Need help please.

[PODDD]

Ok, I got a Radeon 9550 video card, running on a amd 64bit 3000+
2.01GHz computer, 512DDR Ram
and everytime I play Half life 2 or even Gunz, it would completely lose signal, turn to black blank screen after 10-15mins of playing.

I checked to see if there were dust on my video card and checked if the fans were running, and all seems to be fine. Still can't figure out whats wrong.

I can play Counterstrike and Starcraft perfectly fine. But not half life 2 and Gunz.

Any idea why? Thanks.

 

[WhiteZero]

Sounds like it might be overheating since only higher end games make things go wrong.
Have you overclocked anything?
Dose you card have a fan? If so is it working?

 

[PODDD]

I don't know what overclocking means, and yea it has a fan and its working.

 

[WhiteZero]

Make sure you have the latest video drivers as well, found here.

 

[Cole]

I can play Counterstrike and Starcraft perfectly fine. But not half life 2 and Gunz.

Well Starcraft is 2D and never really required a good computer(though still extremely fun)...and CS dosn't require a top of the line computer.

Yeah I would go with the drivers.

 

[Freemanator89]

Your card sucks

 

[Asus]

Check you gfx settings in your Windows display properties and also ingame. Generally a blank screen indicates incorret resolution/refreshrate or dx9 settings that it can't display or something along those lines with regard to the video card.

Do you have current drivers installed and DX9 installed?

 

[PODDD]

Installed the latest driver already, i say last week? And got DX9.

What I meant by a blank screen is that it says No signal and it just floats around on a black screen.

I thought the card overheated. But the all the fans are working.

Could it be that theres something wrong with the card?

 

[giant384]

try reinstalling the game