Windows Vista Crash

[Elderj]

My computer recently started crashing, mostly during video games (Crysis,
Call of Duty 4), and occasionaly during a movie. The screen goes black, then
fills with vertical pinstrips over the entire screen, and the sound 'freezes'
like a skipping CD, repeating what was last said or heard over and over
rapidly. Ok,... recent changes i've made. I've had a new video card for
about a month, but everything worked fine until a week ago. I installed the
two above mentioned video games, which use punkbuster, a product I have no
experience with. Incidentaly, the problems began about the time I started
using punkbuster. However, I restored the system to a point previous to the
punk buster installation, and the system is still crashing. Is it my new
video card (ATI Radeon B2 512 HD 2600 xt PCI), or something else. Any and
all help would be much appreciated.

 

[Gene K]

Check the video cards manufacturers web site for a newer driver and other
software which are compatible with Vista.
Gene K

 

[Mick Murphy]

Crysis is a very high end user of Graphics and Ram.
Check what its requirements are.

 

[Colon Terminus]

My computer recently started crashing, mostly during video games (Crysis,
Call of Duty 4), and occasionaly during a movie. The screen goes black,
then
fills with vertical pinstrips over the entire screen, and the sound
'freezes'
like a skipping CD, repeating what was last said or heard over and over
rapidly. Ok,... recent changes i've made. I've had a new video card for
about a month, but everything worked fine until a week ago. I installed
the
two above mentioned video games, which use punkbuster, a product I have no
experience with. Incidentaly, the problems began about the time I started
using punkbuster. However, I restored the system to a point previous to
the
punk buster installation, and the system is still crashing. Is it my new
video card (ATI Radeon B2 512 HD 2600 xt PCI), or something else. Any and
all help would be much appreciated.

Sounds to me as if your graphics chip is overheating.
Either that or your Vid Card is going belly up.