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11-24-2003, 07:54 PM
>Hello everybody.
>
>I've had a, what it seems to me, very common problem with >Splintercell:
>
>The game started to freeze rhythmically after a few minutes >of playing or just locked up totally with the sound doing a >repetitive loop of the last seconds.
>
>It usually began with these freezes that last aprox. 1 >second and no sound and then normal playing for 1 second, >freeze for 1 second, normal playing 1 second... and so on. >With the frequency getting higher during 1-2 minutes then >total lock up/freeze with the sound of the last second >gettign repeated endlessly.
>
>I tried almost everything to solve this installing new >drivers (gfx card, re-install directx, mainboard), >re-installing XP (for other resons tho =D I'm not mad, I >won't re-install my whole OS for just one f*kced up game :>P). Then I thought an exchanged RAM module which turned out >to be broken, would also fix my problem with SC, but after >doing that, my system wasn't garbling my data on my HDs >anymore, but the game didn't work correctly just the same >as before.
>
>Then finally I tried something that I came across in some >game forum, maybe it was this one, I dunno know anymore. >Someone described in a post the exact same problems with a >game like I had, and his solution of the porblem was to >install a OVERCLOCKING tool for his gfx board and use it >UNDERCLOCK the GPU and the gfx RAM. I did it, and now SC >works without overheating the gfx card or corrupting >graphic data.
>
>I'm using the Leadtek 310 TD my VIVO card and it's factory >default clock settings are 325 MHz for the GPU and 500 MHz >for the RAM, I then installed RivaTuner and used it to >lower the speed to 295MHz for the GPU and 450MHz for the >RAM.
>
>It doesn't give me a big performance loss anyway, since the >310 TD is equipped with a GeForce FX 5600, which is a >rather low-cost and stripped down FX GPU.
>
>Now if you have the described issue with the game or maybe >some other gfx problems, too, and nothing worked, then you >should try lowering the clock speeds of your gfx baord.
>
>Regards,
>Barb.
THIS IS TOTAL BULLSCHIT! IT DIDN'T WORK AT ALL! NEXT TIME I PLAYED SC IT CRASHED THE SAME. I THINK I JUST HAD A LUCKY GAME AFTER THE UNDERCLOCKING!
I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS "SOLUTION" ANYMORE!
Message Edited on 12/07/0310:39AM by Barberbing
>
>I've had a, what it seems to me, very common problem with >Splintercell:
>
>The game started to freeze rhythmically after a few minutes >of playing or just locked up totally with the sound doing a >repetitive loop of the last seconds.
>
>It usually began with these freezes that last aprox. 1 >second and no sound and then normal playing for 1 second, >freeze for 1 second, normal playing 1 second... and so on. >With the frequency getting higher during 1-2 minutes then >total lock up/freeze with the sound of the last second >gettign repeated endlessly.
>
>I tried almost everything to solve this installing new >drivers (gfx card, re-install directx, mainboard), >re-installing XP (for other resons tho =D I'm not mad, I >won't re-install my whole OS for just one f*kced up game :>P). Then I thought an exchanged RAM module which turned out >to be broken, would also fix my problem with SC, but after >doing that, my system wasn't garbling my data on my HDs >anymore, but the game didn't work correctly just the same >as before.
>
>Then finally I tried something that I came across in some >game forum, maybe it was this one, I dunno know anymore. >Someone described in a post the exact same problems with a >game like I had, and his solution of the porblem was to >install a OVERCLOCKING tool for his gfx board and use it >UNDERCLOCK the GPU and the gfx RAM. I did it, and now SC >works without overheating the gfx card or corrupting >graphic data.
>
>I'm using the Leadtek 310 TD my VIVO card and it's factory >default clock settings are 325 MHz for the GPU and 500 MHz >for the RAM, I then installed RivaTuner and used it to >lower the speed to 295MHz for the GPU and 450MHz for the >RAM.
>
>It doesn't give me a big performance loss anyway, since the >310 TD is equipped with a GeForce FX 5600, which is a >rather low-cost and stripped down FX GPU.
>
>Now if you have the described issue with the game or maybe >some other gfx problems, too, and nothing worked, then you >should try lowering the clock speeds of your gfx baord.
>
>Regards,
>Barb.
THIS IS TOTAL BULLSCHIT! IT DIDN'T WORK AT ALL! NEXT TIME I PLAYED SC IT CRASHED THE SAME. I THINK I JUST HAD A LUCKY GAME AFTER THE UNDERCLOCKING!
I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS "SOLUTION" ANYMORE!
Message Edited on 12/07/0310:39AM by Barberbing