[Beamer]

Whenever i try to play COD 4 or 6 in any resolution above 1280x720, my computer restarts after a few minutes. I assume that this is from my video card overheating because i have checked its temp after playing before and it was above 90 degrees C. My current video card is a 256mb ATI Radeon X1950XT. What is the best card i could get for under $75? Maybe under even under $50. I might go up to $100 if it is absolutely necessary (but i don't want to because i already think i got ripped off for my computer). Could i get one cheap that will allow me to play COD in HD?




Just in case you need to know, here is all i know about my pc.
AMD Anthon 64x2 Dual Core Processor. 3.11GHz
2.25 gb of ram
ASUSTeK M2N-E motherboard
ATI Radeon X1950XT video card.
Windows XP home

This post has been edited by Beamer: 22 February 2010 - 03:11 AM

[madmatt2006]

Hello welcome to PCHHQ this is the best card for under $100 POWERCOLOR Radeon HD 4850 AX4850 512MD3-PH Video Card but this one is much better and only $30.00 more POWERCOLOR Radeon HD 5750 AX5750 1GBD5-PDH Video Card this is good for around $80.00 GeForce GT 240

[Beamer]

madmatt2006, on 22 February 2010 - 03:16 AM, said:

Hello welcome to PCHHQ this is the best card for under $100 POWERCOLOR Radeon HD 4850 AX4850 512MD3-PH Video Card but this one is much better and only $30.00 more POWERCOLOR Radeon HD 5750 AX5750 1GBD5-PDH Video Card this is good for around $80.00 GeForce GT 240

What do you mean? You said the first card was the best one for under $100 then you said the next one was better. Anyway, would the $30 card let me play Modern Warfare 2 in 1080p?

[madmatt2006]

This is the specs for Modern Warfare 2. On your current graphics card is the fan spinning why is over heating it's with in the specs for the game.

# OS: Microsoft Windows XP
, Windows Vista and Windows 7 (Windows 95/98/ME/2000 are unsupported)
# Processor: Intel Pentium 4
3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported
# Memory: 1 GB RAM
# Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon
1600XT or better
# DirectX: Microsoft
DirectX® 9.0c
# Hard Drive: 12GB of free hard drive space
# Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
# Internet: Broadband connection required for Multiplayer Connectivity. Internet Connection required for activation

[Beamer]

madmatt2006, on 22 February 2010 - 10:04 PM, said:

This is the specs for Modern Warfare 2. On your current graphics card is the fan spinning why is over heating it's with in the specs for the game.

# OS: Microsoft Windows XP
, Windows Vista and Windows 7 (Windows 95/98/ME/2000 are unsupported)
# Processor: Intel Pentium 4
3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported
# Memory: 1 GB RAM
# Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon
1600XT or better
# DirectX: Microsoft
DirectX® 9.0c
# Hard Drive: 12GB of free hard drive space
# Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
# Internet: Broadband connection required for Multiplayer Connectivity. Internet Connection required for activation

I checked to see if the fan was spinning and noticed that the air filter was very dirty. i vacuumed it out and it works great now!

[madmatt2006]

good to hear

[noop]

Great to hear! As future reference, if you clean the fans, do not let them spin as fast as possible. Doing this can ruin the bearing and make the fans nosier/no longer working.

noop

[Beamer]

noop, on 22 February 2010 - 11:08 PM, said:

Great to hear! As future reference, if you clean the fans, do not let them spin as fast as possible. Doing this can ruin the bearing and make the fans nosier/no longer working.

noop

I didn't clean the actual fan. I just vacuumed the filter where the air comes in. I didn't see a switch to change the speed, anyway.

[noop]

My bad, I thought you cleaned the fan itself. Well now if you do clean them, you will be a pro in the future
noop