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I believe that's what my 580 is doing. Leaning towards drivers. I installed that MSI Afterburner last night and that stops the crashing for me (so far, knock on wood). My average idle temp is 69 (c) and when I play a game it'll go near 80. But using the Afterburner program at least my fan now...

For those that have the GTX 480, dual monitors, what kind of temps are you getting at idle? Under load?

Well maybe I will look into a new PS. Any recommendations?

Thanks I'll give it a read, but I am pretty sure that I have nailed the problem down to heat. If I can keep the card cool enough there are no issues... knock on wood.

I am affraid to take the jump into water cooling. I keep thinking about it, but would hate to see a leak and my whole system would be down...

I downloaded the nvidia tools and turned up the fan speed. This does help. I am definitly leaning towards heat issues. I believe the range now goes to about 54-to about 80 or 85 under load (c). I have one of those Haf cases. Any good cooling tips?

What about heat? I have the card as cool as I can get it, but the reboot issue mostly happens after use. What do you think, would that stop the video card from posting on reboot?

This is my power supply... TR2 RX-850 GENERAL: - Wattage 850 Watts - Fan 140 mm 1800 rpm ± 10% Air Flow: 82 CFM - Efficiency 86% + - PFC Active PFC - Hold-Up Time 17 ms - Switches ATX Logic on-off additional power rocker switch - Motherboard...

I did and that's what I was starting to think about was maybe some type of short. I rechecked everything and everything is tight as can be.

I have one of the PNY GTX480's. The computer, sometimes boots fine, but after a while it may crash or if I reboot for any reason I will get a string of errors where the VGA will not be detected and will not complete booting. I have an intel i7, an 850 watt PS. Any ideas. I had absolutly no...

Hello All, Where did you read this? I am still waiting for an email saying that my package has shipped : (