If you read the Skyrim thread you will have seen that I have been having some issues with it (and other games) crashing after a few minutes of play and I'm convinced it's my GPU that's overheating. Everything was working fine until Sunday afternoon when I booted up Skyrim for some adventuring. I played about half an hour before it crashed, but after that the crashes happened sooner and now I can't play for five minutes before it happens. It also only ever happens when I'm playing a game. I sometimes leave my PC on overnight downloading and it's always been on the following morning.
I downloaded GPU-Z to monitor the temperature and according to the log the moment Skyrim crashed, my GPU reached 104C and the fan speed was at 90%. Now I don't know much about what temperature a GPU should run at, but that seems pretty steep.
My specs are as follows:
Windows 7 32bit
MSi G43TM-E51
Pentium E5500 2.80 Dual Core CPU
Forsa Geforce GT 430 1GB DDR3
Corsair Dominator Memory 2 x 2GB (DDR2)
I checked nVidia's webpage and it says the maximum temperature of the GPU is 98C. I'm assuming that means if it gets any hotter than that, it cuts out?
I only bought the GPU in May last year so it should still be under warranty, but I'd like to know if it definitely is the issue before going through the hassle of taking it back to where I bought it.
Is my graphics card overheating?
