Gaming probs

Hey y'all.

I recently got myself a 8800gt 512mb g/card which replaced my old 6600gt.

The problem is, whenever i play games, in this example i bought
racedriver grid to test my new card. But, about 5 - 10 mins into
playing, the game locks up and i have to alt-tab out and end it manually.

I have re-installed latest drivers and a temp monitor, the gcard went up
to about 60c and the cpu went to about 75c.

I'm at a loss as what it could be?

Specs:

xp pro
core2duo 6400
2gb ram
8800gt 512mb

AHA

Jimbob <me@nofkinspam.me> wrote:

> ... the cpu went to about 75c.
> ... core2duo 6400

Sounds like you're on the right track.

Not necessarily the cause for your freezing, but that might be too
hot. I would figure out how to lower the maximum temperature. I
would be surprised if my E6850 ever gets to 60°C using the stock
heatsink/fan with both cores at 100%.

Those temperatures could be an indication of something else being
wrong or being affected by the heat.

Maybe your CPU partially shuts down and the game can't handle it. A
wild guess.

By the way. If you think it's the video card, also try the NVIDIA
group.

Good luck and have fun.





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John Doe wrote:

>> ... the cpu went to about 75c.
>> ... core2duo 6400
>
> Sounds like you're on the right track.
>
> Not necessarily the cause for your freezing, but that might be too
> hot. I would figure out how to lower the maximum temperature. I
> would be surprised if my E6850 ever gets to 60°C using the stock
> heatsink/fan with both cores at 100%.
>
> Those temperatures could be an indication of something else being
> wrong or being affected by the heat.
>
> Maybe your CPU partially shuts down and the game can't handle it. A
> wild guess.
>
> By the way. If you think it's the video card, also try the NVIDIA
> group.
>
> Good luck and have fun.

Looking more like the cpu has problems. I turned down all the settings
within the game, and it ran fine. As soon as i upped some settings, aa
af etc, the game locked up once more, the temp was only 70 when i
managed to alt tab out. Havn't got the time at the moment to mess inside
the case, but i'm going to re-apply some thermal compound, i will report
back tommorrow.

Thanks for the reply.

"Jimbob" <me@nofkinspam.me> wrote in message
news:6cl319F3guqcoU1@mid.individual.net...
> John Doe wrote:
>
>>> ... the cpu went to about 75c.
>>> ... core2duo 6400
>>
>> Sounds like you're on the right track.
>>
>> Not necessarily the cause for your freezing, but that might be too
>> hot. I would figure out how to lower the maximum temperature. I
>> would be surprised if my E6850 ever gets to 60°C using the stock
>> heatsink/fan with both cores at 100%. Those temperatures could be an
>> indication of something else being wrong or being affected by the heat.
>>
>> Maybe your CPU partially shuts down and the game can't handle it. A
>> wild guess. By the way. If you think it's the video card, also try the
>> NVIDIA group.
>>
>> Good luck and have fun.
>
> Looking more like the cpu has problems. I turned down all the settings
> within the game, and it ran fine. As soon as i upped some settings, aa af
> etc, the game locked up once more, the temp was only 70 when i managed to
> alt tab out. Havn't got the time at the moment to mess inside the case,
> but i'm going to re-apply some thermal compound, i will report back
> tommorrow.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
I beleive 75C is a bit high for a core 2 Duo. Check that your HS is
clamped down at all 4 corners, they easily pop out at one corner. WHat PSU,
make/model.

Mike.

Michael Hawes wrote:

>> Looking more like the cpu has problems. I turned down all the settings
>> within the game, and it ran fine. As soon as i upped some settings, aa af
>> etc, the game locked up once more, the temp was only 70 when i managed to
>> alt tab out. Havn't got the time at the moment to mess inside the case,
>> but i'm going to re-apply some thermal compound, i will report back
>> tommorrow.
>>
>> Thanks for the reply.
>>
> I beleive 75C is a bit high for a core 2 Duo. Check that your HS is
> clamped down at all 4 corners, they easily pop out at one corner. WHat PSU,
> make/model.
>
> Mike.

It's a hiper, 550w i believe, good quality not had any problems with it.

In article <7Za9k.110$zv7.83@flpi143.ffdc.sbc.com>, John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote:
>Jimbob <me@nofkinspam.me> wrote:
>
>> ... the cpu went to about 75c.
>> ... core2duo 6400
>
>Sounds like you're on the right track.
>
>Not necessarily the cause for your freezing, but that might be too
>hot. I would figure out how to lower the maximum temperature. I
>would be surprised if my E6850 ever gets to 60°C using the stock
>heatsink/fan with both cores at 100%.
>
>Those temperatures could be an indication of something else being
>wrong or being affected by the heat.
>
>Maybe your CPU partially shuts down and the game can't handle it. A
>wild guess.
>
>By the way. If you think it's the video card, also try the NVIDIA
>group.
>
>Good luck and have fun.
>
>
>
>
>
He may have knocked loose the fan connector for his CPU

GMAN wrote:

> He may have knocked loose the fan connector for his CPU

No, i opened up the case and checked all connections, all fans still
spinning.

"Jimbob" <me@nofkinspam.me> wrote in message
news:6cm9mfF3h1p6lU2@mid.individual.net...
> GMAN wrote:
>
>> He may have knocked loose the fan connector for his CPU
>
> No, i opened up the case and checked all connections, all fans still
> spinning.

Are you sure that the software itself is not freezing and maxing out your
CPU and GPU? I have seen badly written code do that. I am not familiar with
that particular program, but it can happen.


Ed