocks.

i'd really appreciate any help with this as it's a really annoying problem.. not software related either probably as i reinstalled xp last week.

Reuben__ · 01-22-2008, 07:27 AM

come on guys someonemust have some ideas. .

dai · 01-22-2008, 10:56 AM

can you try the card on another computer to check it out

Reuben__ · 01-22-2008, 01:26 PM

thanks for thee suggestion, i'll try that when i get a chance... i think that the card is the problem as my previous cards on this system have worked fine, but do you think there's a chance of a driver issue or clash ?

dai · 01-23-2008, 08:58 AM

if it were a driver you would expect to receive an error message pointing to it
i would not run an 800 on less than 650w,but i think it's most likely the card

01-21-2008, 12:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
Reuben__ Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp 32 bit sp2	8800gts (g92) crash issues. I've had my evga 8800gts for about 2 weeks now,replacing my old 7600gt (which worked fine), and i get a lot of issues with it. It sometimes works fine and i canplay any game for hours without problems.. performance is excellent and the temps stay down below 70 by a good margin, but about half the times i boot up my pc the screen will either blank out or turn purple ( ? ) when loading windows, watching a movie, or playing a game (usually after about 2-3 mins) . this dosent happen every time, but i'm sure it isnt an issue with heat. Is this a driver or bios issue ? spec . : cpu: e6850 3.00ghz stock - memory: 800mhz ocz platinum 2x1gb - mobo : evga 680i sli fsb 1333mhz stock - PSU 600w ocz gamexstream- gpu evga 8800gts 512 @stock clocks. i'd really appreciate any help with this as it's a really annoying problem.. not software related either probably as i reinstalled xp last week.

01-22-2008, 07:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
Reuben__ Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp 32 bit sp2	Re: 8800gts (g92) crash issues. come on guys someonemust have some ideas. .

01-22-2008, 10:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,797 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: 8800gts (g92) crash issues. can you try the card on another computer to check it out __________________

01-22-2008, 01:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
Reuben__ Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp 32 bit sp2	Re: 8800gts (g92) crash issues. thanks for thee suggestion, i'll try that when i get a chance... i think that the card is the problem as my previous cards on this system have worked fine, but do you think there's a chance of a driver issue or clash ?

01-23-2008, 08:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,797 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: 8800gts (g92) crash issues. if it were a driver you would expect to receive an error message pointing to it i would not run an 800 on less than 650w,but i think it's most likely the card __________________