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windows shuts down during gameplay
hi guys i need some help. i'm almost pretty sure it has something to do with my graphics card i just can't pinpoint what exactly the problem is. my computer shuts down while playing a game for around 10-20mins. i have 2k11, warcraft and civ5 installed. my pc has been running smoothly until i experienced the first shutdown while playing 2k11 and ever since everytime i run a game it shuts down after 10-20mins. i then upgraded from windows xp to windows 7 (i did a fresh install, erased everything on my hd) and it was running smoothly again. just yesterday while playing 2k11 i noticed that my pc was running slow, did an alt+tab closed a couple of programs from the taskbar and when i returned to the game after just a few secs it shut down again and the problem returned. can somebody help me find a fix or try to figure out if it's the graphic card or what? thanks
i filled out the system specs list hope that helps