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29th Dec 2007, 04:02
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I had a Pc built about 6 months ago consisting of:
1 gig ram An AMD athlon64 x2 4000+ a nvidea 8500 gt graphics card with 256mb on board cashe,,, And every time i try to play either settlers rise of an empire or medieval total war the computer will run fine for half an hour then all of a sudden the graphics will lock up then the monitor will turn off with the message "no signal" but the sounds ect from the game are still playing any help people? |
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29th Dec 2007, 04:57
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go to the nvidia website and install the newest drivers
best place to start
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29th Dec 2007, 04:59
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Done that aswell as the latest updates for the games.... still no luck
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29th Dec 2007, 05:02
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just a feeling, but have you cleaned your computer lately, abit of compressed air to get rid of the bunnies, could be overheating
try taking off the case and have another razzle on the game, get some air in there just a thought
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29th Dec 2007, 05:06
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its done it since it was brand new. plus i do keep the comp fairly clean thats how i blew my last one over heating with the dust.
the place we bought it from said i simply needed the latest drivers, but as i said that hasn`t helped. And all they try to do now is sell me more hard ware. I`m wondering if maybe a different graphics card might be the answer posibly one of the newer nvidea series 8 ones? |
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29th Dec 2007, 05:36
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yeh i don't know what else to suggest
personally id ask the guy to exchange the card says its knackered i would also exaggerate say it does it during the desktop aswell  i know its not the best advice in the world, but if its been built for you then the guy should have given all the juice etc it needs i have the 8600gt, it will serve you well, good card!
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The temperature inside this apple pie is over 1000 degrees.
If I squeeze it, a jet of molten bramley apple will squirt out. Could go your way; could go mine. Either way, one of us is going down!!!! |
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29th Dec 2007, 05:39
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The other thing some one was asking about was the PSU, its got a 500w psu running in it should that be providing enough juice? or should i up grade?
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#8
29th Dec 2007, 10:07
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Moved to general hardware.
The reason it's happening is because of the card Ian. Total war is very gpu intensive. The card can't hack it. Simple as. The rest of the spec is fine, although you might want to think about 2gb ram if it's a gaming build. The psu is also ok from a wattage point of view. See your other thread as well regarding a new card as I've responded in there.
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29th Dec 2007, 10:10
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Thank you very much good sir, i was planning on having another gig of ram stuck in when i sorted out why i couldn`t play the game.
And sorry for starting in in here but i wasn`t sure if it was a software conflict or hardware or what. |
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30th Dec 2007, 01:32
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You're welcome.
And no problem. 
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