Freezing in games

Addicted · 11 Mar 2009 at 20:29

Hi there,
I've been getting some freezing every couple of mines in both CoD5 + CS:S so i'm gonna assume it's in all games. I've just reinstalled the OS, so it's clean with just drivers & those two games, and they are still freezing!
I've tried both 182.08 and 182.06 graphics drivers and i'm having no luck at working out what the fault could be.
This only leads me to assume its hardware? I know for a fact it's not overheating as i got RealTemp running at all times anyway and the GPU doesn't go over 65, and the CPU not over 45.
I'm running out of possible ideas i could try and i'm hoping its not hardware as i'd have no idea where to start at diagnosing the fault!

Here's my setup:
Intel Q6600 B3 @ 3Ghz (all stock except fsb) / Noctua u12p
8gb OCZ Gold PC6400 C5
XFX GTX260 Black Edition
Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit

Either something is conflicting or i have some sort of hardware problem! I didn't really notice when the problem started which is why i'm annoyed as it's gonna make it so hard to diagnose!
Any thoughts appreciated.
Addicted

Addicted · 11 Mar 2009 at 20:31

Both of those games run at 1680x1050 @ all max settings, except for vsync off.
I googled around, and found one person who has a similar situation as me in one of the games, and turned off anti-aliasing to fix the problem in the latest nvidia drivers, however this didn't seem to help stop the crashing that im facing

TK421 · 11 Mar 2009 at 20:34

if you have clocked have you got enough voltage running through your cpu and memory?

Addicted · 11 Mar 2009 at 20:37

well the q6600 should be fine @ default clock speeds,
though i will turn it to default and see if i still get the same problem!

GhostlyPea · 11 Mar 2009 at 20:39

What PSU are you running?

- Pea0n

C64 · 11 Mar 2009 at 20:40

North bridge voltage needs bumping up a notch on some systems too sometimes with over 2 sticks of ram.

Does sound like not enough volts though agreed with above poster.

I will get lockups if I try and do 3.4ghz at default voltage just like you described.

I'd run a few tests on orthos to find a stable voltage.

Addicted · 11 Mar 2009 at 20:41

im using a Hyper TruePower 720W (or something liek that)

EDIT: It's a Hiper 4M670

TK421 · 11 Mar 2009 at 20:44

i used to get freezing on airborne and grid and notched the cpu/mem voltage up and have had no problems since!

Addicted · 11 Mar 2009 at 20:45

how much should i notch the mem up?

Addicted · 11 Mar 2009 at 20:46

http://www.ocztechnology.com/produc..._6400_vista_performance_gold_4gb_dual_channel

so it's standard at 1.8V, but goes up to 2.1 in warranty

TK421 · 11 Mar 2009 at 20:49

i have the same running at 2.15v with a evp of 2.2

Addicted · 11 Mar 2009 at 20:50

ok cool
with reference to
http://www.pcstats.com/articleimages/200711/GBTGAP35DS4_BIOS2.jpg
(note: this is not mine, my cpu would never be set that high

)
what should be what exactly? im not sure which the northbridge is!

(further reading led me to believe its the MCH, but how much should i add?)

could someone give me a guide of what each of those should actually be!

TK421 · 11 Mar 2009 at 20:54

you are right it! mch is another name for the nb voltage

TK421 · 11 Mar 2009 at 20:55

every system will be different! mines runs at 1.45v

Addicted · 11 Mar 2009 at 20:57

i assume that all are by default the same as the CPU Vcore, as they are only overvoltage's you can set? so then i'd need to add about 0.10V ?

TK421 · 11 Mar 2009 at 21:00

to what are you adding the voltage to?

Addicted · 11 Mar 2009 at 21:01

nb, then ill set the ram at just under 2.1 at 2.05 or something

TK421 · 11 Mar 2009 at 21:04

you have to remember that my system at stock is 3ghz and i am running at 3.8ghz so i need the extra volts. try 1.9v on the memory for starters!

Addicted · 11 Mar 2009 at 21:04

ok, thanks, will look into it and see how it does

TK421 · 11 Mar 2009 at 21:07