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    Overclock crashes on some games but not others?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by r34p3rex, May 31, 2008.

  1. r34p3rex

    r34p3rex Notebook Consultant

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    I can play crysis fine with my 8600m gt at 711/901 for hours on end, but with some games, even if i overclock to 600/800, they'll crash instantly. does anyone know what the problem could be?
     
    r34p3rex, May 31, 2008
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  2. Jlbrightbill

    Jlbrightbill Notebook Deity

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    Drivers most likely. I just had this happen to me with Mass Effect, I played about 12 hours of it on 174.74 at 600/500 with no problems at all, then I went back to 174.16 since they ran better for me in TF2, and now Mass Effect crashes on me randomly, even with no overclock. So yeah, drivers make a big difference.
     
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  3. r34p3rex

    r34p3rex Notebook Consultant

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    :( boooo i like 174.74 gives me a great overclock
     
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  4. Tusin

    Tusin Notebook Evangelist

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    Did you OC in TF2 with 174.16? If so what clocks?
     
    Tusin, May 31, 2008
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    Me? I run 600/500 (DDR2) no matter the game, it runs stable in everything I've played, except Mass Effect on 174.16.
     
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  6. Tusin

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    ahhh got ya. Guess I misunderstood what you were saying ;)
     
    Tusin, Jun 1, 2008
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    This totally happened to me when I updated to Rivatuner v2.08. I reinstalled v2.06 and the problem went away. No more crashes!

    Hope that helps.

    By the way... I'm using 169.28
     
    Snesley Wipes, Jun 1, 2008
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  8. BenLeonheart

    BenLeonheart walk in see this wat do?

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    This happens to me too...
    i cannot overclock the game to play Jedi Academy...
    i can do my overclock on any other game, but on that one, insta-crash...
     
    BenLeonheart, Jun 1, 2008
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