260 gtx crashes computer

[trepz]

Hello all, hopefully someone will be able to provide some insight! Like the title says... My 6 month old EVGA 260 GTX crashes my computer shortly after launching games on high resolution, max settings (now I'm no genius but i'm pretty sure this card should handle these settings to an extent without crashing, maybe lower fps but thats all i would expect..)
My custom rig is as follows:
EVGA 260 GTX
Asus P5Q Pro
Corsair 750w
Intel Core 2 e8400
4 gig ram (i recently upgraded from faulty ram, the problem with gpu was occurring before, so im guessing it has nothing to do with this..)
WD Cav Black 640gb
I do have sufficient ventilation in the case itself... 3 120mm fans, so this shouldn't be an issue.
I have downloaded the evga precision tool and gpu-z and increased my fan speed from stock 40% to 100%. doing this will increase my gaming time and steady temps for a bit but my pc still crashes after a while...
gpu-z says on idle my card is at running at ~41°C, on load during game it was crashing at ~54°C with fan at 40% and at 100% it was crashing somewhere around 60°C.

Any suggestions? thanks!

 

[sequoia]

I am not an expert here, but curious how do you know it is the video card? Does it overheat? If you are sure it is the video card, then its time to RMA.

Chris

 

[jeremyshaw]

60C is not an overheating issue.

But it is wierd.

OP: have you tried:
Newest nVidia drivers (195.62 atm)
Chipset drivers
and
See if you are overloading a PSU rail