Graphics Drivers reset while playing games
Hi! I've had this problem when I play certain games where the computer locks up for 3 seconds, screen goes black and then comes back with certain graphical anomalies (firefox window is completely white for examble). I've tried troubleshooting the problem and tried many fixes for problems other people had, but nothing has worked and I no longer know how to proceed. Rereading this it's a bit of a ramble, but I hope I can get a second opinion or a suggestion, even if it is a "Yeah, buy a new card". Thanks!
[SET UP] So my setup is:
* Dual monitors * Gigabyte HD 6950 * Asus P6X58D-E * Intel i7 930 * Corsair Dominator 3x 2GB DDR3 * Intel SSD with Windows 7 64bit on it * Samsung 1TB hard drive
[THE PROBLEM]
So the problem occurs when playing games. Some games more than others. For example Metro Last Light and IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad crashes after 30-60 minutes, while other equally demanding games like Elite: Dangerous, Witcher 2 and Arma never seem to crash. And I now ran [FurMark](http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/) for 2 hours without any problems.
Here is the CPU/GPU/Memory load when a crashed occurred: http://i.imgur.com/OvOwSRX.png?1 (Crashes can still happen when GPU load is around 50%.)
Running in full screen or windowed mode don't seem to affect the problem. Also I don't know if this is confirmation bias but it appears it crashes faster if I run something like a 1080p YouTube video full screen on the other monitor while playing a game.
[WHAT I HAVE DONE] First of all I checked the event log: http://i.imgur.com/i9Le411.png (sorry for swedish UI) That event occurs every time it crashes. And here is the [Microsofts article](http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1462.event-id-4101-display-driver-timeout-detection-and-recovery.aspx) on the matter.
First thing I did was to update my graphics drivers, but didn't help. Reinstalled them, didn't help. Tried reinstalling with and without the Cataclysm Control Center (only unpacking the driver part), didn't help.
I then started poking the [registry keys](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff569918%28v=vs.85%29.aspx) for "Timeout Detection and Recovery". Setting the delay time higher, to no ones suprise, only delayed the restart, and if I turned TDR off the computer never recovered.
Additionally I have so far run Memtest86 to check memory, checked the hard drive, played with only one screen plugged in, checked the PSU, run Anti-Maleware and scanned for viruses, with no results.
EDIT: Alright a quick update for anyone who happens upon this thread. I never managed to solve the issue. My birthday came around and a new graphics card was on top of my wishlist. A little disappointed I never managed to resolve it, I can imagine the kick from solving it would have been awesome.