I have an ATI 1900 something or other and the default heatsink and fan it came with had an annoying knocking noise. So i replaced it with a 3rd party solution (artic cooling i think it is) that was very quiet indeed.
The problem was that after gaming for half an hour or so in cs:s, artefacts would start to appear and eventually crash. this didn't bother me that much and i couldn't really be bothered to take the card out and check that i had attached the cooler correctly as i don't game that much anyway. In windows it was perfectly stable.
Roll on 6 months and i finally take the card out and check the cooler. As i suspected there was a small patch on the gpu which wasn't covered with thermal paste. I put a fresh cover on and made sure that it was all seated correctly. The problem is that it still behaves in exactly the same way, crashing out after an hour or so (farcry is far worse, it crashes out in minutes).
So basically, has the card had it? Could it still be overheating? Or could it be a software issue?
Thanks
The problem was that after gaming for half an hour or so in cs:s, artefacts would start to appear and eventually crash. this didn't bother me that much and i couldn't really be bothered to take the card out and check that i had attached the cooler correctly as i don't game that much anyway. In windows it was perfectly stable.
Roll on 6 months and i finally take the card out and check the cooler. As i suspected there was a small patch on the gpu which wasn't covered with thermal paste. I put a fresh cover on and made sure that it was all seated correctly. The problem is that it still behaves in exactly the same way, crashing out after an hour or so (farcry is far worse, it crashes out in minutes).
So basically, has the card had it? Could it still be overheating? Or could it be a software issue?
Thanks
