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CTD while playing games with max details
Hello there,
One again I am calling for your infinite knowledge to solve a problem I have with my computer.
I currently run on Windows 7 32 bits. I recently changed my configuration and because I had a very good discount on RAM I bought 8Gb for almost the price of 4. I know that 32 bits systems do not use that much RAM.
Since I upgraded my computer I have a few problems with all my 3D games like Witcher 2, Hawken, Skyrim, Borderland 2, etc... I can play for a few minutes / hours but it randomly crashes to desktop at certain point. The crashes are silent. In Hawken I got a "Out of memory" error.
About Borderland 2, I reduced the graphics details and now I can play it correctly forever. For Skyrim, the more mods I install, the faster the game crashes. In Hawken, I had to reduce the graphics quality as well and currently in The Witcher 2 I am investigating to know what happens. Besides of that I can play The Walking Dead and Prison Architect forever because they are not so demanding memory wise.
I suspect that because I have 8Gb, some games might actually try to allocate those 8Gb but run into problems doing this because of my 32 bits limitation and that make the games crash.
What do you guys think about that ? Should I plan to buy a 64bits Win7/8 OS ? Anything I could do to push my investigations further ?
I think you can have my computer specifications in my profile.
Thanks a lot for your help !