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porklit · 03-23-2008

I have burned through three 8800 GTS cards in the last 3/4 of a year to full year or so, and before i buy a new one (if I buy one) i wanted to know what the problem might be.

Specs:
850w power supply
Intel E6600 processor w/ liquid cooling system
Asus P5N-E SLI nForce 650i motherboard
Sony dvd drive
Hitachi 250GB hard drive

When i am viewing the desktop or anything in windowed mode, the screen flashes black for a second or two at first then goes back to displaying a picture, the longer the computer is kept on, the longer the black stays and the less the picture is displayed, eventually becoming so bad that reading anything becomes impossible. When i boot up Linux, i can leave the computer on for hours without this happening. I have searched google, but nothing has been helpful. Does anybody know what might be the problem? Your help is appreciated.

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porklit Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Vista Home premium 32bit 6 posts Rep Power: 5	problems when using 8800 Gts cards I have burned through three 8800 GTS cards in the last 3/4 of a year to full year or so, and before i buy a new one (if I buy one) i wanted to know what the problem might be. Specs: 850w power supply Intel E6600 processor w/ liquid cooling system Asus P5N-E SLI nForce 650i motherboard Sony dvd drive Hitachi 250GB hard drive When i am viewing the desktop or anything in windowed mode, the screen flashes black for a second or two at first then goes back to displaying a picture, the longer the computer is kept on, the longer the black stays and the less the picture is displayed, eventually becoming so bad that reading anything becomes impossible. When i boot up Linux, i can leave the computer on for hours without this happening. I have searched google, but nothing has been helpful. Does anybody know what might be the problem? Your help is appreciated.
My System Specs