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Software => Computer games => Topic started by: dudeman12343 on January 09, 2010, 12:15:28 AM

Title: Freeze, desktop, back to game.
Post by: dudeman12343 on January 09, 2010, 12:15:28 AM

So whenever I play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on my computer, every so often the game will freeze up, go to a black screen for a second, show my desktop for a second, then go back to the game. It's acting like it's alt-tabbing out, but I don't press alt-tab. And it's not just Call of Duty, it's also Empire: Total War and Tropico 3, but it's at its worst in CoDMW2.

Specs:   Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9400 @ 2.66GHz
4.0 GB RAM
GeForce 9800 GTX (Thing's a beast!)
Running Windows 7
Antec Earthwatts 650 (3 12v rails)

So these games run graphically no problem, but it's the constant but random stops that make me mad, and I have no clue why it might be doing this.

Title: Re: Freeze, desktop, back to game.
Post by: Kurtiskain on January 09, 2010, 07:26:19 AM

I would check temperatures during the gaming sessions, it could be that the card is becoming non-responsive, and 'pausing' the game to become more stable / cool down, I know ATi cards do this with VPU recover, not so sure with the nVidia cards.

Title: Re: Freeze, desktop, back to game.
Post by: Quantos on January 09, 2010, 10:33:11 AM

What other programs are running in the background?

Title: Re: Freeze, desktop, back to game.
Post by: dudeman12343 on January 09, 2010, 05:42:52 PM

Sometimes i'll have Daemon Tools and EA Download manager in the background, but I always make sure I shut down any windows of anything I have open before I play any game. And heat might be a problem, but I've tried opening up the side and that didn't help at all. I just downloaded the latest driver update and haven't had any real problems yet. If that was seriously the solution, I'm sorry I wasted space with this topic :/

Title: Re: Freeze, desktop, back to game.
Post by: Quantos on January 09, 2010, 05:50:42 PM

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

Let us know though.

Title: Re: Freeze, desktop, back to game.
Post by: the_mad_joker on January 12, 2010, 08:27:23 AM

Were all These Game Buyed of Downloaded

Title: Re: Freeze, desktop, back to game.
Post by: Quantos on January 12, 2010, 05:36:49 PM

Quote from: the_mad_joker on January 12, 2010, 08:27:23 AM

Were all These Game Buyed of Downloaded

???

Title: Re: Freeze, desktop, back to game.
Post by: the_mad_joker on January 13, 2010, 06:38:35 AM

Quote from: Quantos on January 12, 2010, 05:36:49 PM

???
If these Games r Downloaded and If ripped This problem may exist [It existed in Thief 3 Technic Release]