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Crashing issue at loading screens?
Wasn't too sure whether to put this in gaming or hardware, but hardware seemed more relevant.
Anyway, I seem to be encountering an issue where my computer will literally shut itself down while I am playing a game. However, this does not happen while I am actually playing the game, I could spend hours in a level if I felt like it and would not experience any issues, but when I go to a loading screen, my computer stops mid-loading and just shuts itself down. No BSOD, no warnings, nothing, it just shuts down. Now, I'm not sure if this is heat-related, or PSU related, or some other issue. The temperature of the graphics card seems to go no higher than 70C, however, and I've read you don't hit a 'danger zone' until you hit 90C or higher. So, perhaps it is PSU related. If you want to know what my PSU's wattage is, just look at my system specs, I've listed just about everything.
These are the games I've encountered crashes with so far:
(listed in the order I've had crashes in)
Bioshock Infinite
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Crysis 2
However, I've also played these games and have NOT yet encountered this issue:
*only listing high-demanding games, these are not the only games I have tested with this PC*
Assassin's Creed
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
I will also note that I run ALL of these in absolutely maxed out settings. I average framerates in all of them except Crysis 2 of 60-70 FPS, Crysis 2 is the only one that seems to have framerate drops, it runs at 15-60 FPS (15 being when it drops).
So do I need to get a different PSU, add another fan, or should I try adjusting settings? Because I have the "AMD Vision Engine Control Center", which allows me to set performance settings, and I was wondering if maybe I could set something where it would stop the crashing if it is the PSU (which I think it is)?
These are the settings:
Graphics OverDrive: On
GPU Clock: 925 MHz
Memory Clock: 1375 MHz
Enable Manual Fan Control: ON
Fan Speed: 60%
Power: 0% (can be increased to 20% or lowered to -20%)
CPU Power: "Manage CPU speed ranges to balanced system performance with power consumption"
It's set to 5% - 100%
CPU Overdrive: Off
AMD Overdrive: On