thinking of going thru the whole page in this thread but it's too big, so straight away ask la...
i have GeCube HD4870 512Mb card, the rest of the system is as per my siggy...been using it a few months already...played Dungeon & Siege 2 previously, no problem. but a couple a week ago, i've been having problem while playing it. it started with game freezed a few second, then ok, then again...and sometime blank, then ok again...then system reboot. last week i fired up Vantage to test it...at loading screen to start the benchy, it frozen again. and this weekend, installed 3DMark2006...same thing also. i've checked the temp via Everest, the gpu temp is idling at 54c, during game it would be around 60ish...full load, dunno coz not able to run any test. GDDR temp is around 60ish on idle/normal use...but still not exceeding 70ish. i've used the Catalyst 8.10...during the ok time, i used 8.7, but then problem, remove 8.7 and installed 8.10...no go as well. i have no idea.
any idea? and what is the best way/apps for me to use to test the vga card - i'm not really into VGA stuff - more on RAM and CPU; so, consider me as noob in VGA stuff . thanks

This post has been edited by remysix: Oct 20 2008, 12:49 PM

that would be the simplest and easiest thing...but the hard part is...got no second rig to try la. most of my fren is those kind of use-bought-system-till-its-die one so, basically no other system to try lor...

i dont think 3dmark took an hour to load
as i said, i'm kinda noob in the vga area...that's why i just bought the high (not highest - no money) end vga...just run it at stock...
i dont think it's the temp...not using the stock one and the temp as i said is well kept under 70 and btw, this happened before the benchmark even started - so, basically the gpu just sitting goyang2 kaki and tooootttttttttt

got that...will memtest my ram shortly...
hehehe...3rd rig ka...i wonder how is ur 1st rig like
and yes, i always (from time to time) install the new driver from asus...mobo as well as the xonar...and those game u've mentioned is the basically the latest game...mine is just the DS2

This post has been edited by remysix: Oct 20 2008, 04:49 PM

i have HIS HD4870 1Gb...set the fan at 50c...it's really loud...but after a while, the noise just fade into the background...my ear somehow already 'immune' to that sound ...the temp is around 50c on hot day idle...playing game around 57c...load would be somewhere 62c...ok ka?