Gigabyte graphics card problem maybe?

[ukxenon]

I normally play WoW or Everquest and today i got myself Alan Wake and when i boot them game you can say within 3 min the pc just shuts its self off and when i went to check inside the pc the graphics card actually burnt my hand when i touched the side of the board.

i have upgraded from my bfg 9600 to gigabyte gtx 550ti OC version and when i had the old 9600 i never had a single problem.
Would you say the card is overheating to a point where it just shuts down?

also changed fan speed to 100% in Nvidia control panel and made no difference any help or advice would be great.
edit....did a fresh install of windows 7 unlti



avga 750i *** mobo - 8 gig ocz gold 1066 dd2 - q6600 o/c to 3.4ghz

 

[cmndr_andi]

Hi there,

May I ask what make and model number PSU you are running?

If your PSU is fine, then I would try running your card through Furmark (a GPU stress tester) and see how the temperatures do after a few minutes of testing.

Also, Is the fan on the graphics card spinning up on load (by visually checking it)?

 

[Gregster]

Your 9600 would have run hotter than your 560 so something isn't right.

Like Andi says run furmark and report back on temps. I have the exact same card as you and idle my temps are ~29c and under load ~80c.

 

[ukxenon]

Antec High Current Gamer 620W is my PSU

i ran fumark and it cut off at 72c my temps accross all 4 core never got hotter than 40.
my fan speed on boot up for my card is at 100%

i put my old 9600 card in and all was ok no problems then put my 550ti in and it is like a oven in my case.

what do you guys think??