Recent content by EgonTowst

Well someone came by to replace the video card last week and that seems to have fixed the problem! Even set highest graphics settings for EVE Online and left the game running overnight, and it runs great. Very smoothly in fact. Thanks again to everyone for all your help! I'm sorry if I have...

I agree. After arguing with support for a while I told them I want someone to come by my house and replace the part, which they said they'll do next week. Interestingly though the guy said they'll have to replace the whole motherboard, because the video card they claim is soldered onto the...

Dell tech support insists that it is a problem with the games themselves, not the video card. I am having a difficult time convincing them otherwise.

I apologize for the long delay in response. I still haven't returned the card yet because I haven't had much time for gaming anyway lately. I've got some new info though: I ended up reformatting the computer as a last resort just to see what would happen. Interestingly, after the reformat...

Nope, still freezing :\

Augh. Can't get ATI Tray Tools to work. I downloaded and installed it, tried running it, and the computer just freezes. I reinstalled it but no change. Tried reinstalling it in safe mode too but comp still hangs :\

Huh, this is interesting. I don't know what I'm really looking at, but seeing as I have never tampered with anything am I right in assuming that the "Default Clock" and "GPU Clock" should not be different? The first two attached images are with no applications but Firefox running. The third...

It never did work properly. I created this thread just a few days after the computer was shipped to me. I don't remember if I had already updated my drivers before trying out a game or not, but I did later roll back multiple times to the drivers that came on the machine, with no change. What...

Well I updated DirectX, uninstalled Daemon Tools and sptd.sys, updated to latest version of PowerISO, but no change. In fact game crashed I think quicker this time than it ever has. Don't see a dump file this time either. I didn't get BSOD; the screen just went black and froze, which is what...

Thanks again for the replies. I've zipped up the dmp file and attached it. As for the other suggestions I'll give them a try in the meantime.

Minimum Processor State On Battery: 5% Plugged in: 5% System Cooling Policy On Battery: Passive Plugged in: Active Maximum Processor State On Battery: 100% Plugged in: 100% I never try to run games or any graphics-intense software when I'm running on battery power. As for uploading the dmp...

I'm not sure I know what all that is, or how to check it.

Yes, 10.6 is what I've updated to. And here's the dump file:

Thank you all for your help so far. I hate to keep this thread rolling, but I think I need to. I don't know what point is beyond "sick and tired" but I'm at it. I updated my video drivers once again just today, and the problem has since become much worse. Not only are games virtually...

It's ironic that I should hear that Sim City 4 is not "fully" compatible with Windows 7. I just thought I would add that Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition is the ONLY game I have been able to run on Windows 7 without any kind of problems. I have not been able to keep any other game running for very...