[RESOLVED] Game crashes

I have been playing battlefield ,Bad Company 2 for quite a while but now it seems to run and then crashes ,monitor goes black. I know virtual d is not a support group for this but talked to support group for game and did everthing they said like updateing system drivers ,video drivers and have done as much as I can at that end. Just trying to pinpoint the problem. Is there some good benchmark testing software that will push my system to the test and see if something is bombing out like memory or video card sound card,anything. thanks for the help

It would help if we knew what your system is comprised of.

Did you try reinstalling the game? And run malware/spyware software, just in case there are any nasties on there causing this?

Yep ,ran malwarebytes and super antispyware,and did reinstall game

Have you checked computer temps--especially the video card?

Thats why I was asking if there was some software to check temps on machine. How do you check video card temp

Ran speedfan and says gpu 87c and aux 50c

That 87C seems awfully high. Have you checked your Video card specs? Also, have you gone in the case and cleaned out any dirt, dust and dust bunnies. If your Video card only has a heat sink is it completely clean, and, if it has a fan are the fan blades clean?

87C is high for a GPU that's just idling, though reasonable for one that is working hard. Get a second opinion with this nice utility:

HWMonitor

cleaned out all dust bunnies and gpu still running hot at 85c

Run this, which is a tool used by overclockers primarily, to test for stability. It will give the CPU and GPU a good workout. It should tell you if it finds any problems:

OCCT

did GPU test on OCCT and monitor shut down like in the game. Dont know where to go from here. On the test it said the temp was up to 115.

With the cover off blow a small house fan directly on the Video card see if you still have the problem.

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Originally Posted by kspeel

On the test it said the temp was up to 115.

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That's the problem then, the GPU is overheating under load. If the graphics card fan definitely running?

What is the make/model of the vid card? Do you have a front intake fan and/or a side intake fan on the case? Rear exhaust?

GeForce 9400 GT,,just running usaul fans rear fan on case ,psu fan and the cpu and video card fans,not much room to put anything else

About all you can do, short of geting a new graphics card, is to try and take the heatsink off the GPU, give it an the GPU a thorough clean, and re-apply some thermal paste.

I'm looking at your vid card specs and the min/max system requirements for BC2. First off, your card is barely over the MINIMUM requirements for the game. I make it a point to never go by the min sys reqs...they are usually pretty weak and unreliable.

The game developers want to sell as many copies of the game as they can....so all too often they make low estimated minimum system requirements. Yeah...the game will run....just not very well.

It's better to take the RECOMMENDED system requirements for a game and make that the norm (which the BC2 developer says is a GT 260). Your card is somewhat weak in the shader, texture fill. bandwidth and calculating power. BC2 may be just too much for the card to handle (despite it "passing' any game tests). The rendering demands are probably also heating the card up too much and it's shutting down on you.

Sorry for the downer news, but around here we have to call the shots as we see them....have to be honest with people. If you want to play games like BC2, please consider an upgrade to at least a GT 260....but make sure your motherboard has a PCI-e slot before you do. If a motherboard upgrade is in order, we can help you out with that too.

The graphics card (BFG) has a lifetime warrenty. Just shipped it back. Thanks for everyones imput

You're very welcome :)