I need a program that lower the CPU. I got like 100% when i play cs and can play like 1h and then it crashes and the computer restarts. But the crazy thing is that when i play half life 2 ore world of warcraft it never crashes. I don't know what the problem is but i really need to make this to stop it only happens when i play cs 1.6. System: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1.67 GHz, 512 MB RAM Videocard: Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 30 credits for the best help!
would help us a whole lot if you let us know what processor you have... if you have an Athlon XP, don't expect much from it, the same thing happens to me in games...
check drivers first... i doubt it's an overheating propblem otherwise it would be showing itself in a lot more places than that.
refer to what master said.. just try to close all other programs and such.. EDIT: didnt read ur full post.. you sure that your vid card is compatible?
for cs 1.6 YES haha it got 255 mb ram memory on it so yes. If it can play half life 2 so it sure can play cs 1.6. And i got all the lates drivers and all that. still need help
FYI 256mb of vRam doesn't matter on that card, it would perform more or less identically to the same card with 128 megs of vram. wha vram does is store textures for fast retrieval and similar things. that card isn't powerfull enough to play at levels where that much vram is required. again check drivers, update them all etc. and yes diablo a 5500 should be compatable. ============== another question, at one point were you able to play 1.6 without crashing? ============= have you tried anythign else which pushes the CPU up to 100% like superpi or prime95, if those don't crash your computer I can almost guarantee you it's not CPU related.
Yes i have played cs 1.6 before and it never crashed before. And i can play Half Life 2 AND NO CRAHSES THAT ALL that's whats so crazy about this. :S
Could be the fact you are running too many background programs while playing CS the same happens to me. I have to Close out of alot of stuff that consumes background space while I'm playing to avoid problems like crashes and etc.
get SpeedFan and monitor your processor's tempurature after some time on CS. just interested on what its temp is. what fps (and settings) are you getting on HL: 2 with that?
a lil more ram would help... i need more info though... go to start> run> type in dxdiag let that finish up and hit "save all info" open up the saved file and post the first block for that should look sumthin like this: Code: ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 5/3/2006, 20:56:53 Machine name: SKULLMONKEY Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: MSI System Model: MS-7021 BIOS: Version 07.00T Processor: AMD Sempron(tm) 2600+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.9GHz Memory: 1280MB RAM Page File: 345MB used, 2707MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
he has enough ram(for 1.6 atleast a half gig couldn't hurt, only 30 bucks)... he has 256mb of video memroy not system memory. there's a chance it's PSU related but that's still somewhat unlikely. the easiest thing to fix though would be the drivers, update them all. and yes, try speed fan or a similar program to check system temps if needed.
