Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Windows 7 Game Problems

Many people have problems with games running Windows 7. For example, I have an ATI HD4770 graphic card. In Windows XP, I never had any problems. Until recently, I have playing Borderlands without any problems on XP. But then I noticed a new and exciting game: Just Cause 2. But it is impossible to play Just Cause 2 on XP, because the game have Direct X 10 support (only Direct X 9 is available in XP), so it is necessary to install Windows 7 with Direct X 10 support. Then I installed Windows 7. But, I ran into a very big problem. After 10- 15 minutes of playing, my screen went black, monitor turned off, sound stuttered and my PC was totally blocked, only reseting helped.

I was looking for a solution for months on Google, Usenet, read the forums until I found the solution. This problem is very big and it is a driver issue. This happens in most cases with Windows 7 and ATI cards. Now we go with a solution:

First, download and install Ati Tray Tools. After installation, Ati Tray Tools is located in tray on the bottom of the screen. Click with the right mouse button on its icon, then to Hardware, then to Overclocking settings, and then to Fan. In fan properties is necessary to setup everything like this:

Temperature Fan speed

0 24

45 28

50 32

60 52

70 60

80 75

90 92

100 100

First, click on tab "Fan", and on top click on "Include in profile". If you made a profile just for fan, DON'T click on "Include clocks in profile" under first Overclocking tab. Suppose that you have made everything like in table above. Click Apply at the bottom of the window, and then on the blue diskette icon (Save) and give the name of your profile (default for example).

Finally, set the program to start with Windows: "Tools & Options"->"General Options"->"General"->"Load with Windows", and at the bottom of the section "Overclocking", select "Load selected profile on startup", and select your saved profile.

If you made a setup of the fan with "Automatic" option, you will have quiet and stabile PC in 2D, and when you play a game in 3D, fan will speed up by itself depending on temperature in your modified table.

Source: http://EzineArticles.com/4864715

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