liquid_chaos

ive hit a problem while trying to run games. oblivion, the witcher and legendary are all doing the same. the game runs fine with no problems at all for about 10-40 minutes varying. then i hit the snag. the whole screen turns a light pink with what looks like a texture map behind it of random things. if i press escape to pause it goes black with little squares where the writing should be. please help me.

System specs

480w psu 25A 12v
inno3d geforce nvidia 8600gt 1gb video ram
1gb ddr2 667mhz ram
sata 250gb hdd
160gb ide hdd
intel pentium dual cpu e2180 @ 2.00GHz
gigabyte s-series motherboard (cant remember the exact model but thats whats on the driver disc, on my reciept it says "GA-945GCM-S2L GIGABYTE S775 INTEL-945GC)

xp pro sp2

ive attached a picture of the pause menu from legendary, the driver version of my gfx card is 6.14.11.7824

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liquid_chaos

bump, please can someone help me :(

stressfreesoul

Please post back with system temperatures (as reported by a program like Speedfan) and the manufacturer andmodel of your power supply.

grimx133

Have you checked your video card temperatures? Heat can cause a lot of strange behaviour. Also, if you haven't increased the fan speed, you should do so. Graphics cards have a default fan speed of 30% and that needs to be jacked up a tad. I turn mine up until I can hear it, then back it down a bit, but I don't like noise much. You might need to run it very high when gaming and then lower it when the demands on the card aren't as high. Riva Tuner is a handy utility for doing this. Kind of hard to find the fan speeds though. On the main page where your card is listed, click on the customize button around the middle right of the window and then enable the low level fan control. Then you can move the slider and increase the fan speed. It also has overclocking controls, but don't use them at this time, it increases heat. Try the fan speed and then see how the game reacts. Here's a link for Riva Tuner http://downloads.guru3d.com/download...432a3976bff55a
To just monitor your temps and see fan speed etc. I like GPU-Z, it's a standalone program and doesn't get installed, but runs from wherever it is. Very good for a fast check on the state of your video card. http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/

liquid_chaos

vcool powersupply en60950

i set rivatuner to 100 percent duty cycle for the gpu fan but then gpu-z says its at 0 percent and 55 degrees celcius temperature

liquid_chaos

its peaking at 76 while running legendary

dai

480w psu 25A 12v
does not have enough amps for pcie
you need to be up here
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...corsair%2b550w

liquid_chaos

will that definately fix the problem or is there something else i should try bfore paying for that? just epnt 1000 pound on wedding rings lol. i got the temp down to 50 idle by taking out the sound card which was blocking off the fan a bit but its still 72-74 while running a game. still the same problem. anything else i can try? thanks for the help

dai

i don't know if it will fix the problem or not
but it will eliminate the problem of it going and possibly taking half or more the computer along with it

liquid_chaos

also can you tell me if this will be ok to run in my computer?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145195

stressfreesoul

Theres no reason why not. Although its always best to follow the QVL for hardware compatibility. The list for your motherboard is here.
Also, buy some case fans to fill any empty slots. They dont cost much but could shave a bit off. Clean the dust out!!

liquid_chaos

i dont have any empty slots unless you mean hdd slots. i have a standard fan on the side and a big jet looking fan on the front

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=48124