[JoshHunter]

Whenever i play GTA IV, it eventually crashes to a blank screen. Several seconds later i lose sound also, and my system indicator lights on my case go off. To clarify, this game was purchased from Steam, and is updated fully. My HD6850 is overclocked to 850mhz/1200mhz (Core/Mem) and i have the latest driver and CCC version.

Halp!

PS: My system is stable, according to Prime95, OCCT and SuperPI.

 

[That Guy]

Is your GPU clock stable? The tests you did are CPU related.

 

[3dfxvoodoo]

this game likes to crash on me a lot too
but to the desktop
with a fatal error message

are your oc stable

 

[JoshHunter]

Yes it is, i routinely play TF2 on high settings (Not demanding i know, but is still fine) I was referring to the OCCT GPU Test

 

[That Guy]

What's the wattage on your power supply?

 

[JoshHunter]

500w, i'm looking at replacing it within a month. Is it inadequate?

 

[3dfxvoodoo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoshHunter 500w, i'm looking at replacing it within a month. Is it inadequate?

what's the model

 

[Riou]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoshHunter 500w, i'm looking at replacing it within a month. Is it inadequate?

What is the model? A good 500 W power supply will be enough to power your computer.

 

[JoshHunter]

Its pretty useless, it's a CoolerMaster that game with my Elite 310

RS-500-PCAR-J3

 

[3dfxvoodoo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoshHunter Its pretty useless, it's a CoolerMaster that game with my Elite 310 RS-500-PCAR-J3

this it?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817171031

EDIT: lol epic typo on newegg it say it has 218amps on the 12v rail
little on the skimpy side IMO
it should do
but I'm not 100% sure of it

 

[JoshHunter]

Yeah that's the one

 

[Boyboyd]

sporadically, excellent word.

 

[JoshHunter]

Then what might be my problem :s

I'm upgrading to a Seasonic X-750 soon to make way for a Bulldozer or a 2600k next year

 

[3dfxvoodoo]

having crashes with anything else?

I say it's just the game
I get crashes with it a lot too
but not a full system halt

 

[JoshHunter]

It could be, but that still isn't a solution

I think it is GPU related

 

[That Guy]

The power supply you have should run everything fine. Check your GPU clocks to be absolutely sure that they are stable. Set them to the defaults and try running GTA IV. If it emulates the same outcome, then go from there.

 

[JoshHunter]

Hmm okay. I have stress tested them, resulting in no artefacts. What is the recommended GPU testing software?

 

[Dr216]

Which driver version are you running? there have been a few bad releases recently. also gta iv is buggy as all hell so dont count on it being your system ><

burn test your gpu on furmark

 

[JoshHunter]

Thank you

I'm running Catalyst version 11.2 and 2D driver version 8.01.01.1123 (Dunno if you needed the 2D driver, jus' sayin')

 

[G woodlogger]

I can run my card at 920 in gta 4 but in metro 2033 benchmark, 940 and go through
3dmark11 at 930, so gta 4 is very demanding on some part of the gpu. But you problem might of cause be something else.