HD 2600 XT Problem

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gener1c

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Here is my problem, I recently up graded my system and got a hd 2600 xt 512. I had mother board issues and had to rma (asus p5k-e wifi). Installed vista and everything with no problems but one. Any time I go to play any game my system crashes. I have the latest drivers and patches for every game I have tried. I am not over clocking anything yet. Bioshock and CS:source crash my system after 5 minutes. It is not with these 2 game but with any game i have tried. Any suggestions would be appreciated.


SYSTEM:
Intel Core 2 Quad 6600
Thermaltake max Orb
His HD2600 XT 512 Zalman fan
2 gigs of corsair XMS2 800 4-4-4-12
ATI TV wonder 650
2x250 gig wd sata drives
 
try putting in a different videocard? You need to test various pieces of hardware to narrow down the list of possible causes....could be anything....mobo, cpu, ram, videocard, powersupply, heating/cooling issues...
 
I'm not sure waht the issue is, but I almost bought that card until I found out that my 7600GT out performs that card. So it would have been a downgrade for me. I hope someone knows the answer to your problem!
 
My power supply is a 600W thermaltake rx...The problem is that any game i play works for 5 minutes then the screen slowly turns black and my system shuts down...i've run prime95 for each core for 12 hours and the system was fine and completely stable... all temperature readings are normal also. All drivers are up to date even tried all the ati drivers from 7.6 to the most current 7.9...
 
I had a mother board that would post but too 3 or 4 boots for it to post but game ran stable once i got into windows. Since I have replaced my mother board everything works fine except for games. I just bought this card to hold me over until crysis comes out so i can get the best card out to play that game..
 
ok, I finally figured out that is definitely not a cpu or driver issue... seems my gpu temp is going into the 100 degree celcius and turning off when it hit 120.. very strange since my quad core doesn't go over 55.... any suggestions on fixing this, i took off the heat sink, cleaned and reapplied some compound help the issue and didnt crash my pc. however temps are going well into the 90's when doing valves stress test... Any suggestions?
 
Case airflow is probably horrible. Pull off some slot covers and put a fan in so it blows over the GPU and pushes the hot air out of the case instead of letting it stagnate.
 
There is a fan blowing over my graphics card... My system temperature has yet to break 32 but my video card idles normally just the temp goes to high when running any game... im going to try another card tomorrow, see how that works...
 
I have a HIS HD 2600XT IceQ Turbo 512MB GDDR3 PCIe
Athlon 64 x2 4400, 2gigs of ram
and an Abit MB with on board nvidia video card.
i should note i have a new 600w psu as well
running Vista Ultimate

and im having the exact same problem

games i have tried and crashed
- bioshock
- medal of honor airborne

godfather works fine so does fear (even tho i cant get audio thats another issue..)

i dont really want to have to buy a new card, the games look great on it. just cant work out why it crashes after 5-10 minutes of gameplay.. sometimes it crashes in the menu w/o 3d on screen

ive reinstalled drivers and mobo drivers
ive opened the case up, still does it.

also i use my lcd native res in the games 1440x900
and also tried playing in much lower resolutions and still crashes.
 
Time to get creative.

Have you tried running the system with the case door open and plenty of airflow to remove waste heat (i.e. a box fan set to full blast situated right near the open case)? If the motherboard's northbridge has a built-in fan, is that working properly with no noise or obvious impairing of the fan's function? If it doesn't have a fan, does the heatsink seem to get terribly hot? I had a problem sort of like this with an Athlon XP board a while back, and replacing the dying heatsink/fan with an inexpensive VGA heatsink did the trick.

Don't be afraid to run the memory diagnostic of your choice, either.
 
Pphreak, might just be his cards since i have the his hd2600 xt with the zalman fan... all fans are good, tried everything i could think of, leaving the case side open and all... its just weird because i have never seen a change in temperature like this before... I can run 4 instance on prime 95 for each core forever but the second anything 3d comes into play my computer crashes... ive been checking everywhere and reviews and seeing most are only seeing maybe a max of 80 degrees.. Anyway I am RMAing the card and going to try a new card tomorrow once i pick it up..
 
So the problem is a defective card, ran out and bought a 8600 gt to hold me over until i get a new card from newegg...
 
You may find yourself sticking with the 8600GT... let us know what happens.
 
Ok, I finally got my replacement 2600 Xt from newegg... The temps are high but no where near the 100+ it was boiling up to before, but it still runs fairly hot. The 8600 gt and this run equally on my system just that the 8600 was about $30 more just is not as hot.... price is not really why i am going with the ATI card. The video quality is just a lot sharper...

One final question for any one who has a 2600.. How hot does your card get while playing any games or benchmarking it??
 
My Sapphire 2600XT (GDDR3 version, first batch I think) is 42'c/107F idle, 52'c/125F load, one intake fan, two output, all temperature regulated. Something sounds messed up with your machine, royally messed up.

My first Sapphire 2600XT was RMAd because the fan was f'd up and made noise like a freight train and wasn't cooling very well. Can you find any visual fauls with it?
 
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