Nvidia 8800 GTX crashing

[Sul]

Hi

I'm running Windows 8 64-bit, and have an Nvidia 8800 GTX - which started causing crashes recently.

I've tried rolling updating to the latest drivers, and also rolling them back to the original ones to see if it made any difference. I've monitored temperatures and crashes occur at any temperature - even at 60C. At first I thought it was an overheating issue, so cleaned the computer of dust and monitored temperatures. The crashes occur when any kind of hardware acceleration is involved, be in in-browser or in a game. The screen begins to show odd artefacts such as random blocks of blank screen here and there or black lines and then just locks up, and eventually the PC restarts and it seems fine on restart. I do sometimes get an "error code 3".

Is the Graphics card dying - that's the only conclusion I can get to at the moment. Any help appreciated.

 

[mickyflinn]

It looks like your gpu is on its way out, time for a replacement.

 

[straxusii]

If you are on 320.18 then try 314.22, some people are having major issues with the former

 

[sneakysnail]

yup It's time to lay the old fella to rest. Had my 8800 ultra do the same thing 3 months back. temps and drivers didn't seem to matter, it could handle the desktop but when ever you tried doing anything even slightly graphic intensive it'd start having artifacts and driver crashes.

 

[Sul]

I've already rolled it back to an earlier version, even earlier than 314.22 - still have issues.

 

[mickyflinn]

Do you have a budget for a new gpu ?

 

[Sul]

New GPU or new card entirely?

 

[spixelspixel]

New GPU or new card entirely?

whats the difference?

 

[Sul]

lol, *looks for credit card*

 

[Sul]

Any suggestions for an upgrade from the 8800 GTX then - want to keep it below £100

 

[spixelspixel]

Any suggestions for an upgrade from the 8800 GTX then - want to keep it below £100

For below 100 I'd recommend this www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-076-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1699

It's a nice budget card, capable of playing all modern games at 1920x1080 as long as you disable AA and drop a few settings here and there.

I use a 7770 in my main rig atm even though I have much more poweful cards, reason being its all I need, don't care much for having the best graphics. I also put a passive cooler on it so makes no noise (apart from coil whine) and it uses very low power.

 

[sneakysnail]

I'm using a 7770 as well, packs more punch than my old ultra and runs so much quieter, cooler and uses a lot less power.

 

[Sul]

Great thanks - do you know, how does the Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 compare?

 

[spixelspixel]

The 7770 is much better than the standard 650. The 650ti is a bit better than the 7770.

 

[Sul]

I'm looking at these at the mo:

MSI GeForce GTX 650 Black Knight OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-187-MS

Asus GeForce GTX 650 DirectCU 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-286-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2392

HIS HD 7790 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-082-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1699

and the card linked above... any thoughts?

 

[Boomstick777]

Are you using 320.18 WHQL drivers? This could be causing the crashing...

If you do need to upgrade, a second hand GTX 480 / GTX 580 or new HD 7950 / GTX 670 would be great options..

 

[spixelspixel]

I'm looking at these at the mo:

MSI GeForce GTX 650 Black Knight OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-187-MS

Asus GeForce GTX 650 DirectCU 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-286-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2392

HIS HD 7790 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-082-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1699

and the card linked above... any thoughts?

Don't get the non Ti version of the 650, its only on par with a 7750.

The 7790 is better value than the 650 ti. Either go for that or the 7770. The performance difference isn't massive but the 7790 is better, if its worth the extra couple of pounds then I'd go for that (the HIS 7790)

 

[snitcher]

It looks like your gpu is on its way out, time for a replacement.

+1

 

[Sul]

Thanks for your help, think I'm decided on the HIS 7790, seems to be the best value for the price.