I recently purchased a chillblast computer and specified a few options including the ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 1gb. Rather stupidly went for the more expensive q9550 over the stock overclocked processor (thinking it would be better, i really should have done some reading) but haho.
I mainly play world of warcraft and all runs fairly well at around 50fps at 1980x1200, max settings.
However after a couple of hours playing, WoW dies and brings up a error message that i don't understand. Windows still works and i can log straight back in but crashes again after a while (an hour or 2)
I was reading various problems with 4870 and creative x-fi sound card and wow but these seem to be fixed with recent drivers.
I did read a review recommending a 750watt psu but i only have a 500watt one, as this was recommended min for the system.
Depends on the PSU really do you know the make and model or can you take the side off the case and post what it says for the +12V Rail/s Both in Amps and Watts if the info is there.
If its any help the error message i am getting is:
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World of WarCraft (build 9551)
Exe: C:\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft\WoW.exe
Time: Feb 15, 2009 12:16:14.615 PM
User: Administrator
Computer: ADMIN-YO5L2SV3A
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This application has encountered a critical error:
ERROR #132 (0x85100084) Fatal Exception
Program: C:\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft\WoW.exe
Exception: 0xC0000005 (ACCESS_VIOLATION) at 0023:6F62AD03
The instruction at "0x6F62AD03" referenced memory at "0x00000008".
The memory could not be "read".
WoWBuild: 9551
Settings:
SET locale "enGB"
SET hwDetect "0"
SET gxResolution "1920x1200"
SET gxRefresh "60"
SET gxMultisampleQuality "0.000000"
SET gxFixLag "0"
SET fullAlpha "1"
SET SmallCull "0.040000"
SET DistCull "500.000000"
SET trilinear "1"
SET frillDensity "32"
SET farclip "1277"
SET pixelShaders "1"
SET particleDensity "1.000000"
SET unitDrawDist "300.000000"
SET movie "0"
SET readTOS "1"
SET readEULA "1"
SET realmList "eu.logon.worldofwarcraft.com"
SET realmName "Doomhammer"
SET gameTip "54"
SET mouseSpeed "1"
SET Gamma "1.000000"
SET MusicVolume "0"
SET SoundVolume "1"
SET MasterVolume "1"
SET AmbienceVolume "0.60000002384186"
SET uiScale "0.84999996423721"
SET readScanning "-1"
SET readContest "-1"
SET patchlist "eu.version.worldofwarcraft.com"
SET PreferedLocale "enUS"
SET CombatLogRangeCreature "50"
SET showToolsUI "1"
SET timingTestError "0"
SET EnableMusic "0"
SET coresDetected "4"
SET readTerminationWithoutNotice "1"
SET Sound_VoiceChatInputDriverName "System Default"
SET Sound_VoiceChatOutputDriverName "System Default"
SET Sound_OutputDriverName "System Default"
SET Sound_MasterVolume "0.30000001192093"
SET Sound_SFXVolume "0.20000000298023"
SET Sound_MusicVolume "0.30000001192093"
SET Sound_AmbienceVolume "0.30000001192093"
SET ChatMusicVolume "0"
SET ChatSoundVolume "1"
SET ChatAmbienceVolume "0"
SET OutboundChatVolume "1.2000000476837"
SET InboundChatVolume "1"
SET VoiceActivationSensitivity "0.51999998092651"
SET statusBarText "1"
SET M2UseShaders "0"
SET useWeatherShaders "0"
SET weatherDensity "3"
SET videoOptionsVersion "1"
SET groundEffectDist "140"
SET CombatDeathLogRange "150"
SET gxDepthBits "24"
SET gxMultisample "4"
SET Sound_EnableErrorSpeech "0"
SET showPartyDebuffs "0"
SET CombatLogRangeParty "50"
SET CombatLogRangePartyPet "50"
SET CombatLogRangeFriendlyPlayers "50"
SET CombatLogRangeFriendlyPlayersPets "50"
SET CombatLogRangeHostilePlayers "50"
SET CombatLogRangeHostilePlayersPets "50"
SET DesktopGamma "1"
SET PushToTalkButton "RCTRL"
SET SkyCloudLOD "1"
SET horizonfarclip "1305"
SET MapWaterSounds "0"
SET gxColorBits "24"
SET shadowLOD "0"
SET autoLootCorpse "1"
SET installType "Retail"
SET portal "eu"
SET Sound_ZoneMusicNoDelay "1"
SET environmentDetail "1.5"
SET showGameTips "0"
SET gxVSync "0"
SET checkAddonVersion "0"
SET Sound_EnableAmbience "0"
SET Sound_EnableMusic "0"
SET Sound_EnableHardware "1"
SET textureFilteringMode "5"
SET processAffinityMask "3"
SET Sound_NumChannels "64"
SET gxTripleBuffer "1"
SET gxWindow "1"
SET shadowLevel "0"
SET specular "1"
SET Sound_OutputQuality "2"
SET groundEffectDensity "64"
SET extShadowQuality "4"
SET gxMaximize "1"
SET lastCharacterIndex "2"
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x86 Registers
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Wow can be to put it bluntly a pain in the ass at times. Are your drivers the latest out, and did the problem happen when you last updated or soon after ?
If it did then roll back to the older drivers that didnt give you a problem. With a new PC rolling back the drivers may still help, its the aplication not the PC thats the issue IF it is drivers and sometimes older drivers just work better.
Personally i keep 3 sets that i know are good as finding th eold ones again can be a pain if you get issues.
Also you should check your DX is up to date http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx
as long i know there is no monitor take power from psu, maybe the gpu temp too high?
did u check the fan? maybe it's the driver problem like Mactronix say,but new stuff like HD4870 suppose to work with newest driver anyway
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