My Pc is freezing when playing games, need help finding the problem

liciousxxx · Nov 12, 2014

Hello,

I searched the internet high and low to find whats wrong with my PC.
Everytime I play a games like Anno 1404, Anno 2070, Defiance, Borderlands, Path of Exile, etc. after a while my screen freezes and there is a sound that repeats itself. I can't go to task manager or nothing, I have to restart the PC manually. There are a few games that dont freeze like League of Legends or StartCraft II, but mostly they freeze.

I would like to know if there are programs that can help me test my components and see which one is the faulty one.

GeForce GTX 560 Ti OC 1GB DDR5 256-bit
RAM: TeamGroup Elite 4GB DDR3 1333MHz CL9
Motherboard: MSI P67A-C45 B3
Proc: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz box - Sandy Bridge
Seagate 500GB SATA-II 7200 rpm 16MB SpinPoint F3
Recom Pro Engine A600

gilbadon · Nov 12, 2014

Prime95 - CPU & Memory
If your computer does not crash from that, my guess, its the graphics card. Have you checked the temps while playing games? It may be getting too hot and crashing. Another issue is often driver issues. Make sure you have the latest drivers for your graphics card.

hang-the-9 · Nov 12, 2014

Memtest for testing the RAM, seagate has Seatools for testing the hard drive.

Motherboard vendor may have some tests for it as well, in the BIOS or with a utility.

CPU you can run Prime95, that will also use RAM.

Video Card you can test just by loading it up with a benchmark like 3DMark.

You can also swap components for known good ones and test yours in another system.

From what is going on, it's likely the video card. Maybe the power supply, maybe RAM.

liciousxxx · Nov 13, 2014

I have started with the Seatool test now, should I use both Memtest and Prime95? Or is Primes95 enough?

How can I test the power supply?

I dont have any components to swap.

hang-the-9 · Nov 13, 2014

liciousxxx :

Without parts to swap in to try will be a lot harder to figure things out. If the video test fails, it could be the video card or could be the power supply, maybe even RAM or something with the PCIe slot. That's why you need to either test the video card in another system or try another video card with the same power draw in yours to rule that out as the issue. If your card works fine in another system, you can then start looking at the other components.

liciousxxx · Nov 14, 2014

I have tested another graphic card on my pc (Saphire Radeon HD 7770) and it seems that my PC doesnt freezes. It seems you guessed right.

Is there anyway I can repair my GeForce GTX 560 Ti OC 1GB DDR5 256-bit or send it somewhere to get repaired?

hang-the-9 · Nov 14, 2014

There is pretty much 0 chance of repairing the card unless it's crashing due to overheating. In that case you can try to re-install the heatsink with new heat grease or try a new heatsink.

gilbadon · Nov 14, 2014

If it is not under warranty, you can do it yourself. Just measure the capacitance of each cap. If one reads 0, replace it. There is some learning you will have to do in order for this to be an option but it is fun.

liciousxxx · Nov 14, 2014

The warranty is expired

Can you recommend a graphic card that will run GTA V at a good performance, so it wont have so many bad as my old one but no to expensive?

gilbadon · Nov 14, 2014

Look at toms hardware best graphics for the money hierarchy chart for info on which graphics card to pick.

liciousxxx · Nov 15, 2014

The best ones in my range are all Radeon (AMD) but I am on Intel... where can i find Nvidias?

hang-the-9 · Nov 17, 2014

liciousxxx :

What model CPU you have does not matter. Your GTX 560 is a pretty good card, to match it you need to get a Radeon R7 260X or get an R9 270X to go up a bit in speeds. The 270X is a pretty good bargain.

liciousxxx · Nov 17, 2014

There are so many manufacturers and so many little differences between them that I don't know at which to look

hang-the-9 · Nov 18, 2014

liciousxxx :

What I usually do is go to www.newegg.com, find a card model I am looking for and sort by best review. Often though you end up with something high end and pricy at the top, you can then look at some comments especially about cooling and noise, stick with those that have 4 or 5 eggs, and pick from those. Of course if the top model is priced OK you can just get that.

simon12 · Nov 18, 2014

It could just be the factory overclock is unstable on the card try running it at non OC settings.

liciousxxx · Nov 18, 2014

"It could just be the factory overclock is unstable on the card try running it at non OC settings."

How?

simon12 · Nov 19, 2014

No idea I have an AMD card and there are obvious settings in catalyst control centre. Sorry.

liciousxxx · Nov 19, 2014

Meh, I think I will try to buy something on Black Friday.

If I buy a Video Card with PCI 3 but I only have PCI Express x16 2.0 with how much will it work slower? Than on a normal PCI 3 ?

simon12 · Nov 19, 2014

Not at all.

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