Frequent crashes with GFX 5600!! HELP!!

[Tristen]

anyone having trouble running his gfx5600??.. I played four a couples of hours yesterday(first day with my fgx5600) and in ALL games same result: after 5 mi aor one hour, the screen goes black, no blue screen or crashed to desktop, just goes black and I have to reboot... anybody seeing this??
Tanx alot for everyone replying...

[Darthtanion]

More information concerning the system/OS would be extremely helpful here. Also the video card that you replaced. If it was a non-nVidia based board, then you need to completely remove the old driver set before installing the GeForce boards.

[kenny83]

need more details to be be sure
but seems to me like either ur video card or cpu is overheating. :hammer:

[Tristen]

Overheating he? hum, very possible..and theres a overheating protection that shutdown my pc?? I notice it was a little hot in my open closet. here's some more specs,

MB: Asus kv77 or something, dont remember the exact name
AthlonXP 1600+
768 mb SDRAM
Asus GFX 5600 128m (before: asus Geforce3 ti 4200)
40g & 60 Western Digital HD's
WinXP pro Serv. pack 3
DirectcX 9.0
Audiophile 2496 with latest drivers

I did try some other test yesterday: same thing... I did remove the drivers from my gf3, but do you guys think that re-installing a brand new XP can solve the problem? Tanx a lot for the replys dudes, appreciated....:cheers:

[TheOne�]

haven't you heard of the overheating issues in the gfx 5200-5800 cards?. it could be that. you should've waited for the 5900:)