Games Crash on Minimal Power Scheme......

bumblebee_tuna

bumblebee_tuna

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This seems to be a really big problem for me on my computer now..... For some reason, some games such as Guild Wars Factions and Black and White 2 crash when they initially load when I am on minimal power scheme, but when I am on Home/Office power scheme, it works just fine.......
 
Does the minimal power give power to the vid card (don't know if yours does for sure...) If not, that may be the problem...
 
This help? My video card is powered by what usually is used to floppy the drive......

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I would guess that the power settings are not getting the appropriate amount of power to the vid card and causing errors. This is obviously bad for the card as well. One bonus for NVidia cards (at least mine) is that they will basically handicap themselves if they sense their not getting enough power in order to protect itself.
 
I'll make the obvious suggestion, Use the home/office power sheme when playing games :P. I honestly do not see a problem here.
 
Ya, but it's just a pain to switch it every time I play........ But other games, though, work in minimal power scheme such as CS:S and HL2.......

Edit: Oblivion also doesn't have any problems.......

And would upper the vga voltage through the bios do anything?
 
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I'm not sure, this sounds like something ceewi1 would know more about..., the only thing I can think of is that the game engines require more/different kind of power... (I'll see if I can get him to take a look at this thread...)
 
Let me guess - you've installed Cool 'n Quiet? Unfortunately, it has issues with some games. I'm not aware of any workaround. Frankly, I was never really convinced of its benefits, but you can use software alternatives such as CrystalCPUID. Your alternative is to switch between power management profiles as you are doing now, or to disable Cool 'n Quiet all together.

And would upper the vga voltage through the bios do anything?
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No, all that changes is the PCI-E slot voltage, not the voltages on the video card itself (which are either set in the video card's BIOS or hardwired).
 
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ceewi1 said:
Let me guess - you've installed Cool 'n Quiet? Unfortunately, it has issues with some games. I'm not aware of any workaround. Frankly, I was never really convinced of its benefits, but you can use software alternatives such as CrystalCPUID.


No, all that changes is the PCI-E slot voltage, not the voltages on the video card itself (which are either set in the video card's BIOS or hardwired).
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Voltmod!
 
ceewi1 said:
Let me guess - you've installed Cool 'n Quiet? Unfortunately, it has issues with some games. I'm not aware of any workaround. Frankly, I was never really convinced of its benefits, but you can use software alternatives such as CrystalCPUID. Your alternative is to switch between power management profiles as you are doing now, or to disable Cool 'n Quiet all together.


No, all that changes is the PCI-E slot voltage, not the voltages on the video card itself (which are either set in the video card's BIOS or hardwired).
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Thanks, I guess all I needed was somebody to tell me that Cool 'n Quiet was bugged...... I guess I'll try CrystalCPUID....... The reason why I use CnQ in the first place is because it gets my temps to really nice, low levels........

Edit: Well, screw CrystalCPUID, way too complicated for me...........
 
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Well, I havem't read anything that tells you not to but it automatically adjusts your clocks and voltages whenever you are working at a heavier load and it's suppose to be a seamless transition, so I don't see any reason why you can't.....
 
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