what up wid the game? (1 Viewer)

[doingHSC]

hi, when ever I play a game eg. GTA my comp restarts or the game shuts down (comp is only 2 months old)--and my friend has the same comp , just less ram and HDD but it works perfectly on his comp. So could it be somethng wrond with video card or something? (the video card is 32mb shared)

 

[sunny]

Your video card sounds a bit bare to run the game. Try updating your drivers.

 

[doingHSC]

but the prob is that the game runs perfectly on my friends comp (with same comp)----we bought the comp from same shop and same time--so everything is the same except HDD, ram

 

[equiski]

I'm assuming you are reffering to the newer GTA games (GTA 3 or GTA: Vice City) because GTA 1 and 2 only needed a 75mhz pentium computer with 16mb ram and 1mb video ram. If this is the case, your onboard video card will not be enough to run it. A Geforce or higher card are required to run the game, while a Geforce 3 or higher is recommended. Most onboard video adaptors don't have such performance or hardware support for DX7+ effects.

Edit: In that case make sure you have the latest Direct X and updated video and sound drivers. You could also try closing background applications before running the game (through Alt+Ctrl+Del)

 

[doingHSC]

thx for help, but as I said b4---my friend has the same things (everything --video card, motherboard, sound card --even monitor and the drivers)--only ram + HDD differs (i have more) and it works perfectly on his comp

 

[sunny]

Drivers - update drivers.

 

[doingHSC]

ok I'll try that anyway. Thanku very much for replying and help

 

[doingHSC]

hey, I uploaded my drivers and still having the same prob

 

[Newbie]

i've had similar problems
ie with hl2
i think its either
1. my video card overheats and crashes everything
2. my case doesnt have enough power

=/

 

[Frigid]

just off the top of my head:

update video card drivers,
update Direct X,
update motherboard drivers,
get a proper video card...

 

[tonberry_kun]

your "more/larger" HD & RAM probably pulls more power than ur friend's comp, hence urs crashes and hes doesn't... or that they are overheating because of this...

a long time ago, my comp used to restart everytime i ran anythin other than IE and ICQ... but this was on my PII 233 with a dodgy case fan which overheated whenever the videocard started getting to work (as in games)

 

[jm1234567890]

i'm assuming this is your card, and it has no issues with GTA3

http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-010470.htm?iid=graphics+845main&

 

[nick1048]

better question did u buy the game or rip it. If it's ripped dont complain man, if its bought then yeah u got a case. Sometimes restarts occur on ripped things because they are missing a few core components.

 

[equiski]

By default, Windows XP restarts the computer during a system error instead of showing a blue screen of death. If you right click on my computer, go to the advanced tab and go to the Start Up and Recovery options; you can turn off the automatic restart. The error message you receive may provide a clue to whats wrong, especially if you type it into google.

 

[doingHSC]

thanks for ur help everyone, btw I have SiS graphics, video cards all dat and I would just like to know which motherboard is better ECS elitegroup or Gigabyte? Cos I'm supposed to get gigabyte motherboard and I realised that its not that (my friend also--I told him). And yes I recieve the blue screen (I have to restart is manually though--sorry I didn't specify this b4) it says dumping physical memory-1 then 2 then 3 ..so on........ And yes the game is ripped--I didn't know that effects the performance (but it works on my friends comp). I also tried cricket 2004--same thing happens.

So please tell me what mother board is better so I can change it, and I don't mind buying original game as long as I'm sure it will work--don't wanna waste money if it still doesn't work

thx again

 

[breaking]

if the video is shared you might want to try increasing it to 64MB or some shit. also try turning down the graphical detail of the game

 

[doingHSC]

if the video is shared you might want to try increasing it to 64MB

how do u do that?

 

[breaking]

also gigabyte motherboard is better

 

[breaking]

how do u do that?

not entirely sure mate - check the manual that came with your motherboard, try fiddling around with the video card settings in control panel?

 

[doingHSC]

also gigabyte motherboard is better

shit, got ripped off--gotta get it changed now

not entirely sure mate - check the manual that came with your motherboard, try fiddling around with the video card settings in control panel?

ok thanks, I'll do that