Is this a normal thing that happens when a GPU overheats?

Task Force · 03-29-09, 12:31 AM

Well today I was playing Crysis. (had been for alittle while before.) when while on the last level right at the end. (when you have to take down the realy big alien thing.) Some Triangle things appeared on the screen (acouple of them, different colors.) and the game froze. I Alt tabed out of crysis and they where still there.

What ya think?

SUBMAN1 · 03-29-09, 12:38 AM

Or a graphics card memory overheat problem. Since they were triangles, I'd suspect the GPU. If they were random pixels all over the place, then look towards memory.

Task Force · 03-29-09, 12:45 AM

Yea. thats what I was guessing. (felt behind GPU, was vary hot.)

What I get for playing crysis with the edited extreme quality Config file all day.(and The computer was doing quite good before that happened.)

I also think this gpu was damaged from my old case like I said before. (was the standard HP case, with sh**y airflow through it.)

Reece · 03-29-09, 08:51 AM

If you have the card overclocked I would set it back, otherwise I would deliberately underclock it, assuming that after a reboot & cool down the problem has gone.

Arclight · 03-29-09, 09:04 AM

If you find it is a recurring problem, you can use stuff like Rivatuner to create custom fan-profiles, set some higher fan speeds as is default for the card. I actually had to use that since the fan on my card wouldn't speed up from default at all.

CaptainHaplo · 03-29-09, 10:04 AM

Sounds like you caught the card on its way to heatlock. Usually if you overheat one - they lock solid - you can hear stuff going on - but nothing on the display will change. Keep an eye on it is your best bet.

Task Force · 03-29-09, 12:56 PM

yea, I started crysis back up after it cooled. finished the level, and all was fine.

03-29-09, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Task Force

Yea. thats what I was guessing. (felt behind GPU, was vary hot.)

What I get for playing crysis with the edited extreme quality Config file all day.(and The computer was doing quite good before that happened.)

I also think this gpu was damaged from my old case like I said before. (was the standard HP case, with sh**y airflow through it.)

Hehe, next time try experimenting this on your best friends GPU.
The good point of this is: At least you wont toast your own card

If this is your way of building pc knowledge

Be smart kido

Task Force · 03-29-09, 01:20 PM

Yea. Im lucky, my 8800gts still runs ok.

McBeck · 03-29-09, 03:31 PM

Did you check the fan for dust? It happend to me once

Task Force · 03-29-09, 06:31 PM

Yep, fan has dust stuck to it. (and the big fan on the top of the case was never hooked up, so the heat wanst being sucked out.)

But im out of air in my air can.

Also were starting to get warmer weather around here. so the gpu is not staying as cool.

03-30-09, 04:41 AM

I had to replace GPU fan on GF6600 when it started to temporarily stop rotating during the gameplay.

03-29-09, 12:31 AM	#1
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Is this a normal thing that happens when a GPU overheats? Well today I was playing Crysis. (had been for alittle while before.) when while on the last level right at the end. (when you have to take down the realy big alien thing.) Some Triangle things appeared on the screen (acouple of them, different colors.) and the game froze. I Alt tabed out of crysis and they where still there. What ya think? __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

03-29-09, 12:38 AM	#2
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Or a graphics card memory overheat problem. Since they were triangles, I'd suspect the GPU. If they were random pixels all over the place, then look towards memory. __________________

03-29-09, 12:45 AM	#3
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Yea. thats what I was guessing. (felt behind GPU, was vary hot.) What I get for playing crysis with the edited extreme quality Config file all day.(and The computer was doing quite good before that happened.) I also think this gpu was damaged from my old case like I said before. (was the standard HP case, with sh*y airflow through it.) __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"*

03-29-09, 08:51 AM	#4
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 32,800 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	If you have the card overclocked I would set it back, otherwise I would deliberately underclock it, assuming that after a reboot & cool down the problem has gone. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

03-29-09, 09:04 AM	#5
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	If you find it is a recurring problem, you can use stuff like Rivatuner to create custom fan-profiles, set some higher fan speeds as is default for the card. I actually had to use that since the fan on my card wouldn't speed up from default at all. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

03-29-09, 10:04 AM	#6
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Sounds like you caught the card on its way to heatlock. Usually if you overheat one - they lock solid - you can hear stuff going on - but nothing on the display will change. Keep an eye on it is your best bet. __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

03-29-09, 12:56 PM	#7
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	yea, I started crysis back up after it cooled. finished the level, and all was fine. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

03-29-09, 01:20 PM	#9
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Yea. Im lucky, my 8800gts still runs ok. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

03-29-09, 03:31 PM	#10
McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,023 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Did you check the fan for dust? It happend to me once __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website

03-29-09, 06:31 PM	#11
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Yep, fan has dust stuck to it. (and the big fan on the top of the case was never hooked up, so the heat wanst being sucked out.) But im out of air in my air can. Also were starting to get warmer weather around here. so the gpu is not staying as cool. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

03-30-09, 04:41 AM	#12
Contact Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I had to replace GPU fan on GF6600 when it started to temporarily stop rotating during the gameplay.