Gaming on Win7

[jayjay01]

Hey guys, i just registered to the site because i'm in need of some assistance if you guys can help me.

I currently have an i7-920 @ 3.8ghz, 6gig ram, asus P6T-SE m/b and currently running windows 7 ultimate.

Now the stupid issue i'm having is when i attempt to play a game weather it be Steam (cs, l4d, tf2) SOMETIMES (5/10) my computer will attempt to go into the game screen goes black and then nothing computer froze.

This is also happening when i attempt to play COD4 MW & MW2. Can anyone help me with this? Because its quite annonying that I have to constantly restart until it works.

And I thought windows 7 was surpose to be better then vista. Atleast I had no issues with games on vista

Thanks guys.

 

[starwolf1336]

Alot of older games have issues with windows 7. This link will show you what games are currently working or have issues.
http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/25539-windows-7-rtm-game-compatibility.html

 

[BusOfTheUndead]

None of the games he listed should have problems running in Windows 7.

JayJay01, did you do a clean install or an upgrade to 7?

 

[sygnus21]

None of the games he listed should have problems running in Windows 7.

JayJay01, did you do a clean install or an upgrade to 7?

Agreed. If you didn't do a clean install, then that is most likely your problem.

 

[jayjay01]

hey guys yeh i did, when i brought ultimate i did a fresh reinstall.

 

[starwolf1336]

have you made sure all of your drivers are to date? and all the games are fully patched?

 

[sygnus21]

Hey jayjay01,

I see you're running two? 4890's. Could be a crossfire problem. Have you tried disabling it?

Also you might want to check out these guys here Rage3D Discussion Area, specifically the Cat driver section.

 

[AstaLaVista]

Obsolete drivers (monitor, Video & sound) are, for the most part, the cause of many of your game issues.

+1 on the crossfire issue.

 

[sleek]

Obsolete drivers (monitor, Video & sound) are, for the most part, the cause of many of your game issues.

+1 on the crossfire issue.

Agreed.

If it was happening on your previous OS and is now happening with 7 its an issue with your hardware and or driver setup.

 

[jayjay01]

Hey guys, thanks for the options, I had 9.9 drivers for ati i have downloaded 9.10 and see how that goes.

All other drivers are upto date due to the asus cd didn't work on win7 so i had to download them.

See nah it didn't happen in Vista. Its weird. Only windows 7

 

[jayjay01]

Ok guys.. i'm starting to get at a loss again... I have just completed a full format and clean reinstall of Ultimate, downloaded steam again.. and also even downloaded all the steam games again.. cs, tf2, l4d...

NOW i go into a game and still it wants to go to a black screen likes its going into the game and freezes the whole computer.

HAS ANY1 else had this issue with steam and windows 7? because i'm starting to really get sick of it.. and to spend $250+ on OEM and still have issues.. is just a windows joke..

Has anyone had this issue and fixed it??

I have also tested it with crossfire turned off.. and still same issue...

PLEASE NEED HELP.

(System specs below) (Software I have Kaspersky as antivirus and MSN thats all.) ATI 9.11 drivers. all drivers are upto date.

 

[smarteyeball]

(System specs below) (Software I have Kaspersky .

Disable this and see if it makes any difference.

 

[sygnus21]

I know this doesn't help your cause, but I have steam working just fine under Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) You can check my system specs to see if anything helps give you a clue.

And when you say you reinstalled steam, did you reinstall it on another drive other then the main OS drive? If you did, did you remove the old steam folder before reinstalling?

My point - If you're reinstalling to the same folder, you may have a corrupt file. There's also a way to clear the cache, but I forgot how, but there are instructions on Valve's website. You may want to check there.

https://support.steampowered.com/

Also, I'm sure this has been asked, but have you checked your monitor drivers? Sounds more like a video issue than anything else.

 

[sygnus21]

OK, here's the instructions for checking the games integrity (cache) under steam...

Verify the game's files by right clicking on the game from your Steam game's list:

Properties>
Local Files tab>
Verify Integrity of Game Cache.



Good luck