Game (Assassin's Creed) keeps crashing with wierd graphical glitch

Tomdarkness · 04-14-2008, 05:30 PM

Hey,

Assassin's Creed keeps crashing on me like this:

I have to do a hard reboot to restart the computer as it is totally locked up.

System Specs:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
BFG Nvidia 8800GT OC2
Abit IP35 mobo
2GB GeIL ultra low latency DDR2 RAM
Windows XP SP2

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Tom

Kornowski · 04-14-2008, 05:45 PM

That's your card artifacting!

It's one of two things;

Your card is over-clocked too high OR your card is getting two hot...

Have you over-clocked your card?
Also, can you download Rivatuner and tell us the temperature of your card please?

I know that the GT's had a problem with the fans, they came stock at something silly like 12%...

PabloTeK · 04-14-2008, 06:49 PM

Yeah, I'm guessing the 8800GT is getting pretty hot, try pointing a fan at the back of the card if you can (without resting one on it) to see if youc an cool it down.

Tomdarkness · 04-14-2008, 10:11 PM

The card was running at around 80c while playing the game. Downloaded Rivatuner and manually set the fan speed to 75%. It was making a tremendous noise but it allowed me to play the game for a bit longer before it packed up again with a error about the display drivers stopped responding. From what I have gathered Assassin's Creed has been causing alot of cards to overheat for no apparent reason (Buggy coding?). Don't really see why Assassin's Creed should cause my card to overheat when Crysis with everything on High does not.

Should I try and up the fan speed even more or does anyone have any suggestions?

Oh I also have the Antec 900 Gaming case and it has a fan that draws air from the outside and passes it over the graphics card to provide even more cooling.

Verve · 04-14-2008, 10:19 PM

80c is pretty high but its not horribly hot, I would guess that's not the problem

Bootup05 · 04-14-2008, 10:33 PM

Yeah like said above thats not too hot ^

Would be good to run rivatuner tho, put the card back down to stock if its OCed, run the fan at 100% an maybe add another fan if it doesnt cool down too much, then try rerunning the game

**oscaryu1** · 04-15-2008, 03:39 AM

Haha... "8800GT OC edition"

Problem solved

oregon · 04-15-2008, 03:46 AM

yeah, downclock your card to 600 core 900 memory and you should be fine.

btw, do you get hangups when playing assassins creed? I get around 40-50 fps (max settings) but it will occasionally pause for a second or two, then be fine. this isn't a hardware problem is it?

**oscaryu1** · 04-15-2008, 04:14 AM

Oregon, is this during the beginning of the game?

Tomdarkness · 04-15-2008, 08:55 AM

I don't really want to underclock the graphics card as I might as well payed £60 less and got a normal 8800GT. The strange thing is that I can run other, more demanding, games perfectly fine.

04-14-2008, 05:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tomdarkness Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 107	Game (Assassin's Creed) keeps crashing with wierd graphical glitch Hey, Assassin's Creed keeps crashing on me like this: I have to do a hard reboot to restart the computer as it is totally locked up. System Specs: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 BFG Nvidia 8800GT OC2 Abit IP35 mobo 2GB GeIL ultra low latency DDR2 RAM Windows XP SP2 Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Tom

04-14-2008, 05:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Kornowski VIP - Graphics Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 18 Posts: 13,582	That's your card artifacting! It's one of two things; Your card is over-clocked too high OR your card is getting two hot... Have you over-clocked your card? Also, can you download Rivatuner and tell us the temperature of your card please? I know that the GT's had a problem with the fans, they came stock at something silly like 12%... __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.4Ghz EVGA 750i SLI FTW 4GB Crucial Ballistix @ 850MHz 2 X 8800GTS G92 in SLI @ 765/1885/1000 Corsair HX520W Windows Vista Home Premium Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200.11 & WD 120GB Tuniq Tower LED (Idle: 23c - Load: 38c) OCZ XTC RAM Cooler Antec 900 (Modded)

04-14-2008, 10:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
Tomdarkness Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 107	The card was running at around 80c while playing the game. Downloaded Rivatuner and manually set the fan speed to 75%. It was making a tremendous noise but it allowed me to play the game for a bit longer before it packed up again with a error about the display drivers stopped responding. From what I have gathered Assassin's Creed has been causing alot of cards to overheat for no apparent reason (Buggy coding?). Don't really see why Assassin's Creed should cause my card to overheat when Crysis with everything on High does not. Should I try and up the fan speed even more or does anyone have any suggestions? Oh I also have the Antec 900 Gaming case and it has a fan that draws air from the outside and passes it over the graphics card to provide even more cooling. Last edited by Tomdarkness; 04-14-2008 at 10:14 PM.

04-14-2008, 10:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
Verve Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Age: 18 Posts: 2,497	80c is pretty high but its not horribly hot, I would guess that's not the problem __________________ Formerly Starwarsman HP DV6885 Special Edition Core2Duo T8100 @ 2.1 GHz 3GB DDR2 Ram 250GB SATA HDD Geforce 8400m GS Vista Home Premium SP1 The Masterplan

04-14-2008, 10:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
Bootup05 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Essex, UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,346	Yeah like said above thats not too hot ^ Would be good to run rivatuner tho, put the card back down to stock if its OCed, run the fan at 100% an maybe add another fan if it doesnt cool down too much, then try rerunning the game __________________ Intel E2200 @ 3GHz Gigabyte iP31-DS3L 3GB PC-6400 C5 Sapphire 4850 @ 700/2240 WD Caviar SE 320GB - 160GB Seagate External Asus 19" Wide Acoustic Energy Aego M's Freezer Pro 7 Tagan 600W Vista Ultimate 64 SP1

04-15-2008, 03:39 AM	#7 (permalink)
oscaryu1 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,352	Haha... "8800GT OC edition" Problem solved __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

04-15-2008, 03:46 AM	#8 (permalink)
oregon Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: portland, oregon Age: 18 Posts: 1,130	yeah, downclock your card to 600 core 900 memory and you should be fine. btw, do you get hangups when playing assassins creed? I get around 40-50 fps (max settings) but it will occasionally pause for a second or two, then be fine. this isn't a hardware problem is it? __________________ MB: Gigabyte P35-DS3L CPU: Core 2 Duo E6550 @3.5hz GPU: PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512 RAM: 4GBs DDR2-800 (Ballistix and OCZ SLI) CL4 PSU: Antec NeoPower 650W Case: Antec 900 HDD: Seagate SATA 250GB, 16MB cache Seagate SATA 320GB, 16MB cache

04-15-2008, 04:14 AM	#9 (permalink)
oscaryu1 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,352	Oregon, is this during the beginning of the game? __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

04-15-2008, 08:55 AM	#10 (permalink)
Tomdarkness Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 107	I don't really want to underclock the graphics card as I might as well payed £60 less and got a normal 8800GT. The strange thing is that I can run other, more demanding, games perfectly fine.

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