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| Thread ID: 85227 | 2007-12-04 05:10:00 | Game Freezes | Winston001 (3612) | Press F1 |
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| 617727 | 2007-12-05 08:24:00 | So guys, are you essentially saying I should upgrade the video card? What with? have a look at this thread: pressf1.pcworld.co.nz Not sure how much money you want to spend but a 8600gt or similar will give you a good performance boost. Anything faster than that and your CPU might be the bottleneck. Realistically though, if your son wants to play games like Crysis and Bioshock at a decent framerate you are going to have to upgrade the whole system. |
LiquidSolidity (1589) | ||
| 617728 | 2007-12-05 08:46:00 | Crysis should run ok on that hardware . Of course it will need to be on low detail, no AA, and at a lowish resolution (1024x768 or lower) . Heh, before my (half-successful) computer upgrade, I couldn't resist installing Crysis on a machine that didn't even meet the minimum specs - Athlon 2600+, 512MB RAM, GeForce 6600GT with 128MB RAM . Surprisingly, it ran - obviously with all graphics automatically set to the lowest quality settings possible . It turned out that the RAM was the biggest bottleneck, being at half the minimum requirements and causing a lot of paging to disk . This was most noticeable when loading games and saving checkpoints . Framerate was pretty okay, except in cinematics and when engaged in combat with many KPA troops . Prior to that, my previous graphics card upgrade caused lockups / random restarts - upgrading the PSU from a 300W to a 460W unit solved that issue . |
D. McG (3023) | ||
| 617729 | 2007-12-05 17:02:00 | An under-spec video card won't cause the PC to rebooot. Upgrading it won't fix the issue. I'd suggest you get Pctek to temporarily plug in a different PSU (no need to remove the old one, just plug in the new one without mounting it inside the case)and see if the game runs. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 617730 | 2007-12-05 22:23:00 | Cool, I'll let her know. Thats a good psu already, do you think it is failing? | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 617731 | 2007-12-06 07:48:00 | At this stage, I know something is failing, so, Its time to troubleshoot. Even if just to discount the hardware from being at fault. Imo the problem is unrelated to the issue you had with the star wars game, And while the PSU shouldn't fail in that time period, Anything is possible. If it is your PSU, then upgrading the Video card will make the problem worse. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 617732 | 2007-12-06 16:27:00 | Sounds to me like "insufficient resources" In other words, your cpu is not up to the job. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 617733 | 2007-12-06 19:27:00 | My pc w now freezes playing the Crysis demo on a recent PCW DVD. Didn't like Bioshock either. 1GB RAM Asus Extreme 6600GT PCI Express 16x 128MB DDR3 card Not surprised. You need another GB of ram, and a better card. Neighbour had 1Gb and a 8800GTS 320mb. Crysis ran like a 3 legged pig. Added another 1GB and its all happy now. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 617734 | 2007-12-06 21:57:00 | So guys, are you essentially saying I should upgrade the video card? What with? Hi, you will have to give more info....the pc crashed and rebooted?...this isnt because the card isnt powerful enough, it is either a configuration issue, or a hardware failure.... Was the reboot a Blue screen or black screen, blue screen is software configuration, black is hardware failure. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 617735 | 2007-12-06 23:23:00 | Was the reboot a Blue screen or black screen Yeah.....like maybe a reboot because Automatically Restart is ticked.....and it didn't show the blue screen. But if wanting to play the likes of Crysis, new hardware is still a good idea. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 617736 | 2007-12-07 00:10:00 | If a black screen, it is usually a power supply issue to the card, if overheating, artifacts, FR reduction or locking. If blue screen, driver issues...... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
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