Intel Duo Core PC's

Fyron · #1 July 21st, 2008, 04:44 PM

Vista is a perfectly acceptable choice.

MisterBenn · #2 July 21st, 2008, 06:29 PM

Sorry to hear you are having trouble. For the record I am using a Core 2 Duo E8400 with a 7800GT and Vista Ultimate SP1 and am very happy. Performance is good across the board and SE5 is not a problem either. I have to disable desktop font smoothing for a good frame rate, but don't have to touch anything like core affinity or similiar.

Atrocities · #3 July 22nd, 2008, 04:15 AM

lock up crashes when playing Far cry and all other games

Atrocities · #4 July 22nd, 2008, 04:19 AM

Assume that I do have the lastest drivers and updates for all the games. I think its a video card issue and not a cpu one.

MisterBenn · #5 July 22nd, 2008, 06:52 AM

I had some teething problems when I started out with this system - I had lockups in all games after a minute or so, usually reported as a video driver error and sometimes restarting my system. I chased around the guru3d.com forums for a long time without luck, until I finally cracked the problem. It was a CPU temperature issue! The stock cooler that came with the CPU was simply not up to the job and was overheating and causing the lockups.

The errors had all been misleading - I bought a large Akasa cooler and my system was immediately fixed for good. Are you the default cooler too? You might want try monitoring your temperatures if you haven't already...

AstralWanderer · #6 July 22nd, 2008, 07:13 PM

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Atrocities said:
Assume that I do have the lastest drivers and updates for all the games. I think its a video card issue and not a cpu one.

I'd agree - I had a similar issue which turned out to be overly aggressive overclocking. If you have overclocked the videocard, try setting it back to default frequencies. If they're at default, try running your system with the sidepanel off and a fan pointing at the card, just to rule out heat buildup.

Atrocities · #7 July 22nd, 2008, 08:26 PM

Thanks guys, I will check into the cooling issue but I have a cool master case with excellent cooling. But the CPU fan, although suppose to be superior, might not be up to the task. That sounds very reasonable.

I haven't over clocked the 8800gt. I am however thinking about buying a second 8800gt and setting up an SLI system.

Also adding Vista as a second OS along with a 1 terrabyte second HD.

Fyron · #8 July 22nd, 2008, 08:31 PM

SLI is a huge waste of money. Don't fall for it.