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[daze23]

so i've posted before about my problem with games crashing.
i thought this was a RAM problem...now i think it is just the games.

my girl has been playing Tomb Raider for hours before the occasional crash.
when i play Metro Last Light i crash every 15 minutes.

just ran threw Next Car Game for 40 minutes and no problems....i think it's poorly optimized ports that cause the crashes.

anyone have frequent crashes with Metro Last Light?

what kind of crashes are these? is your display driver crashing?

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

what kind of crashes are these? is your display driver crashing?

game just freezes, sometimes it just closes the game out and sends me to desktop.

 

[spliz]

game just freezes, sometimes it just closes the game out and sends me to desktop.

Do u have another GPU u can test?..

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Do u have another GPU u can test?..

no, i gave it away.
i just ran a stress test on my gpu and got no errors.

i used this to test it:
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/having-problems-with-video-card-stress-test-its-memory/

i also ran Windows memory test and it came back fine.
when i run memtest the pc reboots at some point, i ran it last night and this morning it was at the logon screen...i ran it again this morning and same thing.

 

[spliz]

no, i gave it away.
i just ran a stress test on my gpu and got no errors.

i used this to test it:
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/having-problems-with-video-card-stress-test-its-memory/

i also ran Windows memory test and it came back fine.
when i run memtest the pc reboots at some point, i ran it last night and this morning it was at the logon screen...i ran it again this morning and same thing.

Hmm..u think u might have faulty ram slots on the mobo?..u might need a new mobo..

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Hmm..u think u might have faulty ram slots on the mobo?..u might need a new mobo..

i dunno...i just finished playing Metro for over an hour and no crash.

strange.

 

[spliz]

i dunno...i just finished playing Metro for over an hour and no crash.

strange.

There seems to be alot of system instability..monitor it closely..and try to see if ur cpu is not overheating..reapply thermal paste..

 

[Fatboi1]

They scared me with the Evil Within required specs. So far I'm playing it and I unlocked the framerate to 60fps and it's been around 60fps max settings at 1080P for me.

Idk how it will fare later on but I'm happy. Game has a nice look to it.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

There seems to be alot of system instability..monitor it closely..and try to see if ur cpu is not overheating..reapply thermal paste..

played Metro again while monitoring cpu temps.
highest it got was 79c, well withing safe limits.

my gpu rarely gets above 60c and that's only in the summer.

 

[spliz]

played Metro again while monitoring cpu temps.
highest it got was 79c, well withing safe limits.

my gpu rarely gets above 60c and that's only in the summer.

Which cpu do u have?..

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Which cpu do u have?..

i5-3570k

 

[spliz]

i5-3570k

Oh ok..hmm..what u should do is..go to Best Buy or Microcenter and get some new ram sticks..play with them for a while..if it works...keep em..if not..take em back and get ur money back..what kinda ram do u have?..

 

[daze23]

80c seems kinda hot for a non-overclocked ivy bridge chip. I don't think that's the issue though

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Oh ok..hmm..what u should do is..go to Best Buy or Microcenter and get some new ram sticks..play with them for a while..if it works...keep em..if not..take em back and get ur money back..what kinda ram do u have?..

i have 4 of these, 4gb each:
http://www.kingston.com/us/hyperx/memory/red

 

[daze23]

i have 4 of these, 4gb each:
http://www.kingston.com/us/hyperx/memory/red

you know the drill. you gotta test them individually to really be sure

anyway, did you finish Metro LL? what did you think of that game?