I lately wrote about me destroying my old PC’s motherboard. So I have bought a completely new PC. It’s really cool and fast. (Asus P7P55D Pro, Intel Core i5-750, Muskin 2×2048 MB DDR3, 1 TB Seagate Harddisk, HD4890 overclocked).

How it looks like, my graphic card has been overclocked a bit too harsh. I bought it at www.edel-grafikkarten.de, who generally tune cards and add additional fans. I bought this one, because it has a super silent fan and also is overlocked. But sadly, the overclocking now forbids me playing any games. After a short period of time, the game simply stops and windows tells me about a recovered graphic device. I checked the temperature of both CPU and GPU, but this doesn’t seem to be the cause. All around 40° C. So it has to be the harsh overclocking.

I think, I have to send the card back and order another one. Luckily edel-grafikkarten grants warranty on their models.

Inside of my new PC - Look at these coolers! Keeping the shit below 50°C on heavy load!

Edit:

I slightly took the overclocking of the card back. Instead of hilarious 950 MHz compared to the default 875 MHz, I have set it to 925. So far, it is stable. The ram is not OCed anymore. I fear damages on it. And 975 to 1000 ist not that much or worth for overclocking video-ram.