Comp shuts down while playing Modern Warfare 2

Hi guys,

I have a Q6600 overlcoked to 2.6ghz (hardly earth shattering) and when I play MW2 the comp will shut down after anywhere from a few mintues to 20 min of playing time. I can boot up no problem right after.

I reset by bios to stock settings and it still does the same thing.

I had HW Monitor open while playing and my core temps never went above 52C. I use a CPU cooler.

Any ideas? I'm about to just go out and by a cored I7 system to play this game.

If your computer crashes, it might be a driver problem, ie. GPU driver problem.

If it just shuts down, it might be power supply issues, RAM issues, or overheating issues (but you said it doesn't go over 52'C so count that out)

Rest of system specs?

Does it crash like system freeze and it forces you to do a warm reboot or does the power cut out? Or does the game just locks up and it still allows you to end the program under Windows Task?

Hi guys,

Here is my system:
INTEL Q6600 overclocked to 2.6ghz
ASUS P5Q Pro motherboard
Diamond Radeon HD 4850 512mb Video Card
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 750GB HD
Corsair XMS2 2 x 2GB RAM
OCZ StealthXStream 600W power supply
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

I just updated the ATI driver and experienced another crash. What happens is the monitors turn off, the system shuts off completely as if I pushed the power button. It boots up normally as if nothing happened if I turn it on.

HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAH....

im sorry couldnt help but to laugh.

That is NOT normal. Should be about 70c.

^If you answer no to those questions, update the video drivers and see if that fixes it. If not you gotta take apart the card and blow it out with canned air.