Black Screen of Death

[Neko_Yanagi]

ok, found out that i had to use admin rights to turn of sleep completely, only had hibernate off. Now i wonder what will happen next time, if one comes :P Cant check atm though, as im at work, but later when i home and back from school etc tommorow il do my best to play a long session to check if error comes up. Meanwhile i might try to get out some dust ^^ (is vaccum cleaner dangerous for computers?)

If you can pick up a can of air at a Best Buy or similar type of store, that would work best.

[Alexios]

Well my GTX 470 cranks upto 80C when playing this game with a fanspeed of 60%, I am thinking I may water cool when I sli because this game is such a strain on the system. I have found ways to drop the heat some but I will nae mention them on this forum.

Man, 80C is too high. You are slowly killing your GPU. You'd better set your graphics fan(s) to higher speed. I know it's a lot of noise, but unless you are prepared to buy a new graphics card every year, you'd better get used to it. I doubt any warranty will cover breaking of overheat.
I have this graphics card: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro....aspx?pid=3685
It is made so that it heats less and is cooled better, therefore it will work longer. With my old GTX260 I always had to set fan on max to keep the GPU close to 60C.

[Grit]

Man, 80C is too high. You are slowly killing your GPU. You'd better set your graphics fan(s) to higher speed.

80 degrees actually isn't that bad for a GTX 470. If it goes above 90 I would look into getting another fan.

[Molly_Millions]

with the error message that was posted I wouldn't be suprised if this was a hardware problem having nothing at all to do with FFXIV

[Molly_Millions]

80 degrees actually isn't that bad for a GTX 470. If it goes above 90 I would look into getting another fan.

that's 80C not 80F, 80C. 80C = 176 F

at 176 degrees your video card won't last long

[Grit]

that's 80C not 80F, 80C. 80C = 176 F

at 176 degrees your video card won't last long

An old generation card, yeah.

New cards can handle temps in excess of 90 degrees Celsius without breaking a sweat. Even some of the 200 series Nvidia cards can safely run above 90.

At the bottom of this page you'll see the max operating temperature for the GTX 470, which is 105 degrees Celsius. http://www.nvidia.com/object/product...tx_470_us.html

I'll say it again.. a GTX 470 running at 80 degrees Celsius under full load will have no negative consequences. It's lifespan will not be shortened to any noticeable degree.

[Medura]

ok, i felt for trying something new yesterday, i set up my settings in config menu, i really loved the graphics, so i didnt set them down again, no lag or anything :P Well, still havent had the black screen (two days, kinda much playing). Also, i completely turned of sleep mode, it might have helped actually, thanks ^^

for those wondering, even though this IS a laptop, it is also a gaming computer, even though the specs arent that great, fffxiv is running smooth. (Btw, was 64c* degrees last time the error popped up, so it wasnt overheating, as that happens at 120C*)

Of course, if the screen goes black again, il post here again, but before that, thanks for all help ^^ I might try some of the other stuff said here to, just to be certain it wont happen again :P

[Alexios]

An old generation card, yeah.

New cards can handle temps in excess of 90 degrees Celsius without breaking a sweat. Even some of the 200 series Nvidia cards can safely run above 90.

At the bottom of this page you'll see the max operating temperature for the GTX 470, which is 105 degrees Celsius. http://www.nvidia.com/object/product...tx_470_us.html

I'll say it again.. a GTX 470 running at 80 degrees Celsius under full load will have no negative consequences. It's lifespan will not be shortened to any noticeable degree.

Man, Maximum GPU Temperature (in C) 105 C means that it will automatically halt its operation at that temperature, not that it is good to operate up to that temperature. On my old computer GeForce 6600GT had maximum GPU temperature around 120C. After I overclocked it to play Oblivion, it started to heat to those 80C. After several months it started to heat even more. After a year it started to heat to its max on every game, not only Oblivion. On heating to max it always halted, resulting in a freeze and then a blue screen. I had to purchase a new graphics card.
But it's your card, so it is for you to decide how to treat it.


Medura, good luck killing your so called "gaming" PC. I looked carefully at the specs you posted. It is anything but gaming. I have no idea how that graphics card of yours can run this game smoothly, unless you turn your settings below average.
Even for my GTX570 to run it smoothly I have to choose: either I want 16xQ CSAA or general drawing quality set on 10, but not both. For 16xQ CSAA I have to set general drawing quality on 8 to have no lags, above that I'll have to turn anti-aliasing off completely, or else it lags. Even with general drawing quality set to 9 the game doesn't run completely smooth with anti-aliasing.

[Xophious]

Hey everyone!

The thread was moved over to Technical Support from In-Game Bugs since it seems to be related to a technical issue. Others have already been extremely helpful and we appreciate that! Hopefully Technical Support can add some more information to help solve the current problem. Thanks everyone!

[Umo]

The thread was moved over to Technical Support from In-Game Bugs since it seems to be related to a technical issue.

First of all, I really do appreciate your efforts to keep the forums clean . On the other hand, why is this thread @ In-Game Bugs forum still? I mean, I'm just wondering.