Thank you very much in advance to anyone willing to contribute to this.
I never had any problems running games up until now, and that includes Civilization 5, Europa Universalis 4, etc.
However, I just got myself some PS Dual Shock 4 controllers so I can play some games with my girlfried, and I've tried Trine 2 Demo yesterday to test it out (first time controller user, first time user of these co-op controller friendly games) and
1) when I ran the game for the first time, I ran it on 60Hz, 1920x1080 resolution, Very high detail, vertical sync on, 3D modelling the AMD HD option, etc. Started the game just fine but as soon as I selected the "play demo" option and it started running, my TV turned black, it actually showed as if there is no connection to the computer, and the graphics card started fighting for it's life. I was sincerely surprised since this was supposed to be one of the better cards, especially for a game with such low requirements.
2) I read a few reviews yesterday on tom's hardware and the consensus was that it's either the too high resolution, too high refresh rate or just too high detail. After several tries and reboots I went for the 4:3 ratio and second lowest resolution 1024*768, medium level of detail, turned the vertical sync off and set the refresh rate to automatic (my TV suggested to me that it's on 30Hz but I can't be sure). Long story short, I started the demo just fine, it worked fine for 30 minutes or so of gameplay and then ... black screen, disconnected screen even, and the graphics card fighting for it's life again.
Not entirely sure what is happening, I've checked recommended requirements and my system surpasses it by a long shot. I've also tried downloading the latest drivers for GPU and checked in BIOS that it's not the integrated graphics that's being used. I've considered that it is overheating but it shouldn't really if I think about it sensibly, however I'm unsure how to check that (when the screen is black and not responding).
My hardware is:
ASRock B85 motherboard
Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz, 3MB CPU
Kingston 8GB 1,600MHz DDR3 RAM
MSI R9 270X Gaming 4GB GPU
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD
some random legacy hard drive, took it from my old laptop or something like that
Corsair CXM 500W modular 80 plus
Sadly my GPU is not under guarantee anymore, so I'd need to figure out a solution (or obviously avoid playing Trine 2). It's not that I'm keen on this particular game, I just want to avoid it happening again. I'll try some other game tonight and see if it's potentially game dependent, but I really don't see how this graphics card is dying on me when it was supposed to last me a few years
Thank you in advance for all your help.
I never had any problems running games up until now, and that includes Civilization 5, Europa Universalis 4, etc.
However, I just got myself some PS Dual Shock 4 controllers so I can play some games with my girlfried, and I've tried Trine 2 Demo yesterday to test it out (first time controller user, first time user of these co-op controller friendly games) and
1) when I ran the game for the first time, I ran it on 60Hz, 1920x1080 resolution, Very high detail, vertical sync on, 3D modelling the AMD HD option, etc. Started the game just fine but as soon as I selected the "play demo" option and it started running, my TV turned black, it actually showed as if there is no connection to the computer, and the graphics card started fighting for it's life. I was sincerely surprised since this was supposed to be one of the better cards, especially for a game with such low requirements.
2) I read a few reviews yesterday on tom's hardware and the consensus was that it's either the too high resolution, too high refresh rate or just too high detail. After several tries and reboots I went for the 4:3 ratio and second lowest resolution 1024*768, medium level of detail, turned the vertical sync off and set the refresh rate to automatic (my TV suggested to me that it's on 30Hz but I can't be sure). Long story short, I started the demo just fine, it worked fine for 30 minutes or so of gameplay and then ... black screen, disconnected screen even, and the graphics card fighting for it's life again.
Not entirely sure what is happening, I've checked recommended requirements and my system surpasses it by a long shot. I've also tried downloading the latest drivers for GPU and checked in BIOS that it's not the integrated graphics that's being used. I've considered that it is overheating but it shouldn't really if I think about it sensibly, however I'm unsure how to check that (when the screen is black and not responding).
My hardware is:
ASRock B85 motherboard
Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz, 3MB CPU
Kingston 8GB 1,600MHz DDR3 RAM
MSI R9 270X Gaming 4GB GPU
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD
some random legacy hard drive, took it from my old laptop or something like that
Corsair CXM 500W modular 80 plus
Sadly my GPU is not under guarantee anymore, so I'd need to figure out a solution (or obviously avoid playing Trine 2). It's not that I'm keen on this particular game, I just want to avoid it happening again. I'll try some other game tonight and see if it's potentially game dependent, but I really don't see how this graphics card is dying on me when it was supposed to last me a few years
Thank you in advance for all your help.
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