Shot at 2012-09-02

I have this bug, freezing some of my 3D games (Skyrim, Guild wars 2 ). It does little squares and sometime vertical lines.
I need to reboot my PC, by 'reset'. Thre's no problem with 2D and multimedia.

it occurs in different time of gaming. Independant of graphic options (minimal or ultra).

I have win7 64, 4Gb RAM
catalyst 12.6
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400  3 GHz
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5K SE/EPU Rev 1.xx

 

everything is up to date.

 

???

THANXXX

 

Roll back or reinstall the previous drivers. Updating graphics cards is a option, not a requirement. "If it ain't broke don't fix it".

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/Drivers/ATI_Catalyst/old/

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I deleted all previous versions, I travel through time !

the older version (2009) does the same problem...

Edited: 09/02/2012 at 12:22 PM by maki2501

Make sure your power supply is up to powering that card. 

Because otherwise what I'm seeing looks like a classic case of bad 3d memory.

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Do i need to change my Card?

If you tell us what your power supply is like it says in the STICKY then we can get a better idea if it is a bad card or if it is artifacts caused by insufficient power.

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I got that issue when i use the 12.2 driver, but it seems this is not a driver problem, like the others have said, your PSU please....

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I have an ANTEC EA 5OOD

http://store.antec.com/Product/power_supply-earthwatts/ea-500d-green/0-761345-27504-0.aspx

 

 

....when was the last time you opened up your case and cleaned out the dust bunnies?

Also, when was the last time you pulled the card apart and cleaned out the stock cooler of all the dust/crud and replaced the thermal grease on the GPU as well as the thermal pads on the VRM's and RAM?

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just do it today

I often do it. (maniac)

I try to run the game in 'windowed full screen' and just receive today an UPS/surge suppressor

for the moment...no crash... i tell you

Crash again. Is my power supply unsufficient? Buy a new card??

 

Helppp

 

That Antec has 444W @ 12v MAX for 18A @ 12v per rail with 22A MAX PEAK.

A HD4870 draws just about 14A under load. That leaves the rest of the components using the rail with only 4A between them.

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@OP: I would replace the psu (power supply) first and retest.  Something in the 600w range would be decent for a bit of future-proofing and allow you some overhead so that the psu is not pegged all the time.  This will allow the psu to last longer.

I would recommend something from the following manufacturers:

• Corsair
• Enermax
• Antec
• Kingwin Inc.
• PC Power and Cooling
• Silverstone

That should be enough choices to get you started.

Cheers!

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