Black Screen of Death

[Alexios]

If there is a lot of dust, then it surely will overheat. And if it overheated with Oblivion and Fallout 3, it will even more with this game. If it is very old, and you played a lot on it, it may actually be a hardware wear already. I remember I had to buy a new graphics card for my old computer after playing Oblivion for a year, because my old card started to overheat too much even with those games where it never overheated before, and I started to get freezes and blue screen because of it.
If your computer wasn't compatible with 64-bit systems, you wouldn't be able to install one. It is recommended to use a 64-bit system when you have 4 GB RAM or more. With 2 GB there is no point in installing 64-bit system, as some underdeveloped 32-bit applications tend to be more glitchy in 64-bit systems. But those are more rare with each year. Many viruses still can only infect 32-bit systems, like most porn-banners, which block your system trying to extort money for unblocking. But they are easily removed by any good computer technician most of the time.
By the way, I use 64-bit Windows 7 myself. FFXIV is the only game that makes my GTX570 to heat to 60 C degrees even when I set fans speed to 80%. With any other game it barely heats to 50 C with fans speed below 50%. For comparison, my old GTX260 heated to 60 C and more with most modern games even with fans speed set to 100%.

[Elkwood]

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.

[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]

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.

[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.