graphics card/driver problem

[Stev0]

Hello guys
these last 3 months i have a problem with my graphics card
(my whole desktop is 7 years old so its old xD its a gaming pc ofc)
so 3 months ago a problem started appearing from time to time (it didnt bother me that much) but its been 4 days and it happens every 5 minutes now and it happens only when i play some specific games like counter strike global offender,lineage 2.

so i have some pictures about the problem:

as you can see i tried to upgrade my drivers but nothing happened..

and some times it appears 5 times in a row and then a blue screen appears and my pc restarts....

any ideas how i ca solve this problem without buying a new one (i cant effort one now)
i hope some1 can help me :3

 

[carnageX]

Post your specs please.

 

[PP Mguire]

One of two issues. Graphics card overheating, or graphics card becoming unstable from a factory OC. Could be both too.

Post specs and monitor temps using MSI-Afterburner or GPU-Z.

 

[Joe C]

Uninstall your current driver and software and try the 314.22 driver here:
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/59641/en-us

 

[Stev0]

i dont know much about but i guess its overheating (these are the specs with the game on)

 

[carnageX]

Temps look fine for load.

Your card is OC'd from the factory it looks like though stock core/shader clocks are: 650 / 1625

You can try using MSI Afterburner to downclock your card's core/shader clocks to those values to see if it becomes any more stable.

 

[PP Mguire]

There is no load on that card. 9600GTs are all typically single slot. Clean the heatsink out extremely well and clean/repaste the GPU. More than likely the exhaust on the card has a layer of dust preventing proper airflow and it's just overheating making the drivers crash (the +1 to Nvidia drivers actually). 9600GTs were notorious for that.

 

[Stev0]

so how much should i reduce it ?

i did clean it today i removed the graphics card and other parts i could and cleaned em

 

[PP Mguire]

Did you take the heatsink off the card and blew out the dust from under the shroud? I have a 9600GT in my machine right now and it's idling at 65c because I'm too lazy to clean it lol.

Another thing to try is set fan to 100% with MSI Afterburner then try playing a game.

 

[Stev0]

hmmm i will try to clean it again tomorrow its late now i will try to reduce core/shader clocks alittle bit and set the fan to 100% and i will inform you but first i have to watch a tutorial xD