graphics card crashing

i recently updates to the nvidia 296.10 driver and i'm having some weird crashes. i have a gtx 460 768mb oclocked to 850 mhz and never had problems with it. it never goes above 60 degrees and never used to crash. now, it someeimes crashes on games and either i get a "graphics driver crashed and recovered" message or it come back but iwth horrible performance on all games requiring a system restart. am i pushing my card too far and it's starting to show signs of dying? is it the driver? i should mention i haven't had crashes until upgrading and the card has been running great for almost a year overclocked. also' there are no artifacts and it seems to crash a lot while playing witcher 2. thanks for the help and sorry for the long entry :)

I've been having strange loads on the new drivers as well. Whenever I load a youtube video or start a new game, the screen turns off for 3 seconds and then comes back on. It happened ever since the new drivers. I use the GTX 295 card though.

I've been having strange loads on the new drivers as well. Whenever I load a youtube video or start a new game, the screen turns off for 3 seconds and then comes back on. It happened ever since the new drivers. I use the GTX 295 card though.

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See above post.