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PC lockup when playing games

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Processor:
E8400
Memory:
8GIG Corsair
Hard Drive:
1TB
Video Card:
XFX 4890 XT
Sound Card:
Onboard
Operating System:
W7 64
Motherboard:
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
PSU:
Corsair 750TX

Every is relativily new, the video card being the latest addition. What is happening in some games is that I'll play for 5-10 minutes (if that) and then the entire computer will freeze. The sound will loop and the monitor will change to a solid color, like blue, brown or black. I can't do anything but manually restart.

I'm running RC1 W7 64-bit. I'm running the latest ATI drivers (ATI Catalyst 9.8 Display Driver for Windows 7 (64 bit)).

Games that crash: FC2, Batman AA, Need for Speed Shift. Resident Evil 5 benchmark.

Games that don't crash: World of Warcraft, Aion.

I did some research on my own and found a post on Toms Hardware from someone claiming it's related W7 and the Catalyst drivers.

Any thoughts/suggestions?
 
It sounds like it might be your video card overheating, causing your computer to crash. Check your gpu temps when you run those games.
 
Here's idle:

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I jumped into Batman and tried to alt tab to look at the results but everything crashed and I couldn't save the shot. It looked like it (GPU) had jumped up to about 63 degrees though. I'll try again to get a shot while the game is running.
 
Well since it crashes to soon, OCCT may be worth a shot. Try the cpu and gpu stress test for 10mins. It will make a nice lil graph.
 
I would agree with most on here it sounds like the video card overheating..
but doesn't hurt to run a slew of tests to check and see if maybe you are getting a cpu lock up.
prime95 blend test do that for 15, then move on to memtest, then if you have the time let prime run overnight blend test.
if you find no instability anywhere else, well you prolly should try turning your gpu fan up to 100% and see if it is still crashing...
if it is I would have to lean towards drivers.
 
I'm currently having this problem with one of my Asus Trifans, one card will play 100% fine without any lockups or anything, the second card will game for 5-20minutes then lockup, the music will continue to play for maybe 20-50sec and then completely lockup the system.

I've also had the solid color problem light a light blue or even turquoise, luckily when that happens a CRTL+Shift+ESC usually gets me the task manager and closing the game gets rid of the problem. Though at times I can play for hours without any lockups or hiccups.

Asus Trifan 4870x2 running @ 765/965 75% Fan and 63C @ load and idles at 38C
 
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