Video Card related freezing issues

[psuedo]

I bought a computer from CyberpowerPC.com instead of typically building my own computer. The computer specs are in my signature.

Basically, while playing any video game, ANY (Rome: TW, FEAR, Halo, HL2, CoD, etc.), the game will run smoothly, brilliantly even, but will freeze every 5-15 minutes. After the freeze one of four things will occur, depending on the game and the graphics settings. Either one, the screen will freeze with the sound continuing or looping; the screen will freeze and the game will crash to the desktop; the game will freeze, screeen turns black and then computer restarts, or I get the blue screen of death.

(The blue screen would give me an error that said:

***STOP: 00--bunch of numbers--00
***nv4_disp.dll - Address BFB08948 base at BF92400, Datestamp44ee274b

If those numbers after the STOP matter, just post it and I will find out what they are.)

I have done the following to try and remedy situation:
Changed video card drivers, from stock to Forceware 91.47, to 92.91 beta. I used a driver cleaning program after uninstalling the video card before installing the new drivers. I checked my RAM using Memtest86, ran it for hour upon hour, and no errors came up. I put in a new sound card, SB Audigy, to see if it was the onboard sound that was messing up. I uninstalled the onboard sound drivers, too.

All of these errors, and the nv4_disp.dll in the blue screen of death all make me believe this is a video card issue. CyberpowerPC's tech support has basically been non-existant thus far and is not helping. Is my videocard busted? Do I need to use forceware 8x.xx drivers? Do I need to reformat the HDD and resintall windows XP?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

-Ben

 

[psuedo]

I really need help. Anyone have any ideas?

Furthermore: I was playing Rome: TW when I got an error message in game that said:

<<The nv4_disp.dll display driver has stopped working normally.>>

It said I needed to save my work and restart my computer. The game could not be continued, and the desktop graphics were converted to 640x480 and the colors reduced to just 8.

Help needed!

Thanks in advance!

 

[psuedo]

bump

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

first, try different video drivers.

second, if possible, try sticking a different video card in there, that should tell you if the vid card is busted.

third, reinstall xp, though i doubt this would make a diff.

and try to rma

 

[Navid]

Sounds like the graphics card overheating.
Install ATITool (0.25 Beta 14) and have it log your GPU temperature into a file. The next time it crashes, after reboot, open up the file and see how high your GPU temperature went.

http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/

 

[oynaz]

95% chance a hardware issue with the graphics card. RMA it.

 

[psuedo]

Thanks for the replies. I am starting to think the same thing now. My friend has a Geforce FX 5200, so I will try that.

 

[coolroyboy2]

I was having some strange BSOD's playing HL2 E1 and Fear, updated this and it fixed the problem.