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Idleman · 27 Sep 2012 at 19:56

Are you playing campaign or online?

Burnout81 · 27 Sep 2012 at 20:03

online but when it crashed out the area was pretty clear i was also testing streaming with xsplit at the same time though which may of been an issue.

but in Rift it happened on Min and Max settings so i have no idea what it could be im just getting afterburner reinstalled and im going to see what temps are like just before the crashes

Idleman · 27 Sep 2012 at 20:24

I take it your Gpu drivers are up to date.

I meant to ask, how did you get on with the windows install. Did you re-install or just connected up your hdd with windows from your old mobo.

Burnout81 · 27 Sep 2012 at 20:32

i did a fresh install with a new OS, up to date driver for GPU same drivers i was usng before the hardware change

Idleman · 27 Sep 2012 at 20:39

Don`t know much about Xsplit or streaming, so don`t know what impact it has on the Gpu.
Were you also using this before or just since the upgrade.

Burnout81 · 27 Sep 2012 at 20:50

i used it before the upgrade but it made the games almost unplayable , since the upgrade they were fine until the driver stopped responding. i think the main draw of the streaming software is cpu based with just a little on the gpu

Burnout81 · 27 Sep 2012 at 21:10

just tested out in Rift and drivers crashed again but only when i set the settings from the default ultra settings to minimum which is odd
GPU temps at the time were 70c and about 60% GPU usage from what afterburner was saying

Edit : i wasnt running xsplit at this time

Burnout81 · 27 Sep 2012 at 21:51

And in BF3 no crashes but temps were around 80c with 98% GPU usage is that normal ?

Idleman · 27 Sep 2012 at 22:11

I don`t play online games, so would`nt know what is normal. Ithink you you might be better asking in the Graphics or PC Games forums.
Are your Gpu drivers up to date?

IC3 · 27 Sep 2012 at 22:15

Burnout81 said:
was from my old rig but i only bought the card in january so shouldnt be a problem , i didnt alter any settings in game they were the auto settings for BF3 and in Rift

@IC3 i was going to post pics but its quite a mess at the moment needs a lot of tidying and i was quite eager to test everything out

Ok. but make sure not to forget. When you finish and tidy up the build

Burnout81 · 27 Sep 2012 at 23:09

sorry if the pics are a little big
Messy rushed start

looking a little better

not anything amazing here and bad camera phone pics,
but i'm pretty new to building my own rig
no idea where to put those other wires from the PSU there's already a ton behind the motherboard

@Idleman ill ask in another subsection then see if anyone can shed some light on the matter thanks for the help

IC3 · 3 Oct 2012 at 21:23

Burnout81 said:
sorry if the pics are a little big
Messy rushed start

looking a little better

not anything amazing here and bad camera phone pics,
but i'm pretty new to building my own rig
no idea where to put those other wires from the PSU there's already a ton behind the motherboard

@idleman ill ask in another subsection then see if anyone can shed some light on the matter thanks for the help

Not bad but the cables are messy, try to tidy it up a bit.