Help plz....

Quag1986 · 23 May 2008 at 19:23

hello, im having trouble with my comp and gaming at the mo. i get intermitent game crashes on anygame i pla. i could be 20 secs into the game or 90 mins. thats what is puzzlin me.......

my specs are:
Maximus Formula
E8500, no OC for a while
4gb OCZ Sli Ready 1066 RAM
X-Fi Extreme gamer

but i have just upgraded to a 8800gt (was a hundred quid so i bought it) and its only since i installed this that i have been having problems. the temps are fine during gaming, never above 50-55 celcius. it is really bogglin my mind as only the games crash, its takes a while to alt tab, but once im on the desktop everythin runs as clean as a whistle....

help would be greatly apprecited

Quag1986 · 23 May 2008 at 20:05

thanks for the quick reply and yes mate, i removed my 7900gt drivers using the add/remove programs thing in the control panel, installed the new ones without a hitch and everything was fine for a few days. only had the card since last saturday

Quag1986 · 24 May 2008 at 02:54

thanks for the replies gents, i have put my gpu fan speed to 80%, tis a bit loud but its acceptable. my temps are ok i think, they never really go above 55 celcius. the driver issue i will try, i will google the program u guys suggested and try it.

the thing that still gets me is that my gfx card and desktop runs no probs when say watchin a dvd, no crashes and no temp issues, just games..... TM forever crashes almost instantaniously, but everything else is intermitant....

PS... a reformat is an absolute last resort, i can do it pretty sharpish but have not the means to back **** up atm

Quag1986 · 24 May 2008 at 03:05

got 1 tb hdd, just not got a portable or a flash drive, only a 4gb micro sd card on my phone

Quag1986 · 24 May 2008 at 09:28

thanks gents.. will try Driver Cleaner now. i have a 700W modular Enermax Galaxy and i think that should be ok. the computer doesnt shut down or reboot, xp runs great in the background, once i min the game game everything is ok. it doesnt blue screen or anything like that. the games just freeze. ive checked my temps when this happened on CoD4 and they where at 31, 25 and 55 for my CPU, MOBO and GFX card respectively. NB and SB are well within limits too.