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Originally Posted by Richard M
I can't believe this, I'm still getting video lockups on my system.
It happens when playing Battlefield 2 online and also in Call Of Duty, which both happen to be my favourite games.
So far I've replaced the: - Motherboard
- Video card
- PSU
Why the hell is this happening on a stock speed system?
I didn't spend this much money on a gaming system to have it crash. 
Just FYI my specs are:
Athlon64 FX53 CPU
Corsair XMS3200XL Pro (2x512MB)
WD Raptor 74GB
Biostar NF4 mobo
ATI X850XT PE
OCZ Powerstream 600W PSU
Cooling cannot be the issue because I've reseated the CPU and all other components, also I run a Lian Li case - fairly cool air comes out of the case even after several hours of HL2.
I don't understand why I can run 3DMark 2003/2005 and it will be perfectly stable and give good results then run BF2 online for 2 minutes and it will lock up - no error messages, just a complete lockup.
I'm tempted to accuse the RAM at this point because (apart from the CPU & HD) it's the only component I haven't replaced.
I might go out this afternoon and buy a quality motherboard instead of this MSI/Biostar crap, but it's such a waste of money. |
I tend to get the same with any new card I get, whether it's ATI -> ATI or not. I normally uninstall the driver, DON'T reboot, run driver cleaner, remove all traces of the original drivers, then reboot, disable my internet connection so windows doesn't try installing any default driver files and then install the new drivers.