Unable to paly GTA IV


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Hello,

I keep getting BSOD every time I'm playing GTA IV! I can't play more than 5 mins and then I get the BSOD. Reinstalled the game many times to no avail.

Q6600 2.4GHz 8MB cache.

Nvidia MSI 9600 GT 1 G.B.

4 G.B. RAM.

Windows XP.

Should I overclock the CPU? I don't know what the hell is overclocking mean?! Is it just to speed up the CPU? 2.4GHz will become 3.2GHz? Any effect on the PC? How can I do it?

Thank you in advance.

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Also unless your really know what your doing when it comes to overclocking, i wouldn't consider it.

It is quite dangerous in the wrong hands (i.e. you can over volt the cpu, overheat, etc..)

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It's not the speed of your hardware that is the problem and if you have to ask what overclocking is then you probably shouldn't be considering it just yet I'm afraid. Yes it speeds your CPU up but it can have a number of side effects if not done correctly. If your CPU was too slow the game would just stutter and be slow, you have something else happening if your blue screening.

If your BSOD in GTA4 I'd be looking at drivers, particularly video ones as well as temperatures which may be causing lock ups or perhaps faulty RAM. Maybe try monitor the temperatures while playing the game and see if your PC is getting hot and causing it to crash or otherwise run something like Memtest 86 overnight to check the ram. Sorry but I'm a bit tirred and off the top of my head can't remember the app I usually use for monitoring temps with but I'm sure someone else may have an idea of one.

edit: Off memory I was using HQMonitor in conjunction with another tool last time I did any benchmarking. http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php . It was handy as some of the less well thought out ones I saw don't track the "max" value and by the time you've left the app the temps have already dropped.

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It's not the speed of your hardware that is the problem and if you have to ask what overclocking is then you probably shouldn't be considering it just yet I'm afraid. Yes it speeds your CPU up but it can have a number of side effects if not done correctly. If your CPU was too slow the game would just stutter and be slow, you have something else happening if your blue screening.

If your BSOD in GTA4 I'd be looking at drivers, particularly video ones as well as temperatures which may be causing lock ups or perhaps faulty RAM. Maybe try monitor the temperatures while playing the game and see if your PC is getting hot and causing it to crash or otherwise run something like Memtest 86 overnight to check the ram. Sorry but I'm a bit tirred and off the top of my head can't remember the app I usually use for monitoring temps with but I'm sure someone else may have an idea of one.

edit: Off memory I was using HQMonitor in conjunction with another tool last time I did any benchmarking. http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php . It was handy as some of the less well thought out ones I saw don't track the "max" value and by the time you've left the app the temps have already dropped.

Thank you all for your suggestions, I'm gonna monitor the heat and check the RAM, and will let you know the results also I will check the drivers.

Thanks ;)

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  • 2 weeks later...

Hello,

Sorry it took me so long to respond, I downloaded the hwmonitor, and everything seems to be alright. I still can't find any solution for this :(. There is something else when I turn on the PC it took somehow long to load windows, my old PC didn't take that long. Any suggestions? Thank you all.

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again have you checked your gfx drivers and updated them ive needed? have you made sure direct x is upto date, have you downloaded the patches for GTA IV on the PC?

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again have you checked your gfx drivers and updated them ive needed? have you made sure direct x is upto date, have you downloaded the patches for GTA IV on the PC?

I've updated the drivers and check that Direct x is up to date, but have not downloaded the patches for GTA yet, from where did I get them ?

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