nVidia GTX260 issues with Vista x64

[armymetalhead]

I'm having trouble with my PC running on Windows Vista Home Premium x64 Service Pack 2. Here's what it's running on:

Model: ASUSTek CG5290
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920@ 2.67GHz
RAM: 9.00GB DDR3
Graphics: nVidia GeForce GTX260 896GB

I've run games like Empire: Total War, Assassin's Creed and Halo 2 on it, and have been having crashes and on some occasions getting the "blue screen of death"! I've got this rig sometime in August 2009, seems kinda strange to me that a new system having these kinds of issues. The driver on my graphics card is v8.17.11.9562, dated 11/20/2009.

Anyone having problems with compatibility?? Thanks!!

 

[majicninja]

Can we see all of your PC specs? BSOD is usually caused by hardware failure. The latest Nvidia driver is the 195.62.

 

[armymetalhead]

majicninja: Yeah I already have 195.62 installed. The CPU's quad-core also with 8MB cached memory. Has a SATA hard drive with 7200 RPM.