Ive have been trying to play a game called spellforce 2 but it keeps freezing up on me. The error message I am recieving is "vpu recover has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer responding to graphics driver commands." From what I have found on the internet that most likely means my vid card is overheating. I have checked the temps and my GPU temp is usually around 35cel. (95f) and when i start the game up its gets up to around 115 to 120 farenhiet, thats usually when my game freezes. Sometimes even around 111 it freezes. Are those normal temps? Is it overheating? And if so what do I do to fix the problem. My card is a Radeon 9600 128.0 MB. Its what is recommended on the box. HELP! Oh, and I have a fan on motherboard, fan on side of comp, fan on top of comp and fan on vid card.
2006-09-27 12:22:45 · 5 answers · asked by RiddleMeThis 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
It would not surprise me if your video card is overheating at these temperatures.
The only fix would be to upgrade your video card and/or provide better cooling to your card. (sounds like you might already be doing this. but make sure you're not locking your computer away in a desk cabinet - air has got to get to those fans)
If you're video has been overheating it could also have some minor hardware problem by now. (which means it may overheat quicker and quicker)
You can go to your computer manufacturer for a new video card or go to www.newegg.com and look up a new video card. There are a lot of cards out there with better performance than your 9600 and reasonably priced as well. newegg also offers a good review system that you can check out before you buy a card.
If you need some more advice in this area don't hesitate to send me an email (irishtek@yahoo.com) and ask me more questions
2006-09-27 12:29:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The GPU temps are kinda high. I would invest in a PCI slot fan (aka a slot exhaust fan). It blows out the hot air. Place it in the slot below the video card to blow out the hot air near the video card and heat inside the case.
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You could take the fan off the video card and replace it with a higher cfm fan....but that takes some time and if you dont know what exactly you are doing then you can make it just worse.
2006-09-27 13:01:06 · answer #2 · answered by nerdboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One way to get the inside of your PC cooler is to remover the side panel if you can, then keep a small fan (about 6") blowing on the insides.
2006-09-27 12:32:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
time to air condition your room 24/7 or at least when you want to play
2006-09-27 12:31:23 · answer #4 · answered by blazeimurill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you are rich like me you can by anything including a computer that isn't a peice of s*** like yours
2006-09-27 12:25:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋