High enough specs,,NO Performance..Static Black Screen on certian game

I agree with Liquidsnak. That 3.2GHz P4 Cpu is definitely bottlenecking the rest of your system, the HD5500 for sure.

Even though the games today recommend certain mimimum specs to run the game it's all dependant on the users system and how well balanced the components are and it's usually on the basis that the user is running very low resolution/settings. I'd also look in to upgrading that 2Gb or ram to 3Gb at least (4Gb recommended depending on what budget you have of course. Just remember 64bit OS needed for this though).

So the bottom line is what you already pointed out yourself about your CPU. Maybe try lowered settings in the meantime. The rest of your system is fairly ok and the motherboard is pretty upgradable when it comes to CPU's.

Good luck with it

Thanx, i really have tried everything it has to be the gpu overheating(Not enough cooling)or the cpu that needs a upgrade..I would like some more advice from everyone please..

LiquidSnak said:

What you're describing sounds like processor hang. Can you run the game in the background while looking at resource monitor or task manager to see how much processor you are using?

Sorry have checked the monitors and it seems at launch to sky abit but ingame actually seems really stable..I don't understand..

Ghost Warrior by default is running in XPServicePack 3 compatibility, have set the compatibility to Vista and the problem seemed to increase..Soz,but thats one of the first things I tried..But,,,,Last nite i installed ATI's EXPERTool and set 'only' the GPU fan speed to 100%,,now the screen goes blank but I can still hear the sound(Freezed),,No walking,shooting ect. Only backgroud sounds like rustling & water.. I had to restart manualy again,task manager does not pop-up... Then I had a look at eventviewer,and saw the dates & time of all the critical errors,found the same one over and over,,it says 'Kernal Power (R60)' Sooo,I don't know what the error means.... If you can find out what causes the error,PLEASE inform..

Where's the GURU's,,LOL,,Please here is eventviewer critical error..

10/7/2010 9:20:26 PM

-<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
-<System>
<ProviderName="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />
<EventID>41</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>63</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>
<TimeCreatedSystemTime="2010-10-07T19:20:26.324820800Z" />
<EventRecordID>61185</EventRecordID>
<Correlation/>
<ExecutionProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Pdz</Computer>
<SecurityUserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
-<EventData>
<Data Name="BugcheckCode">0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="SleepInProgress">false</Data>
<Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.


Can't be powersupply,,just put in a new sparta 500w..

I got it sorted finally,,opened my box
,cleaned the heatsink
,cleaned the cpu fan
,cleaned and applyed some new thermal paste

and...............
and...............

BOOOOOOOOM!!!!! Problem solved... thanks to everyone who tried helping>>>
This game rocks,,just started dragonage origins


Ps.how do i close this thread..