Hi, I was on google looking for a good site to post problems so I figured I'd sign up and see if you could help me out or just give me some feedback on my problem. Before I start anything, I'll tell you the basics about my computer..
hp m9450f
-INtel Core 2 Quad Q9300/2.5GHz
- 8 GB DDR2 240- pin ram
- Nvidia Geforce 9800GT 512 MB
-460W power supply
I've had a HP m9450f elite for about a year now and have never had any problems with it. Reasonably fast computer, with decent gaming capabilities. I am aware that this computer is not the greatest for gaming, but it seemed to be doing good. Until a few months ago, when it started freezing on every game. Right when you got into some actual gameplay, it freezes leaving me with the audio going crazy, and for a few seconds the screen flashes lines but then my monitor goes into power save mode
I run games such Crysis 2, GTA 4, CSS, Battlefield BC2. All of these games were working great until suddenly they all started to have the freezing problem.
Here are the things I have tried so far: (none of these things have worked)
-Rolling back the video card driver
-upddating it again
-Most of the time, I use dualview and that still works fine, but sometimes when i have a video up and i try todrag it from screento screen it'll freeze but it usually happens in game
- Since I use dualview I have obviously tried running games using 'singleview' ( i've even disconnected the other monitor but it still freezes. )
- I got a little desperate lately so I've tken apart the case and unplgged the videocard and plugged itback in.
-Installed the latest version of Java.
So as you can see, i've tried alot of things but im sure there are other things I haven't tried. I would just like some feedback before I run out and buy a brand new videocard ( was thinking about the nvidia gtx550 TI? if its possible)
hp m9450f
-INtel Core 2 Quad Q9300/2.5GHz
- 8 GB DDR2 240- pin ram
- Nvidia Geforce 9800GT 512 MB
-460W power supply
I've had a HP m9450f elite for about a year now and have never had any problems with it. Reasonably fast computer, with decent gaming capabilities. I am aware that this computer is not the greatest for gaming, but it seemed to be doing good. Until a few months ago, when it started freezing on every game. Right when you got into some actual gameplay, it freezes leaving me with the audio going crazy, and for a few seconds the screen flashes lines but then my monitor goes into power save mode
I run games such Crysis 2, GTA 4, CSS, Battlefield BC2. All of these games were working great until suddenly they all started to have the freezing problem.
Here are the things I have tried so far: (none of these things have worked)
-Rolling back the video card driver
-upddating it again
-Most of the time, I use dualview and that still works fine, but sometimes when i have a video up and i try todrag it from screento screen it'll freeze but it usually happens in game
- Since I use dualview I have obviously tried running games using 'singleview' ( i've even disconnected the other monitor but it still freezes. )
- I got a little desperate lately so I've tken apart the case and unplgged the videocard and plugged itback in.
-Installed the latest version of Java.
So as you can see, i've tried alot of things but im sure there are other things I haven't tried. I would just like some feedback before I run out and buy a brand new videocard ( was thinking about the nvidia gtx550 TI? if its possible)