Games shut down...

[bigdawgfoxx]

Hey...my system specs are in my sig. I was never able to play Dooom III very much, because I could play for like a little while and once i would get a ways through it would crash on me. Now I downloaded The Punisher, and when I play a certain amount it crashes back to windows on me. I set all my specs back to stock and it still does this.

Any Ideas?

[Peerzy]

Over heating?
Latest drivers/firmware/BIOS/graphics card programs installed?

[bigdawgfoxx]

I dont think its overheating..

I will try the latest drivers.

[Peerzy]

You don't think? Meaning you don't know?

[maebach]

Over heating?

That was my first thought. Install Everest Home Edition and check the temperatures.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Well I felt everything after playing...immedietly..and nothing felt hot.. but I will install everest and tell u what the temps are while playing.

Hm Im seeing that my CPU is running at 1.75Vcore which could be causing extra heat...Ill set that to 1.65.

Ok...1.65Vcore and reads 45C idle and 46C while playing the game...so I dont feel it is that..

What exactly is firmware?

[Virtualbody1234]

What exactly is firmware?

What???

Over 2900 posts in Hardwareworld since april 2003 and you ask that now?

http://www.google.ca/search?num=30&h...efine:Firmware

[bigdawgfoxx]

Ok...lowered vcore got new drivers and installed game for 3rd time..seems to working nice...i guess we will see..thanks guys!

[Spicker]

is this the same bigdawgfoxx from a couple of years ago....??

im very dissappointed in u...

[lynx]

If you lowered vcore and it now works fine, that would suggest that
1) vcore was too high in the first place
2) the high vcore was causing the system to overheat.