Game crashes to desktop

holy_pyro · December 2nd, 2008, 04:05 AM

Game crashes to desktop after 30 minutes or so. Thought it was an overheating issue at first, cleaned the CPU fan and my temps dropped 10~C.

Still crashing though after 30 minutes.

Attached is my dxdiag.

My computer is fairly new (about a year).

BK

Mytheral · December 2nd, 2008, 06:58 AM

CPU is a bit slow

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
Driver Version: 7.15.0011.7824 (English)

could stand to update your Video drivers a bit
WinVista: GeForce Release 178
WinVista 64-Bit: GeForce Release 178

Since it's a Duel core rig try opening the console and enter "mat_queue_mode 0" (minus the quotes)

ChimmyChanga · December 2nd, 2008, 11:11 AM

make sure you update directx. even if you have 9.0c, there are still unnamed updates galore.

holy_pyro · December 2nd, 2008, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by Mytheral

CPU is a bit slow

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
Driver Version: 7.15.0011.7824 (English)

could stand to update your Video drivers a bit
WinVista: GeForce Release 178
WinVista 64-Bit: GeForce Release 178

Since it's a Duel core rig try opening the console and enter "mat_queue_mode 0" (minus the quotes)

i downloaded that exact driver, installed it and my dxdiag still says that its 7.15...... what does mat_queue_mode 0 do?

and where can i get unnamed updates? using just normal vista updates?

Mytheral · December 2nd, 2008, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by holy_pyro

i downloaded that exact driver, installed it and my dxdiag still says that its 7.15......

Don't worry about it I copied the wrong line

what does mat_queue_mode 0 do?

Tells it how many cores the game should use, 2 would be a duel core system if the option actually worked. 0 Disables the whole queuing system, which is what we want to do.

and where can i get unnamed updates? using just normal vista updates?

Use this. Download details: DirectX End-User Runtime

holy_pyro · December 3rd, 2008, 03:39 AM

i guess no one knows the solution to my problem, after doing the steps above me i still get the same problem.

Mytheral · December 3rd, 2008, 05:15 AM

Originally Posted by holy_pyro

i guess no one knows the solution to my problem, after doing the steps above me i still get the same problem.

I wonder...

Try putting all the the GFX settings on medium/low and AA all the way off and see if you get the same error. Reminds me eerily of the Crysis errors, I know of 4-5 8800 users complaining of the same problem.

holy_pyro · December 4th, 2008, 01:54 PM

i heard if one reverts to stabler drivers like 175.16 it will run flawlessly... any thoughts

Mutilated Messiah · December 5th, 2008, 01:51 PM

Ok, I Had same issues too.

This is how i fixed mine on my Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200

Check your bios in the cpu settings Deactivate/ Disable "Spread Spectrum" and "Intel Speedstep Tech" these 2 was causing my game to crash to desktop within 15 mins of play.

If that doesnt work Get the free app "WinLauncherXP" and set it so when you run Left4Dead it will only run on 1 core instead of both, although this will lower your game performance some it will allow you to play. i was using the WinLauncherXP method untill today when i fixed the issue properly.

Hope this helps

Ill Copy / Paste links to this post in the other similar crash to desktop threads so ppl can see it.