Toast
03-09-2005, 03:09 PM
First off, the system specs:
Gigabit K8 MB w/ AMD Athlon 64 2800+
1GB PC3200 RAM
GeForce 6600 GT
120 GB 7200rpm HD
300W PSU
Nothing is overclocked
Hello all. Maybe someone out there could offer me some assistance. A couple days ago, I picked up a new MSI GeForce 6600 GT. Fired TS2 up once to see how it worked, and everything seemed great. I only played for like 2 minutes, just to check it out.
But then yesterday I tried playing Doom 3. About 2 minutes into the game, it hung up, but resumed after about 10-15 seconds. But then a few seconds later, it froze again, and whatever sound that was playing at the time of the "freeze" was "stuck" too. So, I loaded up TS2 and played for a few minutes, and the same thing happened. Completely froze with looping sound for about 10-15 seconds. It never completely crashed, just those temporary freezes like that. Tried running 3DMark 2003, same results. System works just fine with 2d applications. I only experienced the locking up with 3d applications.
I checked all over Nvidia's forums, and it appears that many other people are experiencing this as well, with cards from different manufacturers. I tried various configurations with Riva Tune that people had mentioned, but no success. Tried disabling AGP fast-write, and tried just about every different version of the Forceware display drivers. Nothin'. I'm thinking that my weak PSU is to blame. I hear that 400 watts is a minimum these days, and I've only got 300W. But I didn't think that would cause the type of freezing I was experiencing. And I've heard that there are some temperature issues that could affect game performance as well, but the vidao card boasts a "new and improved" fan and heatsink for "advanced" cooling. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, or if you've heard of a solution to a similar problem, please let me know. Thanks, all! :D
Gigabit K8 MB w/ AMD Athlon 64 2800+
1GB PC3200 RAM
GeForce 6600 GT
120 GB 7200rpm HD
300W PSU
Nothing is overclocked
Hello all. Maybe someone out there could offer me some assistance. A couple days ago, I picked up a new MSI GeForce 6600 GT. Fired TS2 up once to see how it worked, and everything seemed great. I only played for like 2 minutes, just to check it out.
But then yesterday I tried playing Doom 3. About 2 minutes into the game, it hung up, but resumed after about 10-15 seconds. But then a few seconds later, it froze again, and whatever sound that was playing at the time of the "freeze" was "stuck" too. So, I loaded up TS2 and played for a few minutes, and the same thing happened. Completely froze with looping sound for about 10-15 seconds. It never completely crashed, just those temporary freezes like that. Tried running 3DMark 2003, same results. System works just fine with 2d applications. I only experienced the locking up with 3d applications.
I checked all over Nvidia's forums, and it appears that many other people are experiencing this as well, with cards from different manufacturers. I tried various configurations with Riva Tune that people had mentioned, but no success. Tried disabling AGP fast-write, and tried just about every different version of the Forceware display drivers. Nothin'. I'm thinking that my weak PSU is to blame. I hear that 400 watts is a minimum these days, and I've only got 300W. But I didn't think that would cause the type of freezing I was experiencing. And I've heard that there are some temperature issues that could affect game performance as well, but the vidao card boasts a "new and improved" fan and heatsink for "advanced" cooling. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, or if you've heard of a solution to a similar problem, please let me know. Thanks, all! :D