question about clock speeds

Hey guys, I'm having some performance problems in a game (Frontlines: Fuels of War). If I have shadows turned on in that game, my computer crashes (after 20-30 minutes, monitor stops receiving signal from computer, and computer freezes a few seconds later). I was asking for help on their forums, and one member said he has an almost identical specs, except that his processor isn't overclocked.

So my question is, if I return my processor to its original 2.4GHz clock speed to test if that's the problem, (its now at 3.4) if that doesn't solve anything, can I just bump it right back up to 3.4GHz with no problems?

Hey guys, I'm having some performance problems in a game (Frontlines: Fuels of War). If I have shadows turned on in that game, my computer crashes (after 20-30 minutes, monitor stops receiving signal from computer, and computer freezes a few seconds later). I was asking for help on their forums, and one member said he has an almost identical specs, except that his processor isn't overclocked.

So my question is, if I return my processor to its original 2.4GHz clock speed to test if that's the problem, (its now at 3.4) if that doesn't solve anything, can I just bump it right back up to 3.4GHz with no problems?

chronogamer27

1. im willing to bet its your CPU

2. why did you OC it so high?? the highest I've scene the Q6600 go is 3.0.

1. im willing to bet its your CPU

2. why did you OC it so high?? the highest I've scene the Q6600 go is 3.0.

ct1615

What's wrong with OC'ing it so high? It's stable in anything else that I do. Load temp is around 59 C if I remember correctly (I'm using a Ultra-120 Extreme to cool it).

Well if its crashing and locks up it could the overclock from ethier the Graphics card,memory,or CPU. So games can be very picky about overclocking, also does it lock up any other high end games?04dcarraher

No. I have no problems like this in any other high-end game. In response to your second post, should I lower the CPU speed down in increments? or just drop all the way down to 2.4GHz?

Why did you OC it so high?? the highest I've scene the Q6600 go is 3.0.ct1615

Your joking right ? Most people have them running at over 3.6.

I'd try it back at stock speeds to see if it is the CPU, if it doesn't crash you know it's not the CPU. It could also be a Driver problem, are you using latest drivers ?

Your joking right ? Most people have them running at over 3.6.

I'd try it back at stock speeds to see if it is the CPU, if it doesn't crash you know it's not the CPU. It could also be a Driver problem, are you using latest drivers ?

stevev87

For my GPU I'm using 175.16, according to Rivatuner. I don't think that is the problem, because I was having this crash back when the game released also, and I've updated my drivers a couple of times since then.

I guess I'll reset my clock speeds to normal and see what happens.

Alright I reset my clock speeds and played a few times today. At first it seemed like it fixed it, but after a while (longer than how long it usually takes) it did the same thing.

So does that mean I can rule out my CPU's overclock as the problem?

Your northbridge could be over heating do you have its temp's. risc-vs-cisc

No, how could I obtain those?

[QUOTE="chronogamer27"]

Hey guys, I'm having some performance problems in a game (Frontlines: Fuels of War). If I have shadows turned on in that game, my computer crashes (after 20-30 minutes, monitor stops receiving signal from computer, and computer freezes a few seconds later). I was asking for help on their forums, and one member said he has an almost identical specs, except that his processor isn't overclocked.

So my question is, if I return my processor to its original 2.4GHz clock speed to test if that's the problem, (its now at 3.4) if that doesn't solve anything, can I just bump it right back up to 3.4GHz with no problems?

ct1615

1. im willing to bet its your CPU

2. why did you OC it so high?? the highest I've scene the Q6600 go is 3.0.

i doubt it's the cpu it might be the northbridge chip also whats your vcore

[QUOTE="chronogamer27"]

Hey guys, I'm having some performance problems in a game (Frontlines: Fuels of War). If I have shadows turned on in that game, my computer crashes (after 20-30 minutes, monitor stops receiving signal from computer, and computer freezes a few seconds later). I was asking for help on their forums, and one member said he has an almost identical specs, except that his processor isn't overclocked.

So my question is, if I return my processor to its original 2.4GHz clock speed to test if that's the problem, (its now at 3.4) if that doesn't solve anything, can I just bump it right back up to 3.4GHz with no problems?

ct1615

1. im willing to bet its your CPU

2. why did you OC it so high?? the highest I've scene the Q6600 go is 3.0.

thats a joke, the avg OC is 3.0 ghz, but theres a guy here on gamespot with 4 gbs of 1300 mhz ddr2 (insane OC), SLI 8800 GT's at over 750 each, and a Q6600 at 4 GHz with water cooling, but on air, its easy to get at least to 3.4

Coretemp or SpeedFanrisc-vs-cisc

Oh, I have Core Temp. The only thing it shows me though is the core temperatures.

i doubt it's the cpu it might be the northbridge chip also whats your vcore

IQT786

Sorry for being a noob, but whats vcore?

You can check your Vcore using CPU-Z and check your temps using HWMonitor ( Gives more details about temps then core temp)

Oh voltage. Well I reset my processor's clock speed, so it went back down to the default, 1.344v (according to CPU-Z). With the overclock to 3.4GHz, It's set to 1.4v

As for that HWMonitor, when I run it, it only shows me the temperatures of my 3 HDDs, nothing about GPUs or CPUs.

In core temp up top where you see select cpu, #1 should be the north bridge, if it won't let you and your MB didn't come with software you might need a thermal-probe. What is your MB?risc-vs-cisc

Yeah, it wont let me select CPU #1. My motherboard is the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L.

Hey guys. I know I'm kind of bringing this thread back from the dead, but on some other forums I think I determined the problem of my crash. (the GPU temperature problem is still up in the air)

Could my problem be that I'm underpowering my system? I've got a Q6600 OC'd to 3.4GHz, 2GB DDR2 Ram, Factory-OC'd 8800GT, 3xSATA HDDs (55GB, 180GB, 250GB), and one DVD Burner. I'm not completely sure, but isn't 450w of power just seem a little low for this system?