Solve : 3d-games pausing for extended periods?

1.	Solve : 3d-games pausing for extended periods?
Answer» I agree with patio. But also the 5500 does not come with a temp diode that MEASURES the temp on it. I have that same card myself and it does not have a temp SENSOR on it.I would dload pc wizard 2008 for free or also everest which is also free and those apps will tell you everything especially everest. Quote from: brett74 on May 04, 2008, 07:55:17 AM But also the 5500 does not come with a temp diode that measures the temp on it. That is super weak. Blast u Nvidia! I didn't mention the OC before because, Silly me, I thought since it came that way I was fine. Since I can't really see the TEMPS of anything rather then the HD for some reason, I'll try underclocking it right now- problem being I'm not exactly sure how much BFG tech overclocked it. I'll look it up, of course. If it fixes the problem I will feel like a total goof for not trying it to begin with. Wow, that worked. I am so happy. But feel like a total goof So not only does patio post insightful pictures, he's also insightful himself! (let's ignore for the moment that I had already planned to underclock the card, and pretend it was patio's IDEA all along) I underclocked the GPU to the stock 270 as opposed to the factory default 290, I ran the quake 3 timedemo, and then started a game and just sat there for a while (would pause before). I believe I sat there for at least 5 minutes (I know, I know, not necessarily cut and dried proof the problem is gone, but it happened a lot sooner. This proves that it is indeed the GPU, which for some reason I didn't even suspect (on account of the clever card-restarting drivers that don't even post a darn Event Viewer message like, "The Video subsystem was restarted" or something.) This just raises a few more questions though- Since it is obviously GPU related, it still isn't safe to say that the fan is working as it should- but my computer is a Dell dimension 4400, and opens in a CLAMSHELL fashion. So I haven't actually seen it spin, at least in this computer. I had the same card installed (for a few minutes) in my older AMD K6-2 computer, and the fan did spin. I will have to check very soon (at least if it happens after a longer interval) to see what is going on inside the case. Should I contact BFGtech about this? I mean, they do advertise the OC part, and if I had to underclock to fix it... Anyway, for now I'm going to do some further "tests" (play some games ), and see if it happens with some more graphics demanding games, like NFS:Underground or HP2. I will of course post back here just hope framerates don't suffer too much. probably 1-2 at the most loss I'm guessing- 20Mhz couldn't possibly be worth that much! Anyway, I'm getting closer to solving it, so thanks to everybody who helped me out here!

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I agree with patio. But also the 5500 does not come with a temp diode that MEASURES the temp on it. I have that same card myself and it does not have a temp SENSOR on it.I would dload pc wizard 2008 for free or also everest which is also free and those apps will tell you everything especially everest. Quote from: brett74 on May 04, 2008, 07:55:17 AM

But also the 5500 does not come with a temp diode that measures the temp on it.

That is super weak. Blast u Nvidia!

I didn't mention the OC before because, Silly me, I thought since it came that way I was fine. Since I can't really see the TEMPS of anything rather then the HD for some reason, I'll try underclocking it right now- problem being I'm not exactly sure how much BFG tech overclocked it. I'll look it up, of course. If it fixes the problem I will feel like a total goof for not trying it to begin with.
Wow, that worked. I am so happy. But feel like a total goof

So not only does patio post insightful pictures, he's also insightful himself!

(let's ignore for the moment that I had already planned to underclock the card, and pretend it was patio's IDEA all along)

I underclocked the GPU to the stock 270 as opposed to the factory default 290, I ran the quake 3 timedemo, and then started a game and just sat there for a while (would pause before). I believe I sat there for at least 5 minutes (I know, I know, not necessarily cut and dried proof the problem is gone, but it happened a lot sooner.

This proves that it is indeed the GPU, which for some reason I didn't even suspect (on account of the clever card-restarting drivers that don't even post a darn Event Viewer message like, "The Video subsystem was restarted" or something.)
This just raises a few more questions though-

Since it is obviously GPU related, it still isn't safe to say that the fan is working as it should- but my computer is a Dell dimension 4400, and opens in a CLAMSHELL fashion. So I haven't actually seen it spin, at least in this computer. I had the same card installed (for a few minutes) in my older AMD K6-2 computer, and the fan did spin. I will have to check very soon (at least if it happens after a longer interval) to see what is going on inside the case.

Should I contact BFGtech about this? I mean, they do advertise the OC part, and if I had to underclock to fix it...

Anyway, for now I'm going to do some further "tests" (play some games ), and see if it happens with some more graphics demanding games, like NFS:Underground or HP2. I will of course post back here just hope framerates don't suffer too much. probably 1-2 at the most loss I'm guessing- 20Mhz couldn't possibly be worth that much!

Anyway, I'm getting closer to solving it, so thanks to everybody who helped me out here!

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