F.E.A.R. Demo crash on overclocked CPU

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wrangler88

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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?

 

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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

 

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yeah i was thinking that too, i couldnt see fear being more acturate then prime, anyone else have any input?

 

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My overclock doesnt cause the game to crash and i got my cpu pushed pretty far on air, maybe its a driver conflict?

 

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what kind of psu do you have?

 

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sparkle 550

 

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how are your rails looking when under full load?

 

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rails all look good, the 12v is 11.99 - 12.05 with a DMM 5 volt and 3.3v's also are fine..

 

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hm could it be vid card issues?

 

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Do you get an error message when it crashes?

And yes, it seems like some sort of instability issue.

 

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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.

 

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koontz946 said:

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

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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.

 

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Moto7451 said:

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.

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