Help with games

[hurricon]

Asus A7n8x-e deluxe mobo
AMD 2500+ OC'D at 3200+
512 Corsair VS Ram Cas 2.5
2x Samsung 80 gig sata hd's in a raid 0 array
Radeon 9800+ Vid Card

I have a decent computer i like to think but lately im not so sure. All programs seem to work fine, such as internet explorer, media player etc. but when i try to play games i have issues/ I have tried to install Command and Conquer General 3 times. Each time the intsall goes smoothly but when it comes time to play thats were it goes bad. it freezes at the intro to screen and there is nothing to do but restart. Please if anyone has some ideas

[Spud1]

Have you patched generals? It might just be a CnC bug.

[mike_w]

That is still a fairly decent computer - have you tried reinstalling games that don't work, defragging or even reinstalling Windows?

[Ferral]

Try removing the overclocking on everything that you have done (put it all back to stock speeds) and see if it works. Occasionally games dont like it when things are overclocked and can do some weird wonderful stuff.

[BEANFro Elite]

or getting a VGA silencer, better cooler and some decent case fans if you haven't already...

How powerful is your PSU?? 300w??

Give some examples of other games crashing etc.

[hurricon]

no it really is only generals. i have reinstalled it and installed the patch but no go. ive got a thermaltake 420 watt silent purepower psu so i dont know if thats the problem. ive also got pretty decent cooling with a thermaltake damier black full tower case, model v5000A. My cpu has a thermaltake silent boost heatsink and a vantec tornado 80mm strapped to that. Other games work flawlesley like Rise Of Nations and that has about the same needs in terms of harware.

i hope that answers your ?'s.

[mike_w]

You can make certain it's not the motherboard by running Memtest, and check general system stability (CPU, memory, motherboard, PSU) by using Prime95.

[JimmyBoy]

if other games are fine than surely its just generals and not you're setup as you say...

seems strange though

have you updated the cards drivers ?? and updated direct x even ???