All my games ctd 8600gt on xp(DXdiag included)

poundead · Feb 18, 2010

I don't really know what's the deal, all my games seem to ctd, mass effect, bioshock 2, darkest of days and even need for speed underground 2 fails :S

all i get is a "this program has stopped working...blah blah" and exits the game:confused

hopes any of it would help, it's getting relly irritable with an unstable system, also i just bought new ram and memtested is as my previous was junk

here's my dxdiag:

hopes any of it would help, it's getting relly irritable with an unstable system, also i just bought new ram and memtested is as my previous was junk

DavidGP · Feb 18, 2010

Hi

Over posting Blah Blah Blah, was there any more information in the error message? also look in Event Viewer in both the Application and System logs for any error listing at the time of the crash and review the message to see if it lists a faulting module or file?

If there is a message at the time of the crash, then take either a screenshot of it (may need to crop it and attach to your post) or copy and paste into a notepad file the text and attach to your post, as per these instructions HOW TO: Attach Items To Your Post

I would be tempted if its only games this happens too and not any other application, to clean install your graphic card drivers,

Download and install Driver Sweeper (BUT do not run it yet) download the lastest driver version for your graphic card BUT dont install yet.

Use Add/Remove and unsinstall your Nvidia Graphics Driver, then reboot into Safe Mode (F8 at boot) and then run Driver Sweeper to remove any Nvidia Graphics and Physx driver if listed

Then install the Nvidia driver you downloaded earlier and once installed if not prompted to reboot, reboot into normal mode.
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ero_senin05 · Feb 18, 2010

Looking at your DXDiag note it seems as though your PC couldn't handle playing those games, which would be why you get CTD. You only have 1G RAM to begin with and many games these days have that as a minimum requirement.

Got to www.canyourunit.com to see if your PC stands up to the task of running these games you want to play.

pclover · Feb 18, 2010

I think 1GB is a major bottleneck but may not be the issue.

When playing Bioshcok 2 it was eating up around 650mb sometimes as much as 1gb

Mimsy · Feb 19, 2010

pclover said: ↑

I think 1GB is a major bottleneck but may not be the issue.

When playing Bioshcok 2 it was eating up around 650mb sometimes as much as 1gb
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It's not just the RAM... that CPU isn't exactly a beast anymore either.

Reminds me of my back-up XP system: 5 years ago it was a high-end gaming beast that made my friends green with envy. Today it's a reliable web and email machine, that can run older games, but that chokes and dies in flames (metaphorically) on any game developed after 2007. I would never waste my time trying to run Mass Effect or Bioshock 2 on it...

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