Schultzen
Member
+1|6363|Norway
Hi Everyone!
I have been searching around the forum for some while now for a problem similar to mine, but i have had no luck finding anything. If someone else have made a similar post, i sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

Therefore, i am posting a new topic so that everyone can hear me whine about very own special (obviously) problem that i would like to hear your opinion about! This is my first post ever, so please be kind with me.

So, here we go:

I recently purchased some new hardware, installed it, and i am currently using it (see my signature). With this hardware, i am capable to run BF2 at maximum setting at a pretty decent FPS (lowest: 45-50 highest: 100). The only problem is that the game crashes either to desktop, or my PC restarts! This often happens after, say, 15-30 minutes. The temp. on my CPU does not exceed 55 degrees Celsius, and my VGA Card, well, even though i have not checked the temp, i am pretty sure is has nothing to do with it, it has gone through harder times. I am using the latest BF2 patch, and i updated my VGA drivers like, 4 days ago, so that's cleared as well. The other day i also ran a Memtest from a Ubuntu Linux Live CD (gotta love Linux!) and after 2 hours, no errors appeared. AMD released an Dual-Core optimizer for better gaming experience, i installed it, nothing really happened!

Since none of you are wizard who could possibly know what is actually happening inside MY computer, i would rather like to know if maybe i am not the only one to experience these kinds of phenomena with these components.

Thanks Anyway!
Flaming_Maniac
prince of insufficient light
+2,490|6910|67.222.138.85
Are you running Vista?

When I had heat problems with my video card, my comp would either restart or freeze, but never just crash to desktop. That may or may not be the problem.
Schultzen
Member
+1|6363|Norway
I am currently running Windows XP.

I Agree with you about the heat issue, it is more likely it would make the computer crash rather then quiting to desktop!
I can try to under clock the VGA card, and see what happens.
Schultzen
Member
+1|6363|Norway
Ok, i got it figured out. It seems it actually was a heat issue. I Sealed of the cabinet with tape, cleaned up inside, moved some cables and installed a third fan. My PC is now stable, but noisy as hell. Other than that, Perfect.
Mr.Warner
Member
+20|6845
Hello Schultzen,

     You are right, it is heat.  I have seen that in the servers at work day in day out.  What is happening is when you are running normal Windows or Linux you are just sitting there running the OS and not really heating things up by doing massive number crunching, filling up RAM and working that video card space heater at all.  But run BF2 and fill up that 2GB ram, speed up them HD's, work that CPU and make that video card work for the 300 dollars you spent on it, your case temp will climb.   Give that a half hour and you got a video card 3d reset (like a case ambient temp warning) it will flush the buffers, and reset the screen and that kills the game.

     You did the best solution, seal it up and increase the airflow.  Choice two is a 10.00 boxfan from the store and remove the side of the case (what I do in the summer)

    Kudos to you.

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Mr.Warner

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