So grabbed my parents a cheap computer ( Gateway FX6800-01E) as an upgrade from some old athlonxp system.
Everything appeared ok. I installed win7 64bit on it, and installed new ati drivers... Ran stress tests, benchmarks, everything kosher. I even installed bf:bc2 for my dad (who likes to play an occasional game) and played that for 15 minutes to make sure it worked.
I come back after a week. And the computer is now crashing in battlefield, and even crashes when I try to load up Chess Titans (windows chess game).
But I can run 3dmark2006 without problems and do Prime95, Sisoft, and other benchmarks without issue. I downloaded OpenArena and it runs fine, and then played some QuakeLive, runs fine.
Anyone know why this could be happening? I dont understand why I could run 3dmark without problems and not games.
Thanks
PC Specs:
http://shop.revonate.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C-PT.G410X.001&Show=TechSpecs
except it has a 500w powesupply.
Everything appeared ok. I installed win7 64bit on it, and installed new ati drivers... Ran stress tests, benchmarks, everything kosher. I even installed bf:bc2 for my dad (who likes to play an occasional game) and played that for 15 minutes to make sure it worked.
I come back after a week. And the computer is now crashing in battlefield, and even crashes when I try to load up Chess Titans (windows chess game).
But I can run 3dmark2006 without problems and do Prime95, Sisoft, and other benchmarks without issue. I downloaded OpenArena and it runs fine, and then played some QuakeLive, runs fine.
Anyone know why this could be happening? I dont understand why I could run 3dmark without problems and not games.
Thanks
PC Specs:
http://shop.revonate.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C-PT.G410X.001&Show=TechSpecs
except it has a 500w powesupply.