Hey guys,
I just put together my first PC, a ~$1000 gaming build. It runs great, but I've had a lot of trouble with games crashing. When they crash, the games just freeze and I have to press ctrl+alt+delete to get out of them. It seems to happen the more pressure I'm putting on the computer to perform. For instance, if I disable AA, Alpha to Coverage, and SSAO, Far Cry 3 runs 60-80fps and tends to go longer without crashing. Battlefield 3 maxed runs about 80-100fps and only crashed once through the whole campaign. Far Cry 3 crashes anywhere from 1 minute (in the menus) to 2-3 hours. It seems to make it a little longer when I initially start playing, then it happens more constantly after the first crash when I try to play again, but that may just be my imagination.
Here's what I've tried:
- Passmark Performance Test, Furmark, and 3DMark11 all run fine
- Temperatures are fine
- Used current driver, beta driver, next previous driver, and Windows default driver for 7900 series. Made special care and used youtube videos to ensure I was uninstalling/reinstalling them correctly
- Returned my 7850 and got a 7950
- Removed 7950 factory overclock bringing it from 1000/1250 to 900/1250
- Removed my CPU overclock from 4.3ghz to 3.4-3.8ghz
- Completely wiped my HD and reinstalled the OS
- Ran Memtest86 overnight, 13 passes 0 errors
I really hoped Memtest would have errors so I'd know it was my RAM failing, but with that not showing anything I'm at a bit of a loss. Does anyone have any other ideas on what I should try to do to diagnose/fix the problem?
Here's the build:
Motherboard - ASRock Z77 Pro4 ATX
CPU - i5-3570k
CPU Cooler - Hyper 212 EVO
Graphics Card - Gigabyte 7950 3gb, originally had an ASUS 7850 2gb
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8gb(2x4gb) 1600mhz
Power Supply - Corsair Enthusiast Series TX650
I just put together my first PC, a ~$1000 gaming build. It runs great, but I've had a lot of trouble with games crashing. When they crash, the games just freeze and I have to press ctrl+alt+delete to get out of them. It seems to happen the more pressure I'm putting on the computer to perform. For instance, if I disable AA, Alpha to Coverage, and SSAO, Far Cry 3 runs 60-80fps and tends to go longer without crashing. Battlefield 3 maxed runs about 80-100fps and only crashed once through the whole campaign. Far Cry 3 crashes anywhere from 1 minute (in the menus) to 2-3 hours. It seems to make it a little longer when I initially start playing, then it happens more constantly after the first crash when I try to play again, but that may just be my imagination.
Here's what I've tried:
- Passmark Performance Test, Furmark, and 3DMark11 all run fine
- Temperatures are fine
- Used current driver, beta driver, next previous driver, and Windows default driver for 7900 series. Made special care and used youtube videos to ensure I was uninstalling/reinstalling them correctly
- Returned my 7850 and got a 7950
- Removed 7950 factory overclock bringing it from 1000/1250 to 900/1250
- Removed my CPU overclock from 4.3ghz to 3.4-3.8ghz
- Completely wiped my HD and reinstalled the OS
- Ran Memtest86 overnight, 13 passes 0 errors
I really hoped Memtest would have errors so I'd know it was my RAM failing, but with that not showing anything I'm at a bit of a loss. Does anyone have any other ideas on what I should try to do to diagnose/fix the problem?
Here's the build:
Motherboard - ASRock Z77 Pro4 ATX
CPU - i5-3570k
CPU Cooler - Hyper 212 EVO
Graphics Card - Gigabyte 7950 3gb, originally had an ASUS 7850 2gb
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8gb(2x4gb) 1600mhz
Power Supply - Corsair Enthusiast Series TX650