In Crysis, Help!!!

[Wayward=FL=[Fil]]

game parameters:
Crysis
version: 1.2.1
Rig
Proc: Athlon64 3800+ X2 2.0GHz OC'[email protected]
RAM: 4x512MB G.Skill TCCD DDR550 2.5-3-3-6 OC'd@480MHz
Graphics Card: 9800GTX(only requires a minimum of 450 watt psu)
forerceware: 177.79 whql candidate
PSU: 550w w/ SLi ready rails
DX version: updated by the 6/6/2008 runtime update

Problem: randomly shuts down my rig every now and then, but i was able to finish the single player story mode at DX9 mode at all High settings, sometimes even using DX10 Very High.

at first DX9 was smooth as silk for me, but when i tried it online multiplayer... SHUTS DOWN RANDOMLY at every session. longest was 1 hour for me.

what i find ironic about my 9800GTX is that its supposed to be designed as an energy efficient power saving graphics card by nvidia, but why is crysis doing this to me?...

my last ditch effort that worked was switching back to DX10, which made the random shut downs go away, which sacrificed the DX9 smoothness in return.

i have read other forums and they say that the harder you increase the qualtiy of the settings at crysis, the more it will likely overload your pc and make it suddenly shut down.

could the rumors be true, that crysis is only good as a benchmarking game for PC hardware, not as a playable stable game like most others?

 

[Havegooda {A|R}]

what i find ironic about my 9800GTX is that its supposed to be designed as an energy efficient power saving graphics card by nvidia, but why is crysis doing this to me?...

When you game, the card forgoes all power saving features for pure power buddy. Power saving on a GFX is like SpeedStep for CPUs. When you're idle, it's there, but when you're using it, the power comes back.

i have read other forums and they say that the harder you increase the qualtiy of the settings at crysis, the more it will likely overload your pc and make it suddenly shut down.

I'll bet that's the problem.

Your PSU probably doesn't have enough AMPs to power the GFX (not Watts). Newegg link please?

~Gooda~

 

[Wayward=FL=[Fil]]

When you game, the card forgoes all power saving features for pure power buddy. Power saving on a GFX is like SpeedStep for CPUs. When you're idle, it's there, but when you're using it, the power comes back.



I'll bet that's the problem.

Your PSU probably doesn't have enough AMPs to power the GFX (not Watts). Newegg link please?

~Gooda~

so your saying that the model or design of my psu is obsolete, because its pretty old btw, but its sli ready, it was rock tested against 2 7900gt's sli'd.

when you mean by amps, you mean amps supplied by the rails right?

btw, does greenmonkey still lurk the tech forums? because im really scared of him when he gives advices

 

[Dr. Rick Dagless M.D.]

You might be having a heat problem, after a little while the accumulated heat may be shutting down your cpu or video card or other components. The biggest problem I have with my current comp, is overheating. My case is terrible, the airflow is really poor, I've had to juryrig a bunch of solutions to keep it from overheating.

 

[FiRESAUCE]

so your saying that the model or design of my psu is obsolete, because its pretty old btw, but its sli ready, it was rock tested against 2 7900gt's sli'd.

when you mean by amps, you mean amps supplied by the rails right?

btw, does greenmonkey still lurk the tech forums? because im really scared of him when he gives advices

Just post a link of the PSU you are currently running..

Also, download 3dmark06 on your system and install it and run it.... also download and run a program that will give you your GPU temps and CPU temps during the stress test.

BENCHMARK progs: everest,3dmark06/3dmark vantage(vista only), CPU-Z. etc..

Honestly.. if i was you.. i would download the newest version of rivatuner and up your fan speed to about 75% everytime before you game..

 

[Mustachio]

Hmmm, after reading this... and the suggestions mentioned above I would say its one of three things...

I know a lot of games are supposed to be real finicky when it comes to overlclocking... have you tried setting everything to stock speeds and see if your problems go away?

As mentioned, heat may definitely be a problem... especially if overclocking.

Finally, your PSU should be powerful enough... but it may not be... again, the overclocking may tax it more.

I have crysis running on my new rig and havent had any problems with it yet. I think the overclocking may be your problem, but it really could be anything.

 

[Wayward=FL=[Fil]]

my casing is a full tower that is stripped naked, well almost

have 2pcs 120mm intake fans, 1 120mm exhaust fan, scythe ninja cpu cooler w/ 1200+rpm 120mm heatsink fan, lastly an antec spot cooler 3000rpm max(for additional help in temps w/ my oc'd cpu). the side panel of my casing is taken off(pc entrails exposed), and its rainy and cold in my country right now.

temps are:
cpu
idle: 34 degree celsius(best)
100% load: 65 degree celsius(worst)--->ran under orthos small fft cpu torture test for 2 hours
gpu
idle: 56 degree celsius(best) / 58 degree celsius(average)
worst 100% load at HDR gaming(e.g. crysis): 69 degree celsius

i tried going stock settings with my cpu clock and moved at that same spot at the beach again... tada!!! instant seizure shut down!!!

my psu is HEC 550AB 550watts max total output, 240 watt max output. i think they dont sell this at newegg. note: this is not a generic psu.

... all i ever wanted was to swim and splash around at the beach at all high settings in crysis T_T

 

[Wayward=FL=[Fil]]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817339007
heres the closest model i found at newegg, but my model says hec WIN POWER 550W

 

[Wayward=FL=[Fil]]

ohhhhhhhh its exactly the same, cool, well there you have it ^_^

sorry triple post

 

[Wayward=FL=[Fil]]

You might be having a heat problem, after a little while the accumulated heat may be shutting down your cpu or video card or other components. The biggest problem I have with my current comp, is overheating. My case is terrible, the airflow is really poor, I've had to juryrig a bunch of solutions to keep it from overheating.

is it possible that nforce chip overheating could cause seizure shut downs, because this dang 9800gtx is so boxy and big that it almost completely covers my mobo's nforce chip fan