PC starting to fail???

lee20010 · 5 Aug 2011 at 22:22

Recently I've been unable to play any games...At first when Crysis 2 kept freezing when I loaded my save I thought maybe it was corrupt, then I started again and thought I'd then re-install the game. Same problem. Then I always freeze and crash when installing Red Faction...I just installed Elder Scrolls earlier, set everything to max, including my res to 1816x1014 (fits my monitor) then when on character creation, a window pops up saying it's stopped working....WHY?!?!

Prime95 showed my CPU overclock was stable, I've had the same GFX card OC for about a year now and that should be stable as I play films all the time which demands gfx power (1080P Blu ray ofc)

Any suggestions. I am bored of XBOX and half my good games are on PC lol

Lemin · 5 Aug 2011 at 22:36

Can you test it with a better psu ?

lee20010 · 5 Aug 2011 at 22:39

Would that honestly make games crash??? I used to play wow for ages with these specs (granted it doesnt demand as much) but that would handle non-stop gaming...why would my psu fail within a min of playing even Oblivion?

panyan · 5 Aug 2011 at 22:53

lee20010 said:
Would that honestly make games crash??? I used to play wow for ages with these specs (granted it doesnt demand as much) but that would handle non-stop gaming...why would my psu fail within a min of playing even Oblivion?

becuase it stresses your gpu more which uses a lot more power, if you psu cant give it that power you have stability issues

lee20010 · 5 Aug 2011 at 22:56

Hmmm actually the past few days since having my CPU overclocked...My front usb's sometimes cut out...At the moment I can't get no power from them :/

lee20010 · 5 Aug 2011 at 23:24

Odd. I took the cables out of one power drive, unplugged the external HDD usb and returned all my overclocks to stock. Front usb's starting working again. No luck on the Crysis 2 loading though...

Number_25 · 6 Aug 2011 at 00:05

Thats an incredibly weird screen resolution, try something like 1280x720.

Subliminal Aura · 6 Aug 2011 at 00:31

Heard any clickety click sounds yet Dorothy ?

lee20010 · 6 Aug 2011 at 02:13

Number_25 said:
Thats an incredibly weird screen resolution, try something like 1280x720.

Yeah my LCD tv has a strange res

tried the settings you suggested with all effects on max, including 8x AA (i think) runs ok...well i played for 2 mins.

However that could be because I unplugged a few things???

lee20010 · 6 Aug 2011 at 18:24

any tips?