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PH4NT0MBL4DE

PH4NT0MBL4DE

PH4NT0MBL4DE

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OK I have no I idea where I'm supposed to post this lol. Basically every time I play saints row 2 after about 20mins my screen goes black. I can't Ctrl alt out of the game or bring up task manager. Nothing responds. I have to turn my PC off by holding the power button.

It only appears to be this game as I can play bf3 multi player for hours. My card isn't over clocked. And the whole rig is only about 6 months old. GPU is gigabyte HD 7850.

Is something wrong with my PC or is it a common problem with the game?
Thanks
 
PH4NT0MBL4DE said:
OK I have no I idea where I'm supposed to post this lol. Basically every time I play saints row 2 after about 20mins my screen goes black. I can't Ctrl alt out of the game or bring up task manager. Nothing responds. I have to turn my PC off by holding the power button.

It only appears to be this game as I can play bf3 multi player for hours. My card isn't over clocked. And the whole rig is only about 6 months old. GPU is gigabyte HD 7850.

Is something wrong with my PC or is it a common problem with the game?
Thanks
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Increase the voltage a notch and see if the problem goes away.
 
I'm using CCC so I can't up the voltage. Surely I shouldn't have to increase volts if its factory clocked? My spec is i5 ivy bridge 4.5ghz. 8gb ram. Gigabyte hd 7850 2gb. I can play other games just fine and run stress tests for hours. Saints row shouldn't be a problem compared to bf3 and skyrim etc.
 
I just tried looking at what my gpu temps were whilst playing saints row 2 for 15minutes and the temps were bouncing between 55-60c. Is that bad? The game is being run maxed out on ultra at 1200p.
 
PH4NT0MBL4DE said:
OK I have no I idea where I'm supposed to post this lol. Basically every time I play saints row 2 after about 20mins my screen goes black. I can't Ctrl alt out of the game or bring up task manager. Nothing responds. I have to turn my PC off by holding the power button.

It only appears to be this game as I can play bf3 multi player for hours. My card isn't over clocked. And the whole rig is only about 6 months old. GPU is gigabyte HD 7850.

Is something wrong with my PC or is it a common problem with the game?
Thanks
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common problem with 7850s and 7870s, sometimes voltage and power limit increases solves it.
 
OK I will try increasing power control slider first. If it still crashing I will download afterburner and increase volts. How much should I increase volts by if I need to?
 
PH4NT0MBL4DE said:
OK I will try increasing power control slider first. If it still crashing I will download afterburner and increase volts. How much should I increase volts by if I need to?
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One notch, then two notches, then try three. If you need more than three its likely a different issue.
 
I forgot to mention that this black screen issue has only started happening recently. I used to play the game for hours at a time a few months ago with no issue. The only thing that has changed is i have a new monitor with a much higher res. so I guess that could explain my card needing some extra volts if it was slightly unstable from the factory. But what if that doesn't work. Could there be a problem with the game files? There isn't even a specific place or situation that it crashes. I'm usually in e middle of a mission after playing for about 20 mins and then BAM black screen.
 
PH4NT0MBL4DE said:
I forgot to mention that this black screen issue has only started happening recently. I used to play the game for hours at a time a few months ago with no issue. The only thing that has changed is i have a new monitor with a much higher res. so I guess that could explain my card needing some extra volts if it was slightly unstable from the factory. But what if that doesn't work. Could there be a problem with the game files? There isn't even a specific place or situation that it crashes. I'm usually in e middle of a mission after playing for about 20 mins and then BAM black screen.
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Sounds to me like it needs more core voltage. If that doesn't work you could try bumping the vram voltage a notch or two as well. If it fails after that then it could be a game issue or driver bug maybe.
 
could be control slider,one of my cards is fine on 0%,the other needs 10% or it will crash in certain games,worth a try at least
 
I have moved the slider up to 20% will that cause stability problems or will it be ok. I tried to download afterburner just incase I need to increase the voltage. the voltage is unlocked but the slider won't move.
 
try trixx

I forget what you do in afterburner to unlock voltage adjustment,its in the user config file I think

all the power slider does is raise the thermal limits of the card,it doesn't add any voltage
 
I will take a look at trixx then. Oh I thought the power slider did something to the voltage response time or something lol. I have monitored my temps on both CPU and gpu and both of them were well under the max when I black screened. So if its not my temp then will the power slider make a difference? Also is it possible to monitor psu temp?
 
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