Wondows crashes while running 3d games

Could be many reasons. Which games? What OS do you have? Got the latest SP's and patches applied? Updated drivers? Running anything else in the background? What error message does Windoze post?

Read the specs on the game box or readme file and visit the games' webpage to see if there are issues with the card. My Geforce has issues with Aliens vs Predator, but runs everything else like a champ.

Is Windows actually crashing or is your PC freezing up as a result of over heating, after playing games for awhile??

As mentioned above, update EVERYTHING. That includes graphics drivers, video card bios, sound card drivers, system bios, make sure you have the latest version of directX installed. see if there are patches for the game from the games website, lookon the games support page for known hardware configuration problems.

Are you using the latest NVIDIA drivers, if so, I have had trouble with them. Some of my games would not play at all if I used them. I reinstalled a previous version, and everything worked great. What kind of motherboard are you using, a BIOS updatemight be a good idea.

First, The operating system is what you should focus on. If its Windows 98, this is pretty much a natural occurence unfortunetly. If its 2000 or XP, it could be a compatibility issue. I will agree that you should update drivers and stuff, but focus on which OS your using, If you start screwing with things you could actually do more harm (like slowdowns or more crashes) than good.

I had a problem like this with my gforce3. Check your bios and make sure Read ahead is enabled, also that it is listed as a AGP card and not a PCI card. This was causing my machine to lock and I would have to shut it down hard and restart. Very disapointing situation esspecially when your winning

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