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The original poster is experiencing game crashes and graphical issues after upgrading from XP to Windows 7, despite having updated drivers for their Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT. They suspect compatibility or DirectX issues, especially with Steam engine games like Dragon Age and Fallout 3, which only occur on Windows 7. Other games such as Batman and CoD MW2 run fine, and they have contacted Steam support for further assistance. Overall, the thread reflects troubleshooting efforts for hardware and compatibility problems following the OS upgrade.
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SikTh

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I've had this issue ever since switching from XP to 32-bit 7 a few weeks back. When playing games like Dragon Age, Fallout 3 and Left 4 Dead, my computer runs smoothly for about 5-10 minutes and then suddenly completely shuts down without warning. Games like CSS and TF2 have outlined 3d boxes and purple/black checkered patterns all over maps. My main concern is that when I was playing on XP, I never had any of these issues. My graphics card is an Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT, which is a bit out-dated. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I figured that it since I switched to 7, it wants to run on a higher Direct X, when in reality I can probably only handle 9. My driver is completely up-to-date so I'm not exactly sure what to do. Can I somehow go back to 9? Is that even what I need to do?

Thanks! 😀

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Proc: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.60GHz
Memory: 4.00 GB
System: 32 bit
Vid card: Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT
 

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I just came to realize that it's only steam engine games that won't run. I run Batman, CoD MW2, AvP demo perfectly fine. I went ahead and opened a ticket via steam.

Not sure what else to do :/
 
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