comp freezes durring gameplay

[acexzy]

Whenever i play most games my computer freezes. The freeze occurs anytime from 1-45 minutes after starting the program. I just built a new computer and i was wondering if there is any settings that i need to set before i can start playing the games efficentally. I was also wondering what your virtual memory should be set at. i have 1gb of RAM.

thanks

 

[souton]

if you are running windows xp, and you have 1gb of ram.. your virtual memory should be set to 1536

(in xp, take your ram and multiply at by 1.5... example: 1024 x 1.5 = 1536)

 

[acexzy]

thanks but my computer is still freezing

 

[souton]

what are your system specs? are all your drivers up to date?

 

[acexzy]

i think my specs are on my profile and all of my drivers are up to date. i am thinking it may be the power source but i am not sure