PC freezes in every game i play, some advice please

[turboduck]

Hi All,

I seem to have issues when running any games such as Crysis, NFS undercover, Black Site, Burnout Paradise etc... every single game will run fine and then freeze after 5 - 10 mins, there is no BSOD and after the initial freeze it will last for 5 minutes and then be fine again... Im guessing its a dodgy graphics card or a bios setting.

Asus Rampage 2 Extreme mobo
3 X 285 GTX's (tri SLI)
1250W Coolermaster PSU.
2 x 30GB OCZ Vertex series HD's in raid 0 for OS and Apps
WD Raptor for games
12GB Corsair Dominator RAM 1600 MHZ.
I7 Processor

Everything is at Stock settings and nothing has ever been overclocked.

I have tried each graphics card individually and i have the same issue with each card and also with any set of drivers i try...

I plugged in my old 3870X2 and did not have any issues at all so im guessing its a graphics card issue but i have run 3Dmark and Fumark on the 285's and there are no problems there so im not sure whats going on.

I have also run memtest and prime95 and both my ram and cpu have no errors at all.

Any help/suggestions appreciated.



Many Thanks,
TD

 

[turboduck]

sorted the issue, i turned up the fan speed on the GPU to 100 %, cant believe it was something so simple, makes no sense as the temps wern't even high.

Hope this helps anyone with the same issues.

Cheers,
TD

 

[biron_w]

I've got the same problem but mine is with my 3870x2.I may try turning up the fan speed as well.

 

[1kiwi]

3 X 285 @ 100% fan vol - hope you have excellent head phones

 

[Happy]

What were the temps of the middle card, as that would have been the culprit. Sounds like it overheated and then throttled or something similar until it cooled down.