- Oct 31, 2008
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Hello Folks
I replaced my 8500GT with a 9600GSO. Did a clean reinstall of WinXP Pro and started having a problem. The card runs great for about 1-2 mins into gaming (Supreme Commander, Mass Effect, COD4) then crashes (freezes - weird colors - blank screen - blue screen - restarts). I checked out the usual stuff like drivers, directx etc but same thing. Swapped back in the 8500 no problems. I'm wondering if maybe my PSU isn't giving the GSO enough juice. It's kind off a generic brand but has serve me very well so far.
So I was wondering if this may be my problem and I should buy a better PSU? Here in Trinidad Thermaltake is the main high end brand. What would you guys suggest?
WinXP Professional Service Pack 3 (Build 2600)
DirectX Version 9.0c
AMD Phenom Triple Core 8400
2G Titan DDR2 800
Nvidia 9600 GSO 768
Asus M3A78
PSU Omega 500W
PSU Outputs
+3.3v 26A
+5v 28A
+12v1 14A
+12v2 15A
+5VSB 2.0A
-12v 2.0A
I replaced my 8500GT with a 9600GSO. Did a clean reinstall of WinXP Pro and started having a problem. The card runs great for about 1-2 mins into gaming (Supreme Commander, Mass Effect, COD4) then crashes (freezes - weird colors - blank screen - blue screen - restarts). I checked out the usual stuff like drivers, directx etc but same thing. Swapped back in the 8500 no problems. I'm wondering if maybe my PSU isn't giving the GSO enough juice. It's kind off a generic brand but has serve me very well so far.
So I was wondering if this may be my problem and I should buy a better PSU? Here in Trinidad Thermaltake is the main high end brand. What would you guys suggest?
WinXP Professional Service Pack 3 (Build 2600)
DirectX Version 9.0c
AMD Phenom Triple Core 8400
2G Titan DDR2 800
Nvidia 9600 GSO 768
Asus M3A78
PSU Omega 500W
PSU Outputs
+3.3v 26A
+5v 28A
+12v1 14A
+12v2 15A
+5VSB 2.0A
-12v 2.0A