need serious help with my gpu

[impactedmind]

Guys you all gotta help me out here.

i have nvidia geforce 9600gt 512 ram which is giving me problems lately.
the games crash frequently, windows hangs,crash dumps. But when i disconnect the gpu and use the OB graphics these problems do not appear.
Ill mention my pc specs

cpu AMD Phenome X2 550 black edition 3.1 ghz

MOBO Asus M2N68-Am plus

Kingston 2gb ddr2 ram

GPU Nvidia Geforce 9600 GT 512 mb ram

PSU iball LPE 223-400 ( i think it is 250 w but m not sure and i think the psu is not good enuf)

Screen resolution 1600x900

do i need to change my gpu is it fried???
do i need to change my psu???
And what is this wire/connector coming out from the back of my gpu what is it used for...

[Jripper]

^ Try using the gpu on a friend's pc. If it runs perfectly there then most probably the culprit is the psu.

And in any case you should change your current psu.

[ashis_lakra]

9600GT is power hungry card :O

Since you didn't complain about artifacts, there's a good chance that your GPU is fine.

Change your PSU quickly to Corsair CX430 v2 or better depending on your budget.

[impactedmind]

hey thanks a lot for the replies..
i knw m gonna change my psu asap b4 it does any damage to any other parts..

Pls recommend me some good psus...Im willing to spend about 3 to 3.5k...
Tell me some that i can use even if i need to upgrade my system in the future

thanks again

[impactedmind]

Hey just a quick update
Just as a test I used my gpu in games and kept a lower resolution 1024x768
I normally use 1600x900

And the crashes bsod stopped...and as soon as I switched back to the 1600x900
Boom another hang with bsod
So what does this mean....
How should I go about solving this

[ashis_lakra]

Since you lowered your res, the gpu uses less power and bsod might disappear temporarily.

Get Corsair CX430 v2 at 2.6K from theitwares.com

[Jripper]

Yes power supply is definitely the culprit here then. change psu to the cx430 v2

[ico]

You might want to use the latest nVidia driver.

[topgear]

@ OP - most probably your gpus ram chips have some sort of issue - RMA it.

[sam]

Since you didn't complain about artifacts, there's a good chance that your GPU is fine.

yup. if it was a GPU problem, OP will have artifacts or strange colour generation and not BSOD.

[topgear]

OK .. then everything is happening for the crap PSU OP has.