My computer wont game :(

[Jesren]

Hello,
I just bought a new computer for work and made sure it was good enough to handle SW:TOR
its a 2nd gen i3 3.3 clock with 6 gb of ram.
I added a GT 520 2 gb graphics card to it so it'd game.
I know its not a great card but its what I could afford after everything else I bought.

The issue is on launching SWTOR it will freeze permanently after 2 minutes of play. even 2 mins at toon select.
I tried beta drivers and regular drivers and everything else I was told to look at and no joy.

I tried WoW on it and it crashed that the same way.

Anyone got some advice?

 

[corroded]

need more info... full system spec's

 

[simon12]

Could be heat, power supply, drivers.

 

[robustus64]

Probly bad card sounds like to me

 

[simon12]

After checking I don't think that card will play SWTOR anyway according to Toms review the 430 is only just playable at the lowest settings and resolution see

and according to Nvidia the 520 has only half the performance of a 430 see

as for WOW it should meet the minimum requirements so there is a problem somewhere. Please post full specs and can you actually play the game for 2 mins before the crash or does it crash 1st?

 

[Jesren]

its not heat, my machine is running cool.
I've tried out various drivers and they all fail.
the game runs on the i3's in build graphics albeit not amazingly so the card should be able to run it without freezing the machine.\
I can barely play - it will let me in for a minute or two then freeze or die.

Full specs:

Operating System

Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
Processor & Chipset

Number of Processors Installed 1
Processor Manufacturer Intel
Processor Type Core i3
Processor Model i3-2120
Processor Core Dual-core (2 Core)
Processor Speed 3.30 GHz
Cache 3 MB
64-bit Processing Yes
Hyper-Threading Yes
Chipset Manufacturer Intel
Chipset Model H67 Express
Memory

Standard Memory 6 GB
Maximum Memory 8 GB
Memory Technology DDR3 SDRAM
Memory Standard DDR3-1333/PC3-10600
Number of Total Memory Slots 4
Memory Card Reader Yes
Storage

Number of Hard Drives 1
Total Hard Drive Capacity 1 TB
Hard Drive Interface Serial ATA/300
Hard Drive RPM 5400
Optical Drive Type DVD-Writer
Optical Media Supported DVD-RAM/±R/±RW
Controllers

Controller Type Serial ATA
Network & Communication

Ethernet Technology Gigabit Ethernet
Wi-Fi Yes
Wi-Fi Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n
Input Devices

Keyboard Yes
Pointing Device Type Mouse
Interfaces/Ports

HDMI Yes
Total Number of USB Ports 10
Number of USB 2.0 Ports 10
Network (RJ-45) Yes
Audio Line In Yes
Audio Line Out Yes
VGA Yes
Software

Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
Operating System Architecture 64-bit
Software Included
Microsoft® Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word and Excel® only, with advertising. No PowerPoint® or Outlook®. Buy Office 2010 to use the full-featured software.
Bing™ Bar
Windows Live™ Essentials
Power Description

Maximum Power Supply Wattage 300 W

the power supply is lower than i'd like but I was assured I had enough to run the card.

I'm thinking bad card too. I'm probably going to take it back for a refund. So given the above specs and about $100 what should I replace it with?

 

[simon12]

This is the best card I can find <$100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161395 but it would most likely need a better power supply.

 

[Jesren]

cool, I found a replacement power suply for my make tower for $40 thats a 575w so I may just get that 1st then pick up that card. thanks for the replys

 

[chris 1908]

cool, I found a replacement power suply for my make tower for $40 thats a 575w so I may just get that 1st then pick up that card. thanks for the replys

Jesren i have the same set up.. finally the problem was your power supply??

 

[Jesren]

I took to card back as it seemed to not be working properly. the geek at best buy agreed that the card seemed faulty.
After putting in the updated power supply I have not got a new card.
However the i3's inbuilt graphics is running SWTOR fine.

It seems to be honest that the computer gets starved so I'd recommend upgrading the supply before you do anything as my machine runs so much better now.

http://www.cputopia.com/psu-replacement-gate-gateway-dx300s.html

thats where I got the unit from. It was my 1st psu swap and it was nice and easy.
I recommend getting from them.

switch that up and your whole computer will thank you

 

[chris 1908]

Thank you my friend. i am going to do the same.