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[Gw3nhwyfar0425]

Everytime I try to play, the game shuts off within minutes of starting. We just bought the ultimate editon (cd pk) and every other forum I have searched has said that it is probably a psu problem (although we just installed a new 480w psu). I have tried everything as far as upgrading all of my hardware and checking my system, but no matter what I do, the game just shuts off :/ Please help!

[Gw3nhwyfar0425]

sry... should have looked in the "read this first" forum, but:
i have an athalon processor, a radeon 4550 graphics card and v1.04 patch(?)

[RaenImrahl]

Might need a little more info on hardware than that, but first... what version of Windows do you have. And can you give us a little more information beyond "game shuts off"... does it freeze on screen, does it crash to the desktop (CTD), does your computer reboot or shut down on its own?

[Gw3nhwyfar0425]

i have windows xp. i am thinking it is a driver problem b/c my monitor says no signal and i can still hear the game, then after a black screen it goes back to my desktop with all of my icons out of resolution.

[Gorath Alpha]

The HD 4550 is a low end graphics device that will strain and struggle with a game such as this one, and get hugely overheated, after which it will shut off before it fries into a puddle. Get a thermal monitor utility, such as SpeedFan, and find out how hot it gets before it shuts down.

[Gw3nhwyfar0425]

i've played in windows view while watching the temp on the card and it stayed pretty low even as it started to glitch. i checked the requirements on the box before playing, so i just assumed that the 4550 would work, i can't really afford anything much less low end than that :/ and i am not the most computer literate person in the world (if you could not already tell) so any pointers to a better card would be appreciated

[Gorath Alpha]

The Radeon HD 5570 is last year's budget Radeon for gaming, and here is one of those at Newegg for $50, after the rebate:

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814102874

Last year's HD 5670 offers one of the very best values in terms of performance per dollar. Here is one of those at Newegg for $60 after the rebate:

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814102871

nVIDIA's offering in that price range are generally very poor values when compared to the Radeons.

For instance, here is a Geforce GT 440, which is somewhat newer and faster than the HD 5670, but not $40 worth of "better" at $100:

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814121426

Modifié par Gorath Alpha, 07 mai 2011 - 01:20 .

[RaenImrahl]

Gw3nhwyfar0425 wrote...

i have windows xp. i am thinking it is a driver problem b/c my monitor says no signal and i can still hear the game, then after a black screen it goes back to my desktop with all of my icons out of resolution.

Before buying a new card, I suggest doing a full uninstall and reinstall of your video drivers in safe mode.

http://social.biowar...484/blog/13857/

[Gw3nhwyfar0425]

well, i uninstalled and reinstalled my drivers as well as updated some other stuff i thought might help... still nothing. i guess it must be the quality of the card, then.