game crash after ....

[nadine]

HI:I have downloadwed a game from the net (Deer avenger4)
and when I tried To Run it on a Resolutions
640 x480 it Ran for about 6 minutes and than crash me to the desktop
However I changed the resolutions to 800 x600
and it crash after Two second .
is The problems Related To my voodoo3/3000 AGP drivers or TO my DX 8.1
BTW:win 98 SE
K6-2/450 MHZ
128Meg SDRAM pc/100 168pin Dimm
thanks a Zillions guys.laters nadine

[Kuasimodem]

It sounds more like a heat problem to me, going to a higher resolution just makes it heat up faster. I would try opening your case and placing small fan next to the case, blowing in, and trying the game again. If it doesn't crash, or takes longer to crash, then you need to improve the cooling of your CPU or video card (or both).

Also check to make sure that your CPU fan is working properly.

[dmoltrup]

How soon after it crashed the first time, did you try it on 800x600?
If it was right afterward, it most likely would be heat (hasn't had much time to cool down). If it was a while after, (10-15 minutes or more) it wouldn't build that much heat up so quickly even if you did increase the resolution.

If it took about 6 minutes at 640x480, it would probably be (guess) 3 and a half at 800x800.

[nadine]

Hi:thanks a lot
But How Come this games only crash Not The other game
which I was Running it
Before.
laters,nadine

[dmoltrup]

That depends. Was the other game an actual 3D engine game? If it was 2D it wouldn't tend to heat the board as much.