Why does my GPU freeze when running games at ultra high settings?

ICIT2LOL · 29 Jun 2014

Sorry mate I thought it was 64bit system - should have checked first.

essenbe · 29 Jun 2014

No big deal, John. You don't need to apologize. Your ideas are spot on usually. We all make mistakes at times. I know I sure have made more than my share. That's why this is a team function. We all check each other out.

sygnus21 · 29 Jun 2014

ICit2lol said:

Sorry mate I thought it was 64bit system - should have checked first.

essenbe said:

No big deal, John. You don't need to apologize. Your ideas are spot on usually. We all make mistakes at times. I know I sure have made more than my share. That's why this is a team function. We all check each other out.

Awww... can we get a group hug

Nice job guys

Boozad · 29 Jun 2014

Considering this is at least the third thread the OP has started on this subject it would probably be worth checking exactly what he's done following the advice of others.

And a clarification of his specs would help as well.

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essenbe · 29 Jun 2014

sygnus21 said:

ICit2lol said:

Sorry mate I thought it was 64bit system - should have checked first.

essenbe said:

No big deal, John. You don't need to apologize. Your ideas are spot on usually. We all make mistakes at times. I know I sure have made more than my share. That's why this is a team function. We all check each other out.

Awww... can we get a group hug

Nice job guys

Yes, group hugs are in order, as long as you participate.

essenbe · 29 Jun 2014

Boozad said:

Considering this is at least the third thread the OP has started on this subject it would probably be worth checking exactly what he's done following the advice of others.

And a clarification of his specs would help as well.

I wasn't aware of that. Good catch. draptak, this is the last thread on this subject. Continue to use this thread. Do not start another one. You are only hurting yourself as well as creating more work for the people trying to help.

ICIT2LOL · 30 Jun 2014

Hiyya fellas I did ask for those in post #2 but as yet nothing back - if draptak is still there please do this mate as it is really difficult
System Info - See Your System Specs

we may also need to run HW Info HWiNFO, HWiNFO32/64 - Download < correct bit version for more detailed stuff.

draptak · 30 Jun 2014

essenbe said:

Your CPU will run it just fine. It is only that you may not get quite the performance you would with a newer CPU. But, your CPU will run that card just fine. All of the new Nvidia cards have a boost clock If you are not overclocking it, it is not a problem. download the latest Nvidia WHQL driver from Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers , Set Windows update to download but let me decide what to install, uninstall your current drivers and shut down the computer instead of restart that it will ask, remove the current card and replace it with the 770, restart the computer and install the drivers you downloaded using this method, NVIDIA Drivers - Avoid Problems . Install the Asus utility or MSI Afterburner set an aggressive custom fan profile for the card so that the card does not get hot. See if that is any better. Let us know the results.

Already have the latest Drivers installed and they're all up to date. Before that I already did a clean installation of windows, and installed it again with the new GTX 770. The GPU also freezes if I try to run the 'System Rating' from the 'All Control Panel items'.
However I used the Asus tweak utility to turn the fan up but unfortunately I'm still getting the same problem.

draptak · 30 Jun 2014

sygnus21 said:

ICit2lol said:

Sorry mate I thought it was 64bit system - should have checked first.

essenbe said:

No big deal, John. You don't need to apologize. Your ideas are spot on usually. We all make mistakes at times. I know I sure have made more than my share. That's why this is a team function. We all check each other out.

Awww... can we get a group hug

Nice job guys

Sorry guys, I am actually running a 64-bit system and I am using 6GB RAM

essenbe · 30 Jun 2014

We really can't help you unless your hardware specs are up to date. That CPU will run that Graphics card. The problem is not the CPU, it is either drivers, board, PSU or the card itself.