Brett_md
Member
Hey everyone,
So, I'm posting this thread under "Video Cards" because it's the only thing that's changed since this problem arose.
Ok, I'm a noob to computers and pc gaming. I've been playing Left 4 Dead using my integrated graphics on my mobo. Needless to say, I had to keep the settings at medium and was only getting 25fps. Other than the low frame rate, the game ran fine. I had it full screen 1680 x 1050 res.
I decided to get a dedicated graphics card. I ended up getting the GTS 250 512MB Superclocked by EVGA. It came with a free copy of CoD: World at War. I got it the other day and installed it. Of course, the first thing I wanted to test out on it was Left 4 Dead. That's where the problem lies.
During gameplay, the screen keeps freezing. The audio just gets stuck in a quickly repeating loop of whatever audio was playing when it froze. After 5-10 seconds it unfreezes and I can resume playing. It does this a lot though.
It seems to happen more often with higher settings in the game. It does this even if I put all of the settings the same as they were when I played with the integrated. I am getting high frame rates though.
Here are some kickers:
-I installed and tested CoD: World at War and had no problem running it all high settings, full screen and receiving high frame rates.
-If I play Left 4 Dead full screen, it freezes up pretty much at any setting levels. However, if I run it from a window (even at full res. 1680x1050 and with all high settings) it seems to run just fine. I played for quite a while in a window at high settings, etc. and didn't have it freeze up on me once.
Any thoughts on why it's doing this? Is it a problem with the new GTS 250 or maybe with the monitor? The processor seems to be working pretty hard during gameplay too, it's normally running at least 85%. I was also thinking the PSU, but it didn't make sense why it would freeze at full screen but not in full res windows. And again, it ran fine (slower frame rates and lower settings) with the integrated graphics.
If any of you have the patients to help me figure this one out, I'd really appreciate it. My rig is in my sig. Let me know if there is any other info you need.
My PSU is: 450W, 2 +12v rails @ 20A each/27A
(GTS 250 says it needs 450W/24A)
So, I'm posting this thread under "Video Cards" because it's the only thing that's changed since this problem arose.
Ok, I'm a noob to computers and pc gaming. I've been playing Left 4 Dead using my integrated graphics on my mobo. Needless to say, I had to keep the settings at medium and was only getting 25fps. Other than the low frame rate, the game ran fine. I had it full screen 1680 x 1050 res.
I decided to get a dedicated graphics card. I ended up getting the GTS 250 512MB Superclocked by EVGA. It came with a free copy of CoD: World at War. I got it the other day and installed it. Of course, the first thing I wanted to test out on it was Left 4 Dead. That's where the problem lies.
During gameplay, the screen keeps freezing. The audio just gets stuck in a quickly repeating loop of whatever audio was playing when it froze. After 5-10 seconds it unfreezes and I can resume playing. It does this a lot though.
It seems to happen more often with higher settings in the game. It does this even if I put all of the settings the same as they were when I played with the integrated. I am getting high frame rates though.
Here are some kickers:
-I installed and tested CoD: World at War and had no problem running it all high settings, full screen and receiving high frame rates.
-If I play Left 4 Dead full screen, it freezes up pretty much at any setting levels. However, if I run it from a window (even at full res. 1680x1050 and with all high settings) it seems to run just fine. I played for quite a while in a window at high settings, etc. and didn't have it freeze up on me once.
Any thoughts on why it's doing this? Is it a problem with the new GTS 250 or maybe with the monitor? The processor seems to be working pretty hard during gameplay too, it's normally running at least 85%. I was also thinking the PSU, but it didn't make sense why it would freeze at full screen but not in full res windows. And again, it ran fine (slower frame rates and lower settings) with the integrated graphics.
If any of you have the patients to help me figure this one out, I'd really appreciate it. My rig is in my sig. Let me know if there is any other info you need.
My PSU is: 450W, 2 +12v rails @ 20A each/27A
(GTS 250 says it needs 450W/24A)
