[SOLVED] video card problem?

krskipp · 08-24-2008, 12:24 PM

was playing Company of Heroes and a couple of times the game froze for approx 10-15 seconds and then continued as normal. No error messages just a brief freeze. Never done it before. System is listed below

Coolermaster Cosmos Case
EVGA 780i Motherboard
700W PSU (coolermaster)
Titan Amanda CPU cooler
Q6700 processor at stock speed
2x320Gb Raid 0 HD
Xpertvision Geforce 9600GT with current drivers
4GB of Gskill 1066MHz Ram although only 2.7 shows as I use 32 bit Windows XP Home edition SP3 all updates

running 1680x1050 with all settings maxed out (DX9 version obviously)

any ideas?

Houndog777 · 08-25-2008, 04:41 AM

Hi, sounds like a background program or service has interrupted it. (I hate them)

You have the same OS as myself, and I get stalled by my AV trying to update itself, Windows Defender doing whatever it does, Windows Update trying to get online or when I'm online starting to "check-in", Windows Media Player checking itself etc etc etc.....

Turn off/disable what you don't need whilst gaming.

krskipp · 08-25-2008, 12:40 PM

Thanks - realised myself afterwards that I'd been connected to the net, however, when I came out of the game the connection had been dropped. Have a crappy wireless connection that needs no phone line but it hangs and drops out all the time and that might have caused an issue if it crapped out while I was playing, or as you say it could have been Norton AV doing something. Hasn't stalled again since so I think it was just a one off.

08-24-2008, 12:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
krskipp Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 26 OS: WindowsXP SP3	[SOLVED] video card problem? was playing Company of Heroes and a couple of times the game froze for approx 10-15 seconds and then continued as normal. No error messages just a brief freeze. Never done it before. System is listed below Coolermaster Cosmos Case EVGA 780i Motherboard 700W PSU (coolermaster) Titan Amanda CPU cooler Q6700 processor at stock speed 2x320Gb Raid 0 HD Xpertvision Geforce 9600GT with current drivers 4GB of Gskill 1066MHz Ram although only 2.7 shows as I use 32 bit Windows XP Home edition SP3 all updates running 1680x1050 with all settings maxed out (DX9 version obviously) any ideas?

08-25-2008, 04:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
Houndog777 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 2,683 OS: XPpro sp3 My System	Re: video card problem? Hi, sounds like a background program or service has interrupted it. (I hate them) You have the same OS as myself, and I get stalled by my AV trying to update itself, Windows Defender doing whatever it does, Windows Update trying to get online or when I'm online starting to "check-in", Windows Media Player checking itself etc etc etc..... Turn off/disable what you don't need whilst gaming.

08-25-2008, 12:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
krskipp Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 26 OS: WindowsXP SP3	Re: video card problem? Thanks - realised myself afterwards that I'd been connected to the net, however, when I came out of the game the connection had been dropped. Have a crappy wireless connection that needs no phone line but it hangs and drops out all the time and that might have caused an issue if it crapped out while I was playing, or as you say it could have been Norton AV doing something. Hasn't stalled again since so I think it was just a one off.