Help with Assassin's Creed on Steam Crashing For No Good Reason

[arsieiuni]

Hi. I've been seeking a solution for days running into weeks on how to fix this. I am sorry if this is not the normal thing asked here, but if it's okay, I was just hoping maybe someone will know something to help me out.

I bought Assassin's Creed on Steam (yes the first one) during Summer Sale. I tried to start playing it, and ran into an issue. I will be playing the game and it just crashes to desktop, no error message, nothing. Just gone. I have WAY past the recommended specs for this older game, so I have no idea why it's having issues. I've tried everything I could find online (run it from the DX exe's, run it as admin, run it compatibility mode for xp sp2 or xp sp3, even disconnect your internet.) and nothing works.

The really annoying part is that it runs a random amount of time before it crashes. First night, I played for a few minutes, crash. Then an hour, crash. Then half hour, crash. Then few minutes, crash. But days after that, I do well to make it through ten minutes.

My computer specs:

Intel Core i3-3220 CPU @3.30 GHz
8 GB Ram
64 bit Windows
NVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (500mb vRam, but benchmarked higher here than some 1gb cards)


Is there anyone here who could help me figure out how to play this game successfully?
Thank you So much.

 

[chriscornell]

What powersupply do you have?

 

[arsieiuni]

How would I go about finding out? My brother in law built my pc.
I don't have any problem like this with much, much heavier graphically demanding or cpu-intensive games.
I have played Fallout NV, Guild Wars 2, ESO, Arche Age, Battlefield 3, Mass Effect 3, Thief, all at super high quality without having this issue. I doubt my power supply is the problem.

 

[Aby enlightened]

Hi. I've been seeking a solution for days running into weeks on how to fix this. I am sorry if this is not the normal thing asked here, but if it's okay, I was just hoping maybe someone will know something to help me out.

I bought Assassin's Creed on Steam (yes the first one) during Summer Sale. I tried to start playing it, and ran into an issue. I will be playing the game and it just crashes to desktop, no error message, nothing. Just gone. I have WAY past the recommended specs for this older game, so I have no idea why it's having issues. I've tried everything I could find online (run it from the DX exe's, run it as admin, run it compatibility mode for xp sp2 or xp sp3, even disconnect your internet.) and nothing works.

The really annoying part is that it runs a random amount of time before it crashes. First night, I played for a few minutes, crash. Then an hour, crash. Then half hour, crash. Then few minutes, crash. But days after that, I do well to make it through ten minutes.

My computer specs:

Intel Core i3-3220 CPU @3.30 GHz
8 GB Ram
64 bit Windows
NVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (500mb vRam, but benchmarked higher here than some 1gb cards)


Is there anyone here who could help me figure out how to play this game successfully?
Thank you So much.

try reducing the gpu and memory clock and play it.

 

[arsieiuni]

How do I do that? I don't know how to reduce the GPU and memory clock.

 

[kimatahi]

If u play it on steam you can do following -> right click on a game -> properties -> verify integrity of game cache (SOLUTION 1)
OR you can try fix game trough steam or reinstall.

 

[arsieiuni]

I have already verified integrity, done a full reinstall, and neither worked. :c

 

[Aby enlightened]

How do I do that? I don't know how to reduce the GPU and memory clock.

i have amd gfx card.i had similar problems with batman games.u should check geforce control settings and find it or install progam like msi afterburner to reduce clock timings.

 

[arsieiuni]

How do I do that? I don't know how to reduce the GPU and memory clock.

i have amd gfx card.i had similar problems with batman games.u should check geforce control settings and find it or install progam like msi afterburner to reduce clock timings.

What do you mean "reduce clock timings". I have MSI Afterburner. What do i change? Memory Clock? Core Clock? How much do I change it in which direction?
Do I need to change anything else like Fan Speed?
I don't know how to do this. Can you tell me exactly what to do so I can see if this fixes my problem? Thanks.

 

[Aby enlightened]

How do I do that? I don't know how to reduce the GPU and memory clock.

i have amd gfx card.i had similar problems with batman games.u should check geforce control settings and find it or install progam like msi afterburner to reduce clock timings.

What do you mean "reduce clock timings". I have MSI Afterburner. What do i change? Memory Clock? Core Clock? How much do I change it in which direction?
Do I need to change anything else like Fan Speed?
I don't know how to do this. Can you tell me exactly what to do so I can see if this fixes my problem? Thanks.

i am not an expert.but u could try as i did,may be the problem will go away. decrease both core and memory clock to 400Mhz and see whether the game crash!