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Damn it! Vid Probs! - Deadlyy-Guy - 12-08-2005
ok my new 480w power supply gets here yesterday (upgrading from a 250w) and i slap that bitch in the computer and load it up. i get to windows close out all my unecessary programs, wait for steam, click on CS: SOURCE.... and the mother ****er restarted AGAIN!!! not just once but 3 times before i gave up. WTF IS WRONG???? i've got plenty of power running that damn card but i still can't even get to the menu screen of any of my source programs...
Last time i played was with my 5500 OC, and while i was in Lost Coast i went ahead and cranked the graphics just to see what it was like. is this just too much for my rig to handle? how do i go about resetting my default video settings without being in the game? THIS IS PISSIN ME OFF i paid 130 bucks for a new vid card and 28 on a power supply and i can't play my good games...
Damn it! Vid Probs! - fleaflickerx - 12-08-2005
yea that kinds sucks, real bad
Damn it! Vid Probs! - Deadlyy-Guy - 12-08-2005
thx for bumpin this for me flea, even tho you didnt' really help at least people will see it on the main page now :p
Damn it! Vid Probs! - fleaflickerx - 12-08-2005
fine or be an ass about it, have you though that turning the settings down on the grafics game?
edit: sorry man i don't interpret well
Damn it! Vid Probs! - Deadlyy-Guy - 12-08-2005
i wasn't bein an ass i was thanking you for bumping my thread... geez learn to read.
and i can't get into the game to turn the graphics down or trust me i would. source games have that load screen that uses high quality graphics and as soon as it says Loading at the bottom of the screen my computer restarts.
Damn it! Vid Probs! - fleaflickerx - 12-08-2005
sorry man i don;t interptret well can you go into the propertys and turn it down?
Damn it! Vid Probs! - Deadlyy-Guy - 12-08-2005
nope, can't get anywhere past the the game's load screen. i think tonight i'm just gonna try re-installing the game (that should take about 3 hours lol) and see if that helps.
Damn it! Vid Probs! - fleaflickerx - 12-08-2005
what game is it btw?
Damn it! Vid Probs! - Deadlyy-Guy - 12-08-2005
any of the source based games. HL2, CS:S, Lost Coast, DOD Source... all of those won't work...
Damn it! Vid Probs! - Tetsumaru - 12-08-2005
well if youve got a nice expensive graphics card, then it probably isnt the game video settings.. make sure you have the newest drivers, etc and that your card is supported by the game, etc your bios is configured correctly, etc etc etc. make sure you check and recheck everything because it only takes 1 little thing to **** everything up.
Damn it! Vid Probs! - Deadlyy-Guy - 12-08-2005
yeah i've got all the bios set, i used the drivers that came on the cd with the card. the game detects that i'm using the bfg 6200 OC, and all my other games work flawlessly. so this is why i'm thinking maybe something corrupted in the game itself, because Second Life uses alot more resources to run than Source does and i don't have any problems with Second Life. so i'm gonna begin the re-install process tonight and see if that helps.
Damn it! Vid Probs! - FrogMan - 12-08-2005
probably there are newer driver than on the cd on the chipsets website also do u have latest directx?
Damn it! Vid Probs! - BooN-RelliK - 12-08-2005
Well, I dont understand all this number and short meanings like OC and shit but make sure you have the latest of everyone.. call for support
Damn it! Vid Probs! - Dan - 12-08-2005
just wonderin, where u find a 480 watt PSU for 28 bucks?, and what brand is it?
Damn it! Vid Probs! - Deadlyy-Guy - 12-08-2005
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817163027
the power supply itself is like 15 bucks plus 7 for 3 day shipping plus 3 for rush order, so it was like 25 bucks shipped not 28, but yeah there it is.
oh yeah Edit: I downloaded the latest drivers from Nvidia and my source games run great
yayyyyedited edit #2: bfg 6200 OC = overclocked 256mb video card. with that card plus me overclocking my processor my computer now thinks its running at 2.2ghz instead of 1.6ghz. WITH NO TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE!!!
Damn it! Vid Probs! - Spitfire - 12-08-2005
Have you tried running the games with your CPU set back to its default speed instead of OC'd ?
Drivers:
http://www.tweaksrus.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=430&Itemid=41/
Damn it! Vid Probs! - Deadlyy-Guy - 12-09-2005
well the computer itself was runnin at normal speed, the video card comes overclocked from the factory thats why they call it OC. but i figured it out last night i didn't have the most recent drivers for that card. i feel like a no0b.
since i got it workin tho i overclocked my cpu from 1600 to 1745 and with my card runnin full power Lost Coast reads my computer as being a 2.2 ghz. and i'm not even getting any temp change
Damn it! Vid Probs! - 5|*42 - 12-09-2005
Steam thought I had a 4.2GHZ Athlon 64 once (it's really 2.0) :p
As for feeling stupid, I once went 2 days on a really old 16mb VC because I thougt my 9800pro was broken, when it turns out I just forgot to plug the molex power cable back into the card after I was messing around with the comp ><