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    ACER 5920G aspire 8600m gt crashes, corruption

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by asu74, Jun 9, 2011.

  1. asu74

    asu74 Newbie

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    hey, can anyone help me?
    i have a 3 year old acer aspire 5920g. its fine for all my gaming and work needs, but some games like Call of duty 4 and Black Ops will crash the graphics card. these errors usually appear after a few mi$nutes, and if i leave it for a while after the screen gets corrupted, the computer crashes and gives me a black screen. Here's a screenshot. [​IMG]
    I'm now using MS Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and NVIDIA drivers version (dxdiag info here) 8.17.12.6658 and that picture in Windows Vista SP2 ismy only picture. Can anyone help me?
     
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  2. Althernai

    Althernai Notebook Virtuoso

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    Sounds like the early stages of the GPU's deterioration. The 8600M GTs (and various other Nvidia cards of that family) have a problem with the materials used to manufacture the card. After a few years, they either break down completely or start to exhibit corruption. You're lucky yours can still game after 3 years -- mine only works with VGA drivers now (can't even handle Windows Aero).
     
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  3. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Most Acer Aspire notebooks use MXM so upgrading the GPU will fix your problem.
    I think MXM Upgrade got a list of notebooks and cards that work with it.
    My stepdad had a old Acer where the Nvidia 8400m gs failed.
    Switched to a ATI Mobility Radeon 4570 and the problem was gone.
    Some months later the Nvidia chipset failed too so my lesson was AMD prosessor & Nvidia chipset = bad. :(
     
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