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Windows 7 GTA IV and HL2:DM Shutting Down Computer
...it will just shut it down. I think it is my power supply as it often get very hot and along with that...Coolmax, off-brand company I believe. I also have 2 monitors. I have GTA IV set to medium settings and with Half-Life 2 Deathmatch, probably full settings. Also GTA IV's graphics glitch up...- RingAnimated
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- amd asrock bugs cooling issues cpu temperature gaming gaming experience gpu cooling graphics settings gta iv half life 2 hardware multi-monitor nvidia pc shutdown performance power supply troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Computer Randomly Shutting Down after New PSU and MOBO
I Just had to replace my motherboard and power supply due to my old PSU dying (and you know that it is rare that the PSU dying doesn't kill the MOBO or something else). Now it is just randomly shutting down (without a BSOD sadly). Sometimes it is just random, just sometimes it is either during...- RingAnimated
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- amd athlon asrock ddr2 ram gaming gtx 550 ti half life 2 hardware issues hdd motherboard multi-monitor nvidia overclocking pc specs power supply random shutdown seagate troubleshooting vga video editing windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 windows 7 is being annoying please help safe mode runs fine
I have windows 7 home premium 64 bit it has been working fine but this morning i went to turn on my computer and it worked for a few minutes then just stopped working. it is fine if i am on chrome or another program for about a minute and a half and then the program just freezes. I try to open...- Henry Thompson
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- 64-bit background programs bug fixes disk check explorer freezing half life 2 laptop issues microsoft security music production performance real-time protection runtime error safe mode startup system restore task manager troubleshooting update windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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VIDEO Half-Life: Singularity Collapse-Fan based film
This is very impressive and worth a watch.. Anyone who has ever played these series of games won't fail to recognise the images and sounds used. Another Impressive Half-Life 2 Movie | Rock, Paper, Shotgun- kemical
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- fan film fandom gaming half life 2 half-life impressive media movies video youtube video
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Windows XP team fortress 2
if i have 504MB of ram and have 23.0GB memory on my local disk(C:) will that be ok for me to get steam and team fortress 2 or get half life 2 deathmatch thank you to anyone who can give me the awnser- ihavewin7
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- gaming half life 2 hardware requirements installation local disk memory performance ram steam team fortress 2
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Windows 7 [HELP] Running games on NEW Laptop Windows 7 64 Bit
Hi guys. I am totally new to Windows 7 so please guide me here. I recently got a new laptop, and I tried installing Steam and its games(Half Life 2, CS: Source) and Spore. Steam is fine, but the games all show me a black screen or hangs after the Valve head logo. I have read several threads on...- domoflow
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- 64-bit asus black screen compatibility cs source drivers gaming graphics half life 2 hardware laptop new user nvidia performance spore steam tech support troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 [HELP] Running games on NEW Laptop Windows 7 64 Bit
Hi guys. I am totally new to Windows 7 so I need some guidance. I've recently gotten a new laptop, and I tried installing Steam and its games(Half Life 2, CS: Source etc.) and Spore. Steam is fine, but all the games show me a black screen or hangs after the Valve head logo. So I have to hard...- domoflow
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- 64-bit asus black screen compatibility cs source drivers error gaming geforce guide half life 2 hardware installation intel laptop performance steam support troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Black Screen On heavier games startup
No Dump file, no peculiar events in Event Viewer. Acer TravelMate 5720, 3GB ram, Core2 Duo 2GHz, Windows 7 Professional. (Clean install) The bloody VGA: Ati mobility radeon "X2500" 256MB, you know, the one without a decent driver since its non-existence didn't begin. (as its x1700 in fact or...- 7piiiiiiin
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- acer black screen clean install codec counter strike directx driver issues event viewer games half life 2 keyboard issues media player performance radeon security software silverlight starcraft 2 system crash video playback windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 Wow! Have you played HL2 recently?
I noticed whilst checking the sites the other day that news of a big update for Halflife 2, HL2 EP1, EP 2 and Portal. Mainly it was to do with stuff for Mac users but almost hidden away down near the bottom of the release was the line 'Update to engine' (or words to that effect). Apparently they...- kemical
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- award system devotee ep1 ep2 gameplay gaming experience gaming improvements gaming news graphics half life 2 mac users orange box portal reinstall screenshots sound improvements torch improvements update valve
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Windows 7 Games will not run on windows 7
I am aware that people have been having problems similar to this, but I have had a good mooch around other threads and so far nothing has worked, so any help would be greatly appreciated. I recently did a clean install of windows 7 on my samsung Q310 laptop (still at factory spec.), only to...- BigDave
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- audio bios clean install compatibility directx doom 3 drivers games geforce graphics half life 2 memory nvidia performance samsung software task manager troubleshooting video windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 The 'real' death of Dr Breen.
I was saddened to hear of Robert Culps death. A distinguished actor, one of his many performances was the role of Dr Breen in Half-Life 2 which gave the game some real depth and one of it's most evil characters.... Link Removed due to 404 Error R.I.P.- kemical
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- actors character development dr breen gaming community half life 2 memorial rip robert culp video games voice
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Special Offers for cheap games HERE!
I've come across some really good deals of late, and figured being near xmas some people might want to add to this list of discounted bargains for some quality games of the last year or so. Here's my tips for excellent prices which are all currently available via Amazon.co.uk 1. Crysis...- Highwayman
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- amazon deals assassin's creed cheap games crysis discounts guild wars half life 2 left 4 dead special offer stalker 2
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Windows 7 Video issues while gaming
Hey everyone - I am not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but I'll give it a go. I tried searching btw to see if there were anyone having similar problems, and didn't find anything that relevant. Anyways... I have been testing windows 7 for a month or so now, and have...- GoodWill311
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- display issues fallout 3 gaming geforce graphics driver half life 2 monitor troubleshooting video issues windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Steam and HL2 Episode 1
Windows 7 x64 RC Ati (latest catalysts drivers) Asus P5Q Pro board I am having problems getting Half Life 2 Episode 1 to run in W7 x64. Steam starts fine and the game launches (I see the Valve logo etc) but when it tries to go any further it crashes back to desktop. Aero Peek is showing the...- mrbenn
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- aero peek compatibility crash desktop drivers gaming half life 2 launch settings steam windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 From low performance to unplayable on every game.
Right now I've been trying to play Half Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Call of Juarez and STALKER SoC. All these games I should be able to play at high if not highest settings yet all of them have extremely low fps. The stutter is horrible games freeze often and I can't do anything for most of the...- diabloclock
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- aero call of juarez compatibility defrag directx drivers fps gaming graphics half life 2 high settings nvidia performance ram resolution stalker soc stuttering system specs team fortress 2 windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Wondering if these games work alright
Hey all, Just curious if anyone that is using the Windows 7 Build 6801 has tried any of the following games on it, or knows someone that has and if they are working fine or if it's useless to try them for now. The games in question are: Half Life 2 Counterstrike 1 and Source Unreal...- Radenight
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- build 6801 counter strike game compatibility game issues games half life 2 performance player feedback unreal tournament windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows Vista Games Explorer in 64-bit
I own the 64-bit edition of Vista Ultimate and my Games Explorer is a mess which really bugs me because I'm a big gamer and I liked the idea of having a neat central location for my games. First of all, some of my games don't appear in the Explorer at all. This is strange because two of the...- drac
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- 64-bit counter strike episode game art game library game management game optimization games explorer gaming gaming issues half life 2 icon issues oblivion shortcuts software issues steam user interface windows vista
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Windows Vista What do Game Developers think about Vista?
Does anyone know what Game developers think about Vista? With Microsoft moving much of the display work to the video card, what is left for the high end games we are, or will be playing in the months ahead? Games, like, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, need lots of video horse power, but...- Richard_R_W
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- aero glass call of duty display technology doom 3 game compatibility game development gaming community gaming performance graphics graphics card half life 2 high end games microsoft oblivion performance issues ram system requirements user experience video games windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support