Rig BSOD's or crashes game when playing on ultra settings.

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joezeppy99

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When playing Hitman:Absolution on highest settings my PC BSOD's and when playing Rome II: Total War it crashes the game both after about 10 minutes fo playing. Rome II: Total War is buggy as hell so to make sure it was not just that game, the problem carried over to Hitman. All my drivers are up to date. Right now the games are playable (meaning they do not crash) on medium/high settings.



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Win 7 64bit Home Premium
FX-6300 Vishera 6-core 3.5 Ghtz
8 GB DDR3-1333 RAM
500 GB Seagate 7200 RPM HDD
Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0
MSI Radeon HD 7850 TwinFrozr 2GD5/OC
Rosewill CAPSTONE-650-M
HAF-912 Mid-ATX Case

none of the components are overclocked and are at default settings.
 
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Shut off computer, pull out one ram stick, turn it back on and then play the game in ultra. Do that for both sticks, tell me what happens...... Or is that a one 8gb stick? If it is do you have any spare sticks lying around you can test? Also see if it happens in 3dmark benchmark or another benchmark program.
 
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It is 2 sticks of 4 GB. I already reseated the sticks, but the problem persists. Could it be that the game is running out of video memory? The video card is 2GB, but Ultra textures should take up a lot of space.

I reused the sticks from my old computer, so no extras laying around.
 
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cococabana

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No... BSODs dont come when CPU gets 'Hot'. If this is happening to you, your OC is unstable. CPU only turn off when temp reaches Die-Damaging range. Your CPU life will go down a lot if you dont fix it.

That said, BSODs that have no apparent reason are common enough and are one helluva tiresome thing to trouble shoot. In the end the only thing that will give you the answer is your own attempt at finding the problem

Usually its either of the following case:

> Bad Ram Stick
> Sticky File - If your HDD is failing certain 'sticky' files or applications can cause BSOD
> CPU failsafe
> Dying GPU

If i had the code of the BSOD i could probably help you more.
 
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the hottest part of the PC is the CPU on load, which is at most 45C, 35C or lower on idle, so it is not temperature related.

the RAM sticks have been working fine for over a year in my old PC, so not a RAM hardware problem.

so from your list, the remaining possibilities are: my brand-new GPU dying or some "sticky" file. It ONLY happens when playing on ultra, or otherwise very high settings, so either of these options do not seem to make sense. It must be 1 of two things: bad drivers or running out of memory. The driver version is pretty new (last update:11/7/2013), so it seems unlikely. That leaves the running out of memory idea. Is it possible that 2GB is just not enough to handle ultra textures?
 
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