Do I give up on PC gaming and just go mac & PS4?

craptakular · 14 Jul 2013 at 23:18

so, my 7950 is glitching bad, with a lot of texture issues in games and now to top it off my Prime 95 12 hour overclock now craps out within 2 minutes. I changed ram a few months back, maybe that is it?

I am so sick of all these issues, if it weren't for arma I wouldn't even bother anymore with a PC.

Where do I start to fix this? or do I just live with it and then bin the PC and buy a new one at Christmas for arma3?

Skynet5 · 14 Jul 2013 at 23:25

Need more info. Change of ram could most defo fubar yor OC

Gfx issues could be overheating or too mych OC.

I think my 680 sli has thrice the gflops of the ps4 so I know where im staying.

Idleman · 14 Jul 2013 at 23:30

What`s your full system specs?

Might be best to try and sort the problem before rushing out and buying a new system.

Jony27 · 14 Jul 2013 at 23:45

Could be the warm weather causing you OC to crash?
Try dropping it a little.

craptakular · 15 Jul 2013 at 07:08

i5 2500k @4.7
Asus P8P67-M Pro
2x 4 gb CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8
MSI Twin Forzar 7950 at stock of 960Mhz
Lian Li PC-V354B

snips86x · 15 Jul 2013 at 07:27

craptakular said:
i5 2500k @4.7
Asus P8P67-M Pro
2x 4 gb CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8
MSI Twin Forzar 7950 at stock of 960Mhz
Lian Li PC-V354B

PSU?

craptakular · 15 Jul 2013 at 08:32

snips86x said:
PSU?

Seasonic 760w Platinum thingy, cost me around £125

pastymuncher · 15 Jul 2013 at 08:58

Overclocks can become unstable over time so maybe all it needs is a slight voltage tweak. As you have changed the ram maybe the new ram needs a tad more QPI/VTT voltage than your old stuff. Have you been getting any bsod's? If so what codes?

linktoinsanity · 15 Jul 2013 at 09:08

craptakular said:
i5 2500k @4.7
Asus P8P67-M Pro
2x 4 gb CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8
MSI Twin Forzar 7950 at stock of 960Mhz
Lian Li PC-V354B

Do you have your previous graphics card lying about still? Was the 7950 running ok before you swapped out the RAM? Have you tried just running the PC at stock, without the overclock to see how it runs?

It's a bit of a waste to chuck out the whole PC for the issues...if you do, can I have it?

David Bisset · 15 Jul 2013 at 10:36

Rather than ditching the PC totally how about just running at stock for a bit? You can still game on it, its still a powerful machine.

Minstadave · 15 Jul 2013 at 10:39

David Bisset said:
Rather than ditching the PC totally how about just running at stock for a bit? You can still game on it, its still a powerful machine.

This would be what I'd do, go back to stock, make sure it's rock solid stable and just enjoy it and forget about tweaking for a while.

daveip · 15 Jul 2013 at 11:02

You can't overclock a mac ... and PS4's aren't going to be around for a few months.

Seems so trivial ... just dial back the OC a bit or as users have suggested, go back to stock?

Rainagul · 15 Jul 2013 at 11:45

Go back to stock. If you still have issues then diagnose from there.

If not, slowly dial the overclock back in.

Hardware degrades over time and use, so you will need to poke around a little to see what your system can handle.

If you are concerned about your memory causing issues, then start by running Memtest and make sure your OC profile deal with your memory correctly.

craptakular · 15 Jul 2013 at 12:17

I have reset the bios to "optimised defaults" this morning and have left prime95 running while I am at work.

I don't have the old card anymore as I sold it.

Hopefully the system will be stable at stock, then I will have to work out how to overclock it again.

paulspounds · 15 Jul 2013 at 13:03

Maybe you should try & fix it first.. Although I think that purchasing a PS4 wouldn't be a bad move.

panyan · 15 Jul 2013 at 13:44

PC gaming and just go mac & PS4?

About 4 years ago i sold my gaming PC and went for a macbook + ps3

my tinkering urge didnt go away and after 18 months they were both sold and i built my gaming pc again

Random Guy · 15 Jul 2013 at 13:56

PC vs PS4 for gaming? Well, one will give you an over-hyped, joypad-centred, closed eco-system, with the typical Sony promises deteriorating into nothingness over the years.

The other a fully modifiable, customised, upgradable, mouse/KB, backward compatible gaming *and productivity* (if you want) system.

However, many releases on PC will be hampered by Consoles, so its up to you to determine if the PC Exclusives and PC-Exclusive Features, are enough to keep you on board.

Jamesyboyjim · 15 Jul 2013 at 15:09

If you sell your pc that urge to tinker and build will never go away, I tried it once with just a cheapy small system after going 'off' pc gaming for a while, before I knew it new parts were creeping in before the whole thing was replaced

craptakular · 15 Jul 2013 at 17:26

On "optimised defaults" this crappy computer failed prime95 at 4:39h.

Should I hammer it to death?

Seriously, what do I do now? It isn't stable at stock :mad:

craptakular · 15 Jul 2013 at 17:35

linktoinsanity said:
Do you have your previous graphics card lying about still? Was the 7950 running ok before you swapped out the RAM? Have you tried just running the PC at stock, without the overclock to see how it runs?

It's a bit of a waste to chuck out the whole PC for the issues...if you do, can I have it?

The graphics card has been sold, the RAM was swapped out around 18 months ago and the graphics card was put in March 2013.

It now fails prime 95 afther 4hrs 39minutes at stock settings.