- Jan 29, 2008
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Wondering if I can get some advice figuring out why my system is having issues attempting to play Crysis.
***Rig Specs:***
Cooler Master® Stacker 830 SE Full Tower Case [M/N: RC-830-KKR3-GP] with Real Power Pro 1000 Watt PSU
GIGABYTE® GA-P35-DS3L Rev.2.0 LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Motherboard
Intel® Quad Core Q6600 CPU Kentsfield Socket 775 LGA 65nm @ 2.40GHz [Stepping B, Revision G0]
OCZ® DDR2 PC-6400 800MHz Vista® Upgrade Edition RAM [2 x 2GB]
Western Digital® Raptor X® 10,000 RPM 150GB HD [OS]
SAMSUNG® Spinpoint® F3 HD502HJ 500GB [Storage]
EVGA® GeForce® 9800 GT 512MB [rev. A2]
SAMSUNG® SATA Black DVD Burner with LightScribe© [Version SB02]
MITSUMI® Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Digital Card Reader + Floppy Drive
2 x Scythe® "ULTRA KAZE" 120 x 38 mm Case Fan
4 x APEVIA® [M/N: CF12SL-UGN] 120mm Green LED Case Fan [Side Panel]
[8 TOTAL Case Fans]
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition SP3 32-bit
19" SAMSUNG® SyncMaster® 906BW Wide Screen LCD Monitor [1440x900, 2000:1, 2MS RR]
17" Gateway® [M/N: EV730] CRT Monitor
I have a pretty strong rig. Before installing the 3-game combo of Crysis, Crysis Warhead & Crysis Wars, I've been playing with the official demo to make sure my system is fine. Everyone knows Crysis taxes even the most advanced configurations out there, but I've played a bunch of other graphic-intensive games [Halo, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, BioShock, Batman: Arkham Asylum, etc.] using the same PC without ANY issues.
Use to play the demo with a EVGA® 8800 GTS 320MB before I nuked my HD & upgraded to a EVGA® 9800 GT 512MB. There were some hiccups with the 8800 GTS, never a major meltdown. The settings have always been @ medium to high, anti-aliasing turned off. Now, using the supposedly superior 9800 GT, the demo doesn't get past the first 5 minutes of gameplay. It just locks up, before the on-screen image breaks apart & a reboot is required.
Only way to get out of it is by Ctrl+Alt+Delete [Task Manager]. Unlike with most games, the Windows key doesn't work. Soon after I get an error message saying that the display/GPU driver has stopped working/crashed as the screen resolution is set to something ridiculously low. I just installed the latest driver from NVIDIA [nvidia-forceware-ver197.45].
As the only game I'm really interested in playing, I've had to ran multiple stress tests [OCCT, PrimeCores, etc.] to get to the bottom of things. Have done so on my CPU, RAM, HD & new GPU. Even contacted EVGA support. The final conclusion seems to be that "everything is fine." There is proper cooling for the individual components & system, no over-heating, temps are where they should be, if not better than average, so everything is haläl [kosher] in Denmark.
So what's causing this issue? Has anybody else had this issue?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
MZÄ
***Rig Specs:***
Cooler Master® Stacker 830 SE Full Tower Case [M/N: RC-830-KKR3-GP] with Real Power Pro 1000 Watt PSU
GIGABYTE® GA-P35-DS3L Rev.2.0 LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Motherboard
Intel® Quad Core Q6600 CPU Kentsfield Socket 775 LGA 65nm @ 2.40GHz [Stepping B, Revision G0]
OCZ® DDR2 PC-6400 800MHz Vista® Upgrade Edition RAM [2 x 2GB]
Western Digital® Raptor X® 10,000 RPM 150GB HD [OS]
SAMSUNG® Spinpoint® F3 HD502HJ 500GB [Storage]
EVGA® GeForce® 9800 GT 512MB [rev. A2]
SAMSUNG® SATA Black DVD Burner with LightScribe© [Version SB02]
MITSUMI® Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Digital Card Reader + Floppy Drive
2 x Scythe® "ULTRA KAZE" 120 x 38 mm Case Fan
4 x APEVIA® [M/N: CF12SL-UGN] 120mm Green LED Case Fan [Side Panel]
[8 TOTAL Case Fans]
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition SP3 32-bit
19" SAMSUNG® SyncMaster® 906BW Wide Screen LCD Monitor [1440x900, 2000:1, 2MS RR]
17" Gateway® [M/N: EV730] CRT Monitor
I have a pretty strong rig. Before installing the 3-game combo of Crysis, Crysis Warhead & Crysis Wars, I've been playing with the official demo to make sure my system is fine. Everyone knows Crysis taxes even the most advanced configurations out there, but I've played a bunch of other graphic-intensive games [Halo, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, BioShock, Batman: Arkham Asylum, etc.] using the same PC without ANY issues.
Use to play the demo with a EVGA® 8800 GTS 320MB before I nuked my HD & upgraded to a EVGA® 9800 GT 512MB. There were some hiccups with the 8800 GTS, never a major meltdown. The settings have always been @ medium to high, anti-aliasing turned off. Now, using the supposedly superior 9800 GT, the demo doesn't get past the first 5 minutes of gameplay. It just locks up, before the on-screen image breaks apart & a reboot is required.
Only way to get out of it is by Ctrl+Alt+Delete [Task Manager]. Unlike with most games, the Windows key doesn't work. Soon after I get an error message saying that the display/GPU driver has stopped working/crashed as the screen resolution is set to something ridiculously low. I just installed the latest driver from NVIDIA [nvidia-forceware-ver197.45].
As the only game I'm really interested in playing, I've had to ran multiple stress tests [OCCT, PrimeCores, etc.] to get to the bottom of things. Have done so on my CPU, RAM, HD & new GPU. Even contacted EVGA support. The final conclusion seems to be that "everything is fine." There is proper cooling for the individual components & system, no over-heating, temps are where they should be, if not better than average, so everything is haläl [kosher] in Denmark.
So what's causing this issue? Has anybody else had this issue?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
MZÄ
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