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wrangler88
09-06-05, 11:56 AM
my intel 640 3.2 @ 40 is prime stable for 24 hours, superpi, 3dmark and everyting else, i can play Counter strike with no problems but wheni start the game FEAR it crashes on anything over 3.6GHz is it just the game or do i have stablilty problems, granted its the demo an its got bugs in it, but i havent found anyone else with this problem... whats everyone think?
koontz946
09-06-05, 11:59 AM
While I don't have any direct experience with F.E.A.R., I have the same type of issues with Battlefield 2. I can be stable as a rock, but if I try to play BF2, no dice.

Could be the gaming code b/c I doubt BF2 is a better stability check than Prime95 :shrug:
wrangler88
09-06-05, 12:36 PM
yeah i was thinking that too, i couldnt see fear being more acturate then prime, anyone else have any input?
ziggo0
09-06-05, 12:48 PM
My overclock doesnt cause the game to crash and i got my cpu pushed pretty far on air, maybe its a driver conflict?
fAlCoNNiAn
09-06-05, 04:54 PM
what kind of psu do you have?
wrangler88
09-06-05, 05:47 PM
sparkle 550
fAlCoNNiAn
09-07-05, 12:43 AM
how are your rails looking when under full load?
wrangler88
09-08-05, 12:28 AM
rails all look good, the 12v is 11.99 - 12.05 with a DMM 5 volt and 3.3v's also are fine..
AzNaLaN15
09-08-05, 05:50 PM
hm could it be vid card issues?
waiownsyou
09-09-05, 10:43 PM
Do you get an error message when it crashes?

And yes, it seems like some sort of instability issue.
Evilsizer
09-10-05, 12:13 AM
taking a stab here since i dont know pci-e might be out of spec unless the new mobos actually lock it now. Fear is more demanding graphics wise from what i noticed with my pc vs BF2(demo only) i do think you video card is having problems. just my 2cents... hope you get it worked out.
Moto7451
09-10-05, 12:35 AM
While I don't have any direct experience with F.E.A.R., I have the same type of issues with Battlefield 2. I can be stable as a rock, but if I try to play BF2, no dice.

Could be the gaming code b/c I doubt BF2 is a better stability check than Prime95 :shrug:

Actually a lot of P95 stable rigs will crash in BF2. My old setup would at anything over 2.4GHz but primed at 2.6GHz.
waiownsyou
09-10-05, 12:48 AM
Actually a lot of P95 stable rigs will crash in BF2. My old setup would at anything over 2.4GHz but primed at 2.6GHz.

But then again, that's true for any computer. It really depends on OS and software settings.