Hi all,
After using this forum a few times for some other problems I have encountered, I think its time to make my very own topic
Usually the troubleshooting in here helps me out, so why not this time?
The problem I am encountering with different games is a lock up of the whole system,
both in FEAR2 and games like the last remnant demo my system locks up.
I can play for a while, but after a certain amount of time the following happens;
The game displays artifacts (red dots over the whole screen), wich made me believe it was my gpu temperatures, but using 4 different programs to read out the temp values I made sure that is NOT the problem. After that my LCD monitor turns off, telling me there is no signal, wich again made me believe there is something wrong with my 8800GT. After various driver reinstalls (multiple versions, including those omega thingies) the problem persist.
Then again, I thought it might be a good idea to clean out my case - dust `n stuff arent that good for temp trouble. My CPU was totally dusted in, after cleaning it and getting asus probe and mb monitor 5 those temps were fine too.
Now, my question; What can I try to get rid of these problems?
Games like Total War Empire and Counter Strike source, DOWII etc. all at high res and fsaa at max run great without any problems.
My system:
Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit SP1
DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E6300, 1866 MHz (7 x 267)
Asus P5B, Intel Broadwater P965
2 * 1Gig OCZ XTC Platinum Rev.2 DDR2-800
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB)
Iiyama ProLite E2201W [22" LCD]
Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Analog Devices AD1988A @ Intel 82801HB ICH8 - High Definition Audio Controller [B-0]
dxdiag etc. can all be supplied if needed.
After using this forum a few times for some other problems I have encountered, I think its time to make my very own topic
Usually the troubleshooting in here helps me out, so why not this time?
The problem I am encountering with different games is a lock up of the whole system,
both in FEAR2 and games like the last remnant demo my system locks up.
I can play for a while, but after a certain amount of time the following happens;
The game displays artifacts (red dots over the whole screen), wich made me believe it was my gpu temperatures, but using 4 different programs to read out the temp values I made sure that is NOT the problem. After that my LCD monitor turns off, telling me there is no signal, wich again made me believe there is something wrong with my 8800GT. After various driver reinstalls (multiple versions, including those omega thingies) the problem persist.
Then again, I thought it might be a good idea to clean out my case - dust `n stuff arent that good for temp trouble. My CPU was totally dusted in, after cleaning it and getting asus probe and mb monitor 5 those temps were fine too.
Now, my question; What can I try to get rid of these problems?
Games like Total War Empire and Counter Strike source, DOWII etc. all at high res and fsaa at max run great without any problems.
My system:
Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit SP1
DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E6300, 1866 MHz (7 x 267)
Asus P5B, Intel Broadwater P965
2 * 1Gig OCZ XTC Platinum Rev.2 DDR2-800
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB)
Iiyama ProLite E2201W [22" LCD]
Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Analog Devices AD1988A @ Intel 82801HB ICH8 - High Definition Audio Controller [B-0]
dxdiag etc. can all be supplied if needed.