have a dell vostro 360, and im just wondering if i need to to upgrade my Dedicated Video RAM. i want to play games on the pc but when i check if it will play a game i allways fail on the video ram
how can I play a video in jet audio (or any other media program) on one monitor while I play a fullscreen game on the other. I can get it to work with streams off of website like own3d.tv and twitch.tv, and I can even run the streams in full screen. However when I try to run a movie through jet audio or even just play music through zune player, they freeze up. The audio will still come through, but either the picture is frozen in place or the zune player seems to get frozen.
Using dual monitors. Trying to find out how to configure how to play a game and watch video at the same time. Using VLC player for the video. Tried playing a game, and the video freezes but the audio is still playing.
why dvd's fail to burn/close out while playing a game?if the video resolution flickers in ANY way out of "standard" bounds (like odd resolutions for older games) the dvd just quits burning light goes off.the best thing i can play on my rig is angry birds space.i have tried this with several burning proggys and different games,with always the same result; lock up of the burner and or program hard reset required,or the burn light simply goes off and the program is 'hung' but can be ejected.another thing too is when i insert a dvd to burn i will NOT burn unless auto-run pops up, THEN i start the program i want to burn with AFTER and ONLY after the auto-run appears, but that is 80% of the time. seriously, this is a brand new machine, actually there are 3 brand new custom machines in my house and have swapped burners, video cards - you name the combo, i have done it.
I recently installed a game application which I believe may have contained viruses/malware.Later on I got a hard disk S.M.A.R.T. 301 error, and had to replace my disk... Just asking, but can applications cause the error I described above, and the hard drive to fail? Do they have anything to do with 301 error I got?
I could not play the game bus simulator. Everytime massage appear 'a problem caused the programme working properly. Window will s/ the programme and notify if any solution available.
I just installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bits, at home desktop, upgraded all my drivers (including bios, monitor drivers...)...
Then I bought, Dragon Age in Steam, and started playing, after 5 minutes the game became the most laggy thing in the world. Ok, I thought it was something with dragon age. Installed GTA IV, installed the patch, same thing, after about 5 -10 minutes the game starts to lag.
After searching a lot of foruns in the net, i realized that everybody seems to have problems with gaming in Windows 7, or the game crashes, or graphics problems.
I tried compatibility mode - same
Tried tweaking nvidia options - same
Tried tweaking games options - same
Installed more three games to test, all have the same problem.
I have Windows 7, and I want to play 'I Spy Spooky Mansion', but everytime I play it says "The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows that you are running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you need a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and the contact the software publisher."
I Have a game to play online which I run using a script (*.bat).sometimes I host a game and sometimes I don't...(by the way, I hope this isn't illegal wright? )now I've been setting up everything in windows firewall, inbount and outbound rules for that program and all that security stuff.now here are two scenarios where, one works and another unfotunately does not:
-I log in as admin into windows -windows has UAC disabled -I run a script -I play the game online Second scenario : -I log in as admin into windows -windows has UAC enabled -I run a script as Administrator -I can't play a game online cos it can't find any server
as you see in these two scenario only UAC on/off is difference.How do I fix that issuse by keeping UAC enabled?
I am trying to play an Infinity Engine game I recently purchased, Icewind Dale, in XP Mode. I decided to go with XP Mode over forcing it to run under Windows 7 with patches because the multiplayer client doesn't work on a 64 bit operating system, but installed and worked fine under XP Mode.But I can't get the game to start, and I'm not sure why. The errors I get are all involved with the movies, I actually haven't managed to get as far as the actual game menu. These are the errors I get - Quote: Originally Posted by Win95 Interplay MVE File PLayer DirectDraw Init FAILED Quote: Originally Posted by An Assertion failed in ChVideo.cpp at line number 5683 Programmer says: No valid video modes supported I upgraded to the most recent Direct X (June 2010), and even used the Direct X that came with the program. I don't know what I'm missing in this case to get the game to even work properly. I can testify that I had an older laptop that ran on Windows XP, and was able to play Infinity games (is it possible to virtualize that computer onto my current? I still have it) but I only just recieved this one yesterday.
We can access the BBC ks1 bitesize web pages, we select maths and choose a game to play- the game loads and we can play. However when we try to play the game again we get a ank screenwith no loading icon and the game will not open. Guess it is not a website problem as it works on the iPod and laptop but suspect it is a prolem with the netbook factory settings
I have Civilizations II and it is an old game. i am trying to install it on my laptop and it tells me that it is not compatabile with my system, I have an HP pesario cq56 notebook with an intel 2.20g processor. with a 64 bit os. can you tell me what i need to do to be able to play this game on my laptop.
I have an AMD Athalon IIx4 640 3.gig w/ 4. gig memory computer. I play Frontierville on Facebook alot. I am having trouble with computer shut down in the middle of the game. It doesn't blue screen it simply shuts down. POOOF!!!! gone. Then I have to restart the computer. I am running Windows 7 64 bit OS.
Whenever I start to play any game (even the needless ones) everything is all right. After some time (usually 10-30 min.) my computer shutdown I mean, screen is completely blank, but main brain is still working. What the heck is wrong with it?
before i play games like gta sa, nfs carbon/MS, i play the game with full screen, without black bars around it, but after i upgrade vista to wndows 7, the game no full skrin, the picture not full, in my skrin, and have black bars around it
As the title says, my sound drops whenever I play a game on my PC, so I turn the volume up & 20 mins later it blasts out because the sound has reset or is back to its normal level.This seems to happen is every game, I use a Realtek Onboard HD as my sound but I also went and bought a 7.1 Soundcard (Speedlink Stage 7.1) and it did the same issue, I then installed the Speedlink into my wifes other quad core PC & it is working fine, not a single issue or drop.I have ever asked some tech guys, who said it may be my AV or programs like "Steam" running in the background, but the wife uses "Steam" also with zero effects, we both use the same AV/security (COMODO Internet Security), and again she has no problems.I use Cambridge soundworks 5.1 speakers as does the missus.
Ever since I built my [first] rig, i've been experiencing crashes in games from "nvd3dum.dll". I downloaded the new 306.23 driver which was supposed to fix the crashes but I still get them. Is it because I still have the old drivers in my registry or something?
I'm running windows 7 64bit ver. I tried different games and they all have the same problem with the keyboard, (tried 2 different keyboards). The problem is when in the game the movement keys don't work. I tried to map the keys in the game and the letter keys are replaced by numbers eg. "w" is replaced by the number "7". Please help.
System: OS WINDOWS 7 64BIT, MB ASUS|P8P67 DELUXE , CPU INTEL|CORE I7 2600K , MEM CORSAIR VENGEANCE 16GB DDR3 1600, SSD OCZ VERTEX 2 120GB SATA II, HD WD CAVIAR BLACK 2TB, OD LG BLACK BLU-RAY SATA, KB IDEAZON MERC STEALTH, MOUSE LOGITECH G5 LASER
I'm not sure if this is in the right place to post but here I go. Over the last month, my disc autoplay has been not been acting properly. Whenever I insert a game disc, it will search for content and come up with autoplay options for pictures. For DVD movies it's normal but for games it is different.
I have been having the worst time with my custom built PC since it was built. I am getting random BSOD's here and there, but there does seem to be a correlation between a greater occurence when playing games. Often I can't play a high-resolution game for more than an hour or two before I crash.I heard a recommendation to try Prime95, and I get an insta-BSOD when doing the Blend test.I unfortunately am under the suspicion that this is a CPU hardware error and the CPU will have to be replaced, but I do need some form of help or confirmation before I take the next step RMA'ing it. [code]
I've just began to get BSODs after playing these video games, and I have no idea why I'm getting these problems. I personally and not familiar with reading dump files?
I just recently built the computer listed in the specs part of my profile, and have only ran into one issue. When I record my gameplay on Battlefield 3 with Fraps, after I finish the recording and click to exit the game I get a blue screen, this is the absolute only time I get a blue screen and it happens every time. I checked the event viewer but there was so errors leading up to the crash and no information except one that stated the computer recovered from the crash. The only constant I find is that it only crashes when I am using fraps and when I am only a voice chat service, in my case skype or ventrilo. I am currently running the Memtest86 on that computer now so I can't retrieve any of the BSOD information, provided that there is any, but so far I have no errors showing on the memtest.
i have a computer less than a year old all built by me and a friend.
It has windows 7 x64 ultimate echo star 680wPSU AMD phenom 2 x6 1090t 3.2GHz processor asus m4a87td usb3 2x 4g ram MSI n560 gtx-ti 2g(just installed this yesterday thinking my video card went out but i am still having same issue) Useing on board sound card.