New Graphic card or not

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My Specs:
Intel i5 2500k | CM 212 Evo | EVGA GTX 570 | Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 | 8 GB corsair vengeance DDR3| Corsair TX650V2 | Asus Xonar D2/PM | 160+250+500 GB | Viewsonic VX2260wm | Creative Inspire 5200 5.1 | Dolby + DTS | Win 7x64 Pro

The problem is that am also affected from NVIDIA famous TDRs. Some times it works fine for hours and sometimes not. I am looking to replace it with a new graphic card. Don't know which one to go. All are so costly in India. I want an equivalent card to GTX 570. Or keep the old and wait for a stable driver ? I don't game a lot. mostly thrice a week.

my setup:

vicedens2002 said:
Cooling:
Exhaust: 2x120mm CM red at top, 1x120mm CM blue at rear.
Intake: 1x120mm CM green at side, 1x120mm CM stock at front. at fans run at 2k RPM

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You may wait for new drivers cause you don't game much..
No idea about nature of problem..(Just know some new driver has caused havoc..)
for new cards look for HD7870 / GTX 660 both cost 15-18k

@ OP - wait for new drivers and this TDR isse - you are facing this with every driver release or just some recent driver release is causig this or you're running on some old driver version ?

Am facing tdr issues with every driver..

then it may be a issue with the graphic card itself - if you can RMA it or else opt for a HD7870 around 15-16k .. a little better than GTX 570.

Actually it was bought second handed in uk... is there a evga service center in india?

there is but you won't get support for product purchased in a foreign country.

Where is the service center in chennai...?? Just want to know what's the problem. Don't have another system to check...

here :
Overclockers Zone