I recently built a Pc to the spec:
Gigabyte GA-EP43-S3L Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.80GHz (1066FSB)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 "XXX Edition" 512MB
CORSAIR MEMORY 4GB TWINX XMS2 6400 C5 DDR2 5-5-5-18 800MHZ
OCZ PSU 700SXS STEALTHXSTREAM 700W
MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM 64BIT OEM
SEA GATE BARRACUDA hard disk
Coolmaster 335 case
At first all was going well. I was playing crysis on High and it was running well. I then tried the ATI Overdrive feature to see it I could improve the performance at a higher setting. The game and computer crashed immediately. I restarted and after turning off the overdrive, reinstalling crysis as it was not booting, and reinstalling the ATI drivers to reset everything I had done. I proceeded to play again. However now after playing for a little time the computer crashes leaving either a blank screen or green lines and the sound repeating. It only seems to happen on one particular level, although I have not extensively tested this.
I was wondering if I may have damaged my graphics card or if despite reinstalling the drivers there is a problem with the configuration and if there is a way to test for failure. Would reinstalling windows and all the drivers resolve the issue?
I know this is all very vague but any insight would be very helpful. I would just like to add i was very impressed with the delivery and service I received got my goods the next day. Keep it up overclockers, defo use you again.
Thanks
Gigabyte GA-EP43-S3L Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.80GHz (1066FSB)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 "XXX Edition" 512MB
CORSAIR MEMORY 4GB TWINX XMS2 6400 C5 DDR2 5-5-5-18 800MHZ
OCZ PSU 700SXS STEALTHXSTREAM 700W
MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM 64BIT OEM
SEA GATE BARRACUDA hard disk
Coolmaster 335 case
At first all was going well. I was playing crysis on High and it was running well. I then tried the ATI Overdrive feature to see it I could improve the performance at a higher setting. The game and computer crashed immediately. I restarted and after turning off the overdrive, reinstalling crysis as it was not booting, and reinstalling the ATI drivers to reset everything I had done. I proceeded to play again. However now after playing for a little time the computer crashes leaving either a blank screen or green lines and the sound repeating. It only seems to happen on one particular level, although I have not extensively tested this.
I was wondering if I may have damaged my graphics card or if despite reinstalling the drivers there is a problem with the configuration and if there is a way to test for failure. Would reinstalling windows and all the drivers resolve the issue?
I know this is all very vague but any insight would be very helpful. I would just like to add i was very impressed with the delivery and service I received got my goods the next day. Keep it up overclockers, defo use you again.
Thanks