Game (in)stability - name something to try

ic1male · 15 May 2018 at 01:32

So I’ve had my PC for a few weeks now and of the five or so games I’ve played, they’ve all had quirks which is souring my opinion of PC gaming.

The Witcher 1 - Mostly stable but doesn’t come with any Vsync support. Locking the frame rate with RTSS causes weird horizontal lines in the middle of the screen and lag
The Witcher 2 - Always crashes on exit and sometimes in game (which seems to be a bug with too many save files)
BioShock 1 + 2 Remastered - This is renowned for being a buggy mess

So can somebody please recommend some games which are rock solid and have never crashed so I can try and cheer myself up a bit and see that Windows is a great platform and my PC isn’t duff.

For some idea of what I’ve got - BioShock trilogy, Batman Arkham trilogy, Assassin’s Creed games, Far Cry games, Dishonored trilogy, Doom, Wolfenstein trilogy, Tomb Raider games, Hitman games.

ic1male · 15 May 2018 at 10:53

harry5522 said:
You are trying to run games over a decade old designed for completely different types of hardware/software so they will never run perfectly.

I hate to say this but crashes these days are kind of the norm for gaming, including even the newer consoles. In fact I would go out and say my ps4 crashes more than my pcs ever have.

Development is majorly about money now instead of making a fun experience that works well. I mean look at mass effect Andromeda for an example of this.

The only games on top of my head I can think of that didn't have major crashing issues for me are the new tomb raider games.

You make some good points there. One of the main reasons I bought a PC is to play titles from yesteryear that the Xbone/PS4 don’t run. I’ve completed everything I wanted to so far but I was expecting a smoother ride.

I suppose it’s a minor miracle that some of these games run at all really.

ic1male · 16 May 2018 at 13:24

Kelt said:
Have you tried enabling vsync via NVCP?

Can't recall having a problem with Witcher 1...and I hate tearing so would have remembered!

Yeah, that had no effect. RTSS was sort of my last resort.

ic1male · 16 May 2018 at 18:15

I remember now - I had Vsync on in nVidia control panel - there was no tearing but the frame rate was in the hundreds. That was a waste of GPU power so I had to limit the frame rate to 60 with RivaTuner Statistics Server and that caused lag and horrible tearing in the middle of the screen. But I put up with that rather than have the GPU going full throttle.

ic1male · 17 May 2018 at 00:36

Kelt said:
Something not right there then. Might need a driver reinstall.

Witcher 1 is the only game (so far) that hasn't obeyed nVidia's Vsync option.

As for games coded well, I've given BioShock Infinite a good playthrough this evening. Not a single problem. Now I can be happy again.