Hoping somebody may be able to point me in the right direction because I've pretty much hit a brick wall with everyone I've spoken to.
Just finished a new build with the following specs:
- Asus X58 Sabertooth mobo
- Intel Core i7 CPU
- Nvidia 460 GTX Graphics
- Patriot G Series 'Sector 5' Edition 4GB DDR3 RAM
I'm having some significant problems trying to run games off steam. I initially had Win7 64-bit running with the latest Nvidia drivers (v260.99) and DirectX 11. For some unknown reason, I'd be playing a game like Civ V, Bad Company 2, Medal of Honor, and more recently COD:Black Ops, and with all of them I would be able to play the game for about 10-15 minutes before it locks up with a "* has stopped working" error.
I then reformatted the hard drive and performed a clean installation of Win7 32-bit in the event it was a problem with 64-bit. Installed only the new drivers, DirectX11, steam, and Call of Duty Black Ops....same issues. I'm currently trying to revert back my video drivers to 258.96, and will update with the results, however if it doesn't work I'm somewhat at a loss. Not sure what else could be causing this, and I'm hoping someone might be able to give me some insight.
I have not experienced the same issues with any other programs (I've spent 6-8 hours a day in Visual Studio, Xilinx IDE, and Office). I did shell out the cash to make this primarily a gaming rig, and these errors have essentially rendered the purchase useless, so you can imagine my frustration.
