Far Cry Crash Issues

[gottes]

Specs:

Athlon 64 3500+
EPoX EP-9NPA+ Ultra NF4
1GB (512MBx2) Geil Ultra PC3200 Dual Channel
BFG nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT OC

I am having a problem with Far Cry crashing my whole system. I played the game for 5 days and had zero issues. I lose all video and the computer reboots. I have tried downgrading my video card drivers which had no effect. I also tried running the game at a lower setting, which I should not have to do with the specs listed above, with no avail. I play the multiplayer version with no issues. Any thoughts, suggestions, and/or similar experiences?

 

[GlimmerMan]

Check your sound settings. Tru turning EAX and hardware acceleration off.

 

[Wolf-R1]

Is your 6800GT on it's own power lead? Not sharing power with any other device?

 

[gottes]

I have a PCI Express card and it has its own power cord from the PSU

 

[gottes]

bump

 

[Aaron_ATX]

failing ram and/or componets on the motherboard.


Test the ram for errors. Parts DO go bad from time to time.

 

[Devnull]

What is your PSU? Do you have the 'automaticly reboot' disabled so you can actually see a BSOD?

Otherwise I'd blame the ram/mobo. Try less agressive timings for your memory/lower fsb.

 

[sparks]

Take the side off the computer and get a big fan and blow it inside.
sounds like heat.
is the video card fan spinning?

BUT then you say
I play the multiplayer version with no issues
man thats weird...is this all settings on high and still won't crash?


I just buy a new system every time I have an error....

can you say BS?
I knew you could.

Sparks

 

[I'm the Dude man]

Have you done the good old uninstall and reinstall of the game? I was having a problem with HL2DM only, not the single player game. I ended up finding a config.cfg file that was causing the problem.

Actually strike that...you're losing video and power. Still, the file I removed was causing a memory dump on my system.