Ok, so I got a new mobo/processor and now my computer games freeze after playing for a while. It varies from one game to another. Half Life 2 freezes after about 30 minutes, Doom 3 freezes after about 10 minutes, and Vampire Bloodlines only froze a few times the whole time I played it. I could go for hours without it freezing. I'll be playing and the screen will just freeze. With Half Life 2, when it freezes I hear an error sound and then I crash back to desktop. When Doom 3 freezes, I have to restart the computer. I doubt it's an overheating problem, because I can immediately start up Half Life 2 again after it crashes and play for another half hour. It doesn't need any time to cool down. Here are my system specs.
Gigabyte K8 Triton Series (GA-K8NS) with Nforce 3
AMD 64-bit 3000+ running at 2000mhz (10x200)
Geforce 4 ti4600 128mb
512mb Ram
Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 1
Okia Power Supply 350W
I'm wondering if it's a problem with older and newer hardware, because the mobo and processor are new, but everything else is old. And by old, I don't mean OLD, just not brand new. The info I looked up on the mobo said it was compatible with my old hardware. One thing that is suspicious is that one stick of RAM is 2100 and the other is 2700. Could this be causing a problem? I got the RAM from a friend and didn't know it was two different speeds. Also, the Geforce 4 has a new fan on it. The original fan died, so I got a new fan made for Geforce cards and installed it. Technically, it's more powerful than the stock fan. I have to admit though, on the other side of the card, directly opposite from the GPU, it is BURNING hot to the touch. My friend said his graphics card gets that hot in the same spot also, but it still seems odd.
Also, I'm confused. Shouldn't an AMD 64bit 3000+ run at more than 2ghz? I don't see any overclocking options in the BIOS, but when I first hooked the computer up, "Top Performance" was selected and games would crash as soon as I loaded them. I disabled that and now I can play longer. So it seems like some component is old and can't handle certain speeds. Anyways, here's my CPU info according to the program AIDA32.
External Clock: 200mhz
Maximum Clock: 3200mhz
Current Clock: 2010mhz
Voltage: 1.7v
And here's some links to screenshots of the program CPU-Z with info on my RAM and CPU voltages and stuff.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...n_84/CPUtab.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...4/Memorytab.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...SPDSlot1tab.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...SPDSlot2tab.jpgI'm also lagging in games I probably shouldn't be lagging in. I run Doom 3 on Medium setting at 800x600 and I lag pretty bad in some spots. And Half Life 2 can get a little laggy in some places on High detail and at 1024x768. Should this system be lagging with those settings? Cause I wasn't expecting to have lag. Especially with Doom 3 on such a low setting.
So what's the deal? Is my RAM holding me back and causing problems? Is there a voltage issue? Should I delete and reinstall DirectX? Please help. I spent a lot of money that I probably shouldn't have spent to update this computer to play newer games and now I can't even play them. Thanks in advance for any help.
