Need some info...

Whenever I play Freelancer my computer will lock up and the screen blurs about 5 minutes into the game and then I have to shut the computer off and turn it back on again. Any ideas? It does this every time I play it.

Graphics card? => I dunno :/

One of those "could be anything problems"

Newest drivers?
Newest DirectX?
Card overheating?
Graphics apature size set properly in BIOS?

could also be CPU temp.

my first inclination is to make sure all the drivers are up to date and accurate....the thing that bothers me is the length of time till crash....gorby and jeff have a point on cpu heat tho....although in my experience, heat problems manifest themselves in other ways....just my 2 cents

Doc Brass... :dodgy:

I'm willing to bet you have an Nvidia card... if so, i think i have your solution

the joys of copper based heatsinks... The only better are full copper but they are expensive.

Freelancer, whats the required specs for the game and what are your PC specs?

and yes, i have an nvidia card as well....hmmm :heee:

dont say it boobs, i already know....

Doc B... :dodgy:

hehe yea.. i fear it will spark on of those nvidia vs ati battles lol

i just bought another pc for my oldest daughter..*groan...im thinking of swiping the card out of it for myself....shes not into games, shes taking it to school after xmas break....is that ethical??...

Doc B... :dodgy:

i just bought . . . is that ethical?

Yes. And beneficial at the same time!

monqui , i like the way you think.... :heee: ....and if i really need to rationalize it, im paying for her schooling....i think its a decent trade, eh??...

Doc B... :dodgy:

btw bud, that f**kin hairdo just cracks me up.....

It is rather fetching, innit? I tried it once, but I just got looked at really weird for it.

no s**t

freelancer has some of the biggest universes i have EVER seen in any video game (and yes folks i actually bought freelancer)

personally i doubt its anything to do with nVidia, cause my son played it for 2 months on my 1.4 thunderbird with a PCI 440 se nVidia card.

the only time it had issues was flying from one location to another with a lower ship that took ages to get there, the PC started running sluggish.

post your PC specs for a comparison.

mine was a 1.4 athlon T-bird, 512 sdram,64 meg 440se.

i always keep the newest drivers i can locate, and up to date DX drivers.

i say this again, freelancer is forking huge, the biggest i have ever seen, i am betting you are running out of either ram, or hard drive space, but there is always the chance you have insufficient hardware or drivers.

Yea I don't think its the video card Orph. Its probobly my

moms processor. Its not even a gig. It usually has pretty good graphics, but it just freezes. :crash: