Computer Random freezing crashes

[Drako]

Wow so your computer is freezing up in its entirety? When it freezes up do you still hear audio from the game? Also are you using full screen or windowed mode? Some games(like this) require a lot more from the gfx cards. And the way ATI cards react when they are under high stress(getting hot) is it resets the video driver. This results in the screen either freezing solid, or going black. Newer models seem to tend towards the former. Anytime i have a driver lockup like that, in windows 7, i just ctrl+alt+del, which usually pulls me out of the game, and i can go back to it and shut it down, cause it will be locked up. I'm not sure if a solution could be made here. With these issues, assuming its load/heat issues, only thing you can do is turn settings down on the game, and/or get better airflow for the GFX card.

[odintius]

Wow so your computer is freezing up in its entirety? When it freezes up do you still hear audio from the game? Also are you using full screen or windowed mode? Some games(like this) require a lot more from the gfx cards. And the way ATI cards react when they are under high stress(getting hot) is it resets the video driver. This results in the screen either freezing solid, or going black. Newer models seem to tend towards the former. Anytime i have a driver lockup like that, in windows 7, i just ctrl+alt+del, which usually pulls me out of the game, and i can go back to it and shut it down, cause it will be locked up. I'm not sure if a solution could be made here. With these issues, assuming its load/heat issues, only thing you can do is turn settings down on the game, and/or get better airflow for the GFX card.

No the audio does a weird sound not regular it totally freezes my computer even ctrl alt delete option is unavailable I have to force shutdown my pc. In game I've put my fps down to 30 and and its even in window mode so I could check to see the temp of my computer and turn up my fan's to keep it cool as much as possible on I remember before the fps control function it was like 79 degrees with 30 it went down alot.

[odintius]

As for background stuff running mostly is my firewall which ive checked and made sure it open for any game really I play and then Alienware control center for my cooling etc and java automactic updater, dell backup is up to about it besides internet im using.


Appricate any help you guy's can give thanks! Any recommendations on what computer I should get to play smoothly then because I'd really like to play more than 5-20minutes :P