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    8600m GT Crashing During TF2

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Sepharite, Aug 25, 2008.

  1. Sepharite

    Sepharite Notebook Consultant

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    I only play TF2, and it crashes at least once an hour (game completely freezes and the sound goes on repeat like a broken record). I've changed drivers 3 times and have not gotten a stable driver yet. When it does crash, and I restart the game, my FPS is half of what it's suppose to be, forcing me to restart my laptop.

    My driver is 175.97. I have a external fan so my temperature only goes around 65-68 max during gameplay.

    In other words, what's a stable driver for TF2? Or could it possibly be a hardware problem?
     
    Sepharite, Aug 25, 2008
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  2. the_flying_shoe

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    I would like to know the answer to this as well
     
    the_flying_shoe, Oct 2, 2008
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    -Dont OC (if you do)
    -Get the latest patch
    -Reinstall the game
    -Defragment your harddrive
    -Completely reinstall XP/Vista

    You can try those, I think you should not bother with the last one unless you cant find any other way.
     
    Manic Penguins, Oct 2, 2008
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  4. illmatic2609

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    Well....before....when I used to play a lot of games on my brother's Inspiron 1520....I experienced a LOT of crashing with games....it was almost something that became so common that I was prepared for it.....

    If you're running Vista....that could be one of the main reasons because some games just don't like Vista and Vista doesn't like them......
     
    illmatic2609, Oct 3, 2008
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  5. Face_Jones

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    yea thats very weird especially since you have temperature controlled pretty well it seems, since the 8600 GT is one of the ones with a former heating problem. If none of that works maybe call dell and get a new card or MB
     
    Face_Jones, Oct 3, 2008
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    I have almost the exact same problem, only for me it's with F.E.A.R. Every once and a while the display freezes for a moment while gaming and when it recovers the gpu has downclocked to the low power 3d clocks. In order to restore the real 3d clocks I have to do a restart. Once in a while when this happens the game crashes and I get the 'display driver stopped working but has recovered' -- a couple of times I've actually got a BSOD.

    Also, it doesn't happen every hour for me, probably more like every 2-3 hours.

    FEAR is the only game it has happened regularly like this with.
    Mind you, I've only tried two different drivers so maybe that's the problem.
     
    Quimbos, Oct 4, 2008
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  7. matmat07

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    Same thing happen on my 9500m GS. No solution up to now.
     
    matmat07, Oct 4, 2008
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  8. Dreidel

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    Try increasing your page file
     
    Dreidel, Oct 4, 2008
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  9. matmat07

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    the one for the memory? I have already 4GB plus 4 more on the memory page file...
     
    matmat07, Oct 4, 2008
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  10. the_flying_shoe

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    The only "somewhat" of a solution that I've found is by going into Steam>Settings>In Game> then disable the in-game community.

    Ever since that the problem has become much less common.
     
    the_flying_shoe, Oct 4, 2008
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