Game Crashes After Certain Period

[jambab]

when i am on games my computer just freezes after a certain period of time, so i have to restart the computer. but these games i used to play all the time on my computer so its a fairly recent thing thats occured.

the video card that i use is:

Nvidia GeForce 6610 XL

 

[patonb]

You need to check your temps.

 

[jambab]

how do i do that? lol, sorry im a bit of a noob when it comes to finding that sorter stuff

 

[patonb]

Um, easiest is with coretemp for the cpu, and gpuz for the gpu... it will log the temps as you play.

GPU-Z Video card GPU Information Utility

Core Temp

 

[jambab]

sorry for the late reply, (hope its ok), i just did a log on the GPU before i even began playing the game and the temprature is 111.0 Degrees

is there a way to set it to not go that high?

 

[Antec-User]

Good god! That's HOT! Blow out your card and heatsinks while you're in the case. There's your problem, alright.. Jeez, even the circuit board is hot...

 

[jambab]

ok, jeeze, didnt know there was that much build up, ill go and clean it now, cheers for help

 

[Antec-User]

Anytime, just post back with your results and see how things run after a good blow-out.. LOL (was gonna say something else, but nah....LOL )

oh, and make sure your fan is turning on while you're in there.. Maybe even crank up the fan speed with the stock Nvidia software.

 

[jambab]

omg, lol i just opened it up the fan was hanging off and it like melted off, looks like the fan stopped working or something and just cooked itself.

looks like ill need a new graphics card i think

 

[patonb]

Yup definately your problem.....

What do you use it for? And your budget.... oh is it pci-e? or agp?