Nvidia 315 repeated crashing

[GamingGiraffe]

I have a new build that I had to put my old GPU in for the time being, I am ordering my 750ti on Friday but I keep running into issues with my current card. Every game I play, even if the game runs at 60fps or so at 720p which is what i've set every game to, it crashes. Sometimes the drivers crash but sometimes my computer does and I wonder if anyone would know what this issue is? It's not all that important but I'd like to know if i'm doing any damage
 

Just so you know, i'm running the latest drivers and this is my build:

Intel Core i5 4670k Stock Speeds
4GB 1333MHz RAM
MSI Z87-G41 PC mate motherboard
Segate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB Drive
Nvidia 315 Graphics card
BD-ROM Drive
Corsair CX600M
Zalman Z11 Plus Case 

[Enderman]

Is it overheating? What temps is it at?

Also Nvidia no longer supports GPUs older than the GTX400 series, so it might just be your drivers. There is nothing you can do about that except upgrade your GPU.

[Ryan Leech]

Try lowering the clocks

[GamingGiraffe]

It's just set to default clocks right now and It doesn't seem to be overheating.

[MintyTwister]

Are you able to try said card on another PC? What's your OS? What's the error message?

 

It might simply be a defective card, I had massive crashing issues with Nvidia cards, and after looking it up it's pretty common to have a shitty Nvidia card appearently, I mean, not super common, but it's not rare as hell. Atleast from what I've seen.

Edited June 7, 2014 by MintyTwister