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Just picked up Burnout: Paradise today (a fantastic game I might add) and I'm experiencing something strange. At some point in-game I lose monitor signal. The screen goes black, the monitor reports no signal, but the game (judging by audio) is running happily in the background. This seems to happen every time after approx 20-30min of play. There are only two things I can think of: heat or UAC
Heat:
I'm using the GTX 285 with no 'aftermarket' fan control. There's a 120mm fan in my Twelve Hundred blowing directly on the whole card though so I am skeptical. Also, I can play DiRT as long as I wish without problems.
UAC:
I have it disabled and had it disabled when I installed the game. Is it possible that the game is unable to "handshake" with UAC to disable the 20min power save feature? I say this because I know WMP11 will not disable the screen saver during video playback unless at least one video is played with UAC enabled and the override is allowed to take place.
What do you guys think?
Heat:
I'm using the GTX 285 with no 'aftermarket' fan control. There's a 120mm fan in my Twelve Hundred blowing directly on the whole card though so I am skeptical. Also, I can play DiRT as long as I wish without problems.
UAC:
I have it disabled and had it disabled when I installed the game. Is it possible that the game is unable to "handshake" with UAC to disable the 20min power save feature? I say this because I know WMP11 will not disable the screen saver during video playback unless at least one video is played with UAC enabled and the override is allowed to take place.
What do you guys think?