What causes it to do this?

DaelpixPhotos

DaelpixPhotos

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SimCity is the only game that does this. First it pauses gameplay and then carries on normally. It does this then it crashes altogether. Then I have to press Restart on the PC case.


 
SmokeDarKnight

SmokeDarKnight

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WOW, that doesn't look good at all. If thats the only game i would say its Graphics driver related perhaps at a guess. Do you have the latest drivers installed.

As a way of trouble shooting it i would start the game with minimum settings let it run till the fault occurs. Then if its stable increase the settings until you find out which setting is causing the problem.

I might be leading you down the wrong path here but that would be my first port of call. Someone else may have a better suggestion
 
mantadog

mantadog

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Normally when I see a screen like that I think of a dead GPU, yet you say it only happens in 1 game which would be odd.

Are you having any problems with temps or anything? What other games do you play, i.e are they older titles that maybe don't demand much from the GPU or modern stuff?

I would stress the hell out of the GPU and see fi you could get it to fail, if so then your GPU is broken. You still under warranty? if so PCS can send you out a new on in the post.
 
DaelpixPhotos

DaelpixPhotos

Super Star
I'm trying the settings on 'Medium'. It paused the game for a couple of seconds and then carried on as normal.

I don't think I have any temperature problems. When I play a game, I turn the fans on full speed.
TechPowerUp GPU-Z says the GPU is at 37 degrees C right now.

At the moment, I have ETS2, Tomb Raider, both Amnesia games, Mirror's Edge, Skyrim, AC4, Assetto Corsa, The Wolf Among Us (haven't been on this since Xmas day when I completed the 1st Episode).
 
steaky360

steaky360

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If you can I'd follow Mantadog's advice and try to stress your GPU, use a program like futuremark (or some other benchmark style program) and if that works fine, try maybe folding or something similar. That way you will determine if the GPU is hurting when stressed. Smoke's plan of turning the settings down will also help to diagnose the issues, perhaps its just an issue with a particular shader in the game etc. although I guess that's unlikely.
 
steaky360

steaky360

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keynes said:
Futuremark pushes the gpu too much, I would try 3dmark instead.
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I'm guessing you are referring to "furmark" (I'm only guessing though :)) and I'm not really sure that's the case with more modern GPU's. The benchmark programs push the GPU to 100% and hold it there for a period of time, that's fine, its 'normal use' for the most part. The issue folk seem to have with the likes of furmark is that it holds the GPU at 100% for an extended period of time. I have not heard too many horror story's from the folding@home world of folk melting their GPU's through doing that and that requires 100% GPU for extended periods too :) Maybe I wasn't looking hard enough though.

However saying all that, I actually meant 3D mark not futuremark :). I'm offshore at the minute and cant load the website, but if you google 3dmark you'll find it no bother. Also there is a PCS forum for posting the score too :) https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?8328-Benchmark-Results-Leaderboard

3D Mark : http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmark
 
keynes

keynes

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steaky360 said:
I'm guessing you are referring to "furmark" (I'm only guessing though :)) and I'm not really sure that's the case with more modern GPU's. The benchmark programs push the GPU to 100% and hold it there for a period of time, that's fine, its 'normal use' for the most part. The issue folk seem to have with the likes of furmark is that it holds the GPU at 100% for an extended period of time. I have not heard too many horror story's from the folding@home world of folk melting their GPU's through doing that and that requires 100% GPU for extended periods too :) Maybe I wasn't looking hard enough though.

However saying all that, I actually meant 3D mark not futuremark :). I'm offshore at the minute and cant load the website, but if you google 3dmark you'll find it no bother. Also there is a PCS forum for posting the score too :) https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?8328-Benchmark-Results-Leaderboard

3D Mark : http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmark
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you are right..... my apologies :whistling:
 
DaelpixPhotos

DaelpixPhotos

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I'll have to pass on the Benchmark because I'm trying not to spend anything since I'm not working.

If there's something free that I can download, then please let me know :)
 
steaky360

steaky360

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3dmark is free, or at least there is a free version that does enough for what you need it to :)

Give it a blast!
 
steaky360

steaky360

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I wouldn't worry about that for not. Importantly you managed all the tests without suffering a failure, I'd say that demonstrates it isn't a hardware issue. As painful as it may (or may not) be I'd recommend reinstalling the game. Or verifying the cache (not sure if you can do that on Origin).
 
steaky360

steaky360

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No idea really, although it seems as though it was software related which is good news (easier to fix!). Fingers crossed its sorted!
 
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DavidA

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i get that sometimes with my current PCSpecialist Computer (7 years old).
happens mainly with Far Cry 3, although it doesn't pause and then carry on. I'll be playing and then all of a sudden, the screen in your Original Post appears and the Sound coming out of the speakers goes crazy.

i have a Radeon HD6850 graphics card, if that helps to pinpoint your problem? it happens so infrequently for me, though, that i really dont care :)
i might see if there's a graphics card update soon.
 
SmokeDarKnight

SmokeDarKnight

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Only reason i thought it would be your dirvers is that i get that on Skyrim if i use Skyrims AA, it i switch it off its fine. Same thing with Guildwars 2
 
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