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Computer shuts down spontaniously -- Video card overheating may be an issue?

Asked by space5000 in Miscellaneous Hardware, Computer Fans and Cooling, Video Cards

Tags: shuts, computer, down, card, video

A couple weeks ago I put together a new PC for myself.  Here are the main components:

ANTEC NEOPOWER 480W POWER SUPPLY
Sapphire Radeon X800 GTO2
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice
ZALMAN CNPS7700-CU CPU HEATSINK FAN
Kingston ValueRAM PC3200 512MB DDR400  x2
ASUS A8N-E MOTHERBOARD ATX S939 NFORCE4 ULTRA

The computer will spontaniously shut down, i.e., it suddenly loses all power as if I pulled out the plug.   I can boot it up again after such a power loss.   I've noticed that this problem only occurs when I'm playing 3D games.   I can surf the internet, write emails, etc all night long but once I start gaming, the problem starts occuring within 30 minutes or so (although once it happened within 5 minutes of booting the computer and starting a game).

I am reasonably sure the PSU is not overheating.  It's not hot to the touch and the exhaust from it's fan is quite cool.  I have several case fans that are all working well and the inside temp. of my case is always about 30 degrees C.   I've swapped in new RAM and the problem still occurs.  ASUS probe doesn't report that my CPU temp is high.

So I'm starting to suspect my video card.   Can an overheated video card cause this kind of problem?   Can anyone give me a good way to troubleshoot this problem?

Thanks for your time and help.
 
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