gaming issues

The native resolution of my LCD monitor is 1680x1050, and this is what I use for my desktop. When I exit full-screen games (even if they are set to run at this resolution) my desktop reappears at a lower resolution (1360x1024), and is very off center (to the left). In both the CCC and the...

Hey guys, Ok, I need some help before I explode. I have tried almost everything and nothing seems to work. My system goes as follows: -An EVGA 01G-P3-1180-AR GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card -A EVGA 141-BL-E757-TR LGA 1366 Intel X58...

I have fresh install of COD:WaW on an Intel SSD with Win7-64. I also have the game installed on my other HD, a WD Raptor with Win XP-32 bit. My Dell monitor's native resolution is 1920x1200. Under Win XP, I ran the game at 1600x1200 with no problems in 'full-screen'. On the other new Intel SS...

I've been having a problem which seems to be quite common among many Windows 7 users. I'm currently running Windows 7 Ultimate and it's been fine for about 3 weeks. 3 days ago, it started shutting down on me randomly when i'm playing games. No BSODs, no warnings, nothing. It's as though the...

Hey people, I've been using Windows 7 Pro 64-bit for a while and I must say that I'm very impressed with it. However, there have been a couple of issues that have bothered me. My biggest problem lies with playing Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Basically my problem is that I cannot create a game nor join a...

Does anyone know how to get need for speed road challenge started in wondows 7? I'm running the 64bit RC client. The game installs but will not start.:confused:

Problem from Event Viewer: The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly. Details are below. - <Event xmlns="Link Removed due to 404 Error"> - <System> <Provider...

Hi, my wife and I wanted to start playing Icewind Dale II on each of our computers respectively. Hers is using windows 7 (64bit) and mine is using windows XP (32bit). Each of our computers will play the game fine. The problem occurs when we try to play together in a TCP/IP game. When the...

Hey guys, I just recently installed Windows 7, but there seems to be a problem with the refresh rate in games. On the desktop everything seems to be fine, but in games my refresh rate drops to 75 no matter the resolution. How do I apply a certaub refresh rate to games too? I'm running Warcraft...

Hi as this is my first post on these forums, let me first commend you all on such a good site! having allready had numerous problems solved just by reading the post's of others. There are a few features that make this site particularly good, but also I get a good vibe from the community side...

Hi, I'm have a very consistent problem when trying to install a few games I have. They are: Fallout 3, Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2142, and a few others. Whenever I try to install, I always get this error: *This one is with fallout 3, the only difference in the errors is the game name and...

I have got BF2 to install and play on any server. However after about 45 to 60 minutes game play gets real choppy. Like the frame rate has dropped badly. In windows xp my rig will run anything, ATI 4870 video card. Anyone having else having issues? I have went back to xp for now, but would...

Just reinstalled the game today via steam,updated fine,but when I go to start it it comes up with the box and I click Start Game but the box just goes away and the game dosent start,found a few other people that have this problem but theyve found no soloution yet. Worked fine on Vista getting...

i have the game gta4 and when i play on line with friends they have mods and so on and a friend emailed me mods loader and the whole nine but when ever i try to open the file i get windows media player how can i open without media player and just look at the file and extract it to another(gta4)...

Hi. My laptop is running the W7 RC without any problems, EXCEPT normally in general use, my monitor is in full screen mode, no problems what so ever. If I try run say Flight Simulator 2004, the program changes its res automatically to 800x600 to fill the screen. and back to 1440x900 for...

Hello! I have problem on running Prince of Persia Warrior Within. It starts normally, but after a couple of seconds it switches to Windows desktop. Program icon stay on task bar. If I switch to the game by clicking it's icon on taskbar, or ALT-TAB, it switches back to desktop :confused: I...

My Windows 7 freezes when I play games. I have downloaded the newest video card drivers and my motherboard does not have drivers yet so I downloaded the Windows Vista ones. Windows runs fine when I am on the internet or in iTunes and programs like that but when I play games it freezes. I have...

I thought I would start this thread for games. What games have you seen work, what games have issues so far? I am successfully running Crysis, Sims 3, and an older game called Maelstrom. So far so good.;)

Hello there. I just started experiencing a problem when playing Warcraft 3. After I updated my Geforce GTX295 driver to a Windows 7 driver (from the original driver found by Windows itself) .. I looks like I have a too low frame rate when playing the game. It doesn't run smoothly. I tried to...

Anyone have this working in Windows 7 RC x64? Im having the same problem with this game that I am with Fallout 3. I can play for 10-30 minutes and then it will freeze. I can hear sounds, and still chat with people in vent etc, just the game locks. I can't Ctrl alt del, i have to hard reboot...