nvidia 8800 gtx problem

[Retribution]

alright heres the problem
when trying to play a some games (like gears of war) you nvidia card crashes, just the card, and results in the game i'm using crashing as well, then it starts back up, i have had this problem in the past with other games, and i fixed it by lowering the games graphics, but this is already at the lowest level, is there anything i can do to fix this???

[OmegaZero_Alpha]

no.

[Kaylee]

update your drivers
also, maybe it's a problem with the card itself? could be overheating, or not getting enough power, or... could be defective

[Retribution]

i don't think it actually has anything to do with the graphic level, seeing as how GOW runs at a far lower level then lost planet, COD4, and ghost recon, could it have something to do with a particular setting???

i don't think its over heating seeing as how it was made to work at "2nd degree burn" temp, and i also tryed letting it sit for and hour and still it crashes about 1 min after i start the game, i also tryed updating the driver but it had no effect

i doubt its a defect in the card, seeing as how it still works great with most other games?

PS. SInce when does doubt have a "b" in it???

[Drunken F00l]

What do you mean by the card crashes?

[Retribution]

i get an error that says says my nvidia 8800 has stoped working, but only for an instant, which is just enough to cause a game crash

[Drunken F00l]

What? I've never seen this? What tells you? A balloon tip? An error dialog? A blue screen?

I agree with what Kaylee said. Overheating? Power? Defective?

[Retribution]

um the error is only for a split second, it comes from that area right by the time display (forget what its called), it alomost seem like the card just resets itself

[OmegaZero_Alpha]

vista gives him the error "Your video card has had an error, but started responding" or some shit. Try down-clocking your card and making sure that you have enough Power, ram, front side bus, cooling.

I am having a problem with my 8600 gt where it artifacts out after a couple of hours and quits... I thought it only did that when it was overheating, but I vaguely remember catching the temperature and it was at about 46degrees... (it could have been higher, but I could barely see anything though the artifactual barrage). Even though this card was only 50$, I am starting to hate Nvidia again...

[Retribution]

i know the problems either the vid card or the game, i think its the vid card, but i can't seem to find any refference to this problem muchless a solution