hi guys, im not sure if this is the right thread, and atm im at work so cant search through the hardware forum if its posted or not...

but i have an issue with my 8800 GTX here, it just keeps on crashing when im playing World of warcraft. and i can confirm that its the gfx card because the graphic suddenly went off but my sound and everything else still working fine, can even continue talking on ventrilo too (voice comm program) until a while later on then fully crash.

almost guranteed to happen everyday but very random.

i downloaded ntune and checked the temperature and its a whooping 80-90c idle avg 85 c... wtf? or its normal? im running windows vista ultimate btw... and cstkl1 also mentioned that vista being permanent running on 3d clock... could it be the cause? please help...

also theres the evga step up program, not sure if im available for it but im asking the person that i bought the bulk from (bata), hopefully i am so i can just change the gtx to the ultra and hopefully have this prob fix... (could be card defects, or prolly driver or just bad heat dissipation/airflow... also getting a strong intake fan btw)

i open my side panel and the temp stays the same. theres no fan control afaik to speed the fan up, and the fan is definitely working. (well its spinning) any other ideas?

aye probably best to keep it all in the other thread. thanks for the help by the way ^^

think the x2900 beats the ultra right? (but overclocked lol)

i use my GTX, and it lagged like hell until i lower my anisio settings.

that said, ALL AA settings are off cuz my gfx crashes (bad driver or w/e).

so yeah, heads are notsoez

yea im running on 1680x1050 (native res, i have a samsung 226bw )

probably due to vista, who knows. but until i lower anisio filtering, the lag is madness. and this is without AA at all.

i wouldnt disagree... my GTX on lost planet is avg'ing on 25FPS, every setting maxed but no AA... if AA? die lol. (be it my graphic card crash, or perhaps slideshow)

158.43 beta drivers (158.42 actually lol nvidia)

afaik you can sli with intel chipset too

yea best is to wait. who knows if they will release more models, or price slashes/drops

you already enjoyed the card for 2 years

for now, top up rm200ish for a gtx, and oc it kao kao, look at the scores fly lol

my all stock setup yields 12k
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on 3dmark 06

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Jun 3 2007, 08:51 AM

same question here, ive checked the release notes on both version but found nothing different.

only difference i can find is the official release is WHQL certified (cant be 100% certain either as i havent install those myself)

yea thats the only significant difference i see... and yea i play COH, so sticking with beta drivers it is! (and i still cant AA... sigh)

anyone else care to help?
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f=116&t=457240

very, make sure you can pump out at least 3-3.2++ ghz on the latest core2/core quad/am2 etc

lost planet 20-30 fps, avg 25 fps, lowest 16 fps...

rich or not, i hate lag.

i just have everything on max but no AA as my card crashes on AA for some reason

so its BOTH of them enabled causing random crashes? so its not my graphic card then? thats the confirmation i needed. anyways thanks for the reply man.

but from what i read on the vista beta drivers release notes, AA/AF issues are fixed, but i guess nvidia lies

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just to clarify ive never had the impression or said anything that vista is stable, and i do know of their various issues, just not this one. overall, this issue doesnt affect me much except the annoyance that i couldnt pump out more detail seeing as i have a GTX.

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Jun 8 2007, 10:46 AM

tried both AA/AF? my graphic card just dies (windows still functioning rofl... got background sound/music during game, just graphic dies out. but if i go alt+ctrl+del can see the screen lol... and have to restart from there)

other than that, no issues at all.

but since its mentioned BOTH aa/af causing crash, i havent tried JUST AA without AF. have to try it out to confirm, cuz all the games i run i have AF maxed, no issues, just when i turn on AA, after a period of time randomly it'll crash (ONLY the graphics)

then what could be my problem ;

g92 this christmas, no worries, ROFL!

THREE times the power of g80's... madness