Games Freezing up

[Newbie251]

Hey all,

I have recently purchased a new computer and for some reason every time I play any video game it locks up after about a good 20 to 30mins of play.

Here are the specs :

CPU: Q6600 2.4Ghz
Motherboard: Asus P5N-E SLI
RAM: 4 x [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]OCZ Platinum XTC REV.2 PC2-6400 2GB 1GB DDR2-800 CL4-4-4-15 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel
Graphics Card: EVGA 8800GT 512MB
PSU : Antec Trio Power 650W
OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit

I have updated all the drivers for my graphics card, motherboard, updated windows. Do not know what the problem is. Also the CPU temp idle is about 35 to 45 C and MB is about 35 to 40 C

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You , Newbie

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[rajinisback]

Hi Newbie
Check the system requirments for the video games your trying to play. Any of them say they can run on 64 bit Vista? or Vista Premium?
Raj

 

[Newbie251]

Oops sorry forgot to mention the games ^^;.

Anyways the games I play are Call of duty 4,Battlefield 2 and Company of Heroes but I read on the net that these games can run on vista 64 bit.

I also found out that the fan speed on the 8800GT is defaulted to stay at 29% power so I made sure to get riva tuner and manually set it to 100% speed. Since at the default speed the GPU seemed to be gaining alot of heat quickly when I was playing CoD 4. Also a new thing happened, instead of freezing the computer simply restarted. Ill try and see if it simply the GPU overheating tonight.

Thank you, Newbie

 

[MegaDETH]

Do you know what your CPU is at load? Are you overclocking your CPU?

The 8800GT shouldn't be overheating with the fan on 100% so I would look further at your CPU temp.

Is this a new computer build or has the same system run these games in XP maybe?

 

[roy69]

Check your cooling. Your CPU should not overheat at that speed.

 

[bruce2]

If you think it may be heat related, you can open the side penal while it is running and blast it with a box fan or house fan to see if the problem reoccurring.

My rig freezes often until I added two 120mm fans.

 

[Bribo]

Download new GPU bios from www.evga.com and flash your video card. It will take care of your fan issue forever.

OCZ Ram often has to run at a higher voltage then motherboard defaults when put under a load. Check the values for your ram and make adjustments if needed.

If you play a variety of games this is very likely a Ram issue. Use Prime95 or Orthos and max load your CPU/Ram and see what happens. You may also want to check your Ram for errors. Microsoft has a program to help test your ram for errors. You can get it here: Microsoft Online Crash Analysis

 

[J_Bone]

Any new info on this????