Friday, January 21, 2011

Preventing Your PC Games From Crashing


It is very frustrating when you are in the middle of a PC game and it crashes. And what is even worse is if this happens at a crucial part of the game such as when you are about to get past a certain stage which has had you frustrated for days. Just at the point when you are about to get complete the part that has been eluding you for so long, your game crashes and then you have to begin again. This can leave you feeling very frustrated but thankfully there are a number of things you can do to stop this from happening.

Most computer games will crash because of the fact that the computer cannot cope with actually running the game but there are things that can help to improve this situation.
  • The most common reason why games crash is that there is a mismatch between what the game requires and what your computer is providing. So before installing a particular game, it is recommended that you check the system requirements first. If your current computer cannot meet the requirements of the game then you can either upgrade your system or choose an alternative game. Loading a game on a computer that cannot meet the system requirements will more than likely crash continuously.
  • You may find that your game keeps crashing if you have too many programs running on your computer in the background. A way to stop this from happening is to make sure that you don’t have programs running which you don’t need when you are playing your game and that the start up menu does not have any necessary programs on it. Many programs are now available which stop the background processes giving a boost to the gaming experience
  • Make sure you have enough space on your hard drive because if you don’t it will mean your game has nowhere to store data needed for the game and it crashes.
  • The best way to ensure that your computer’s performance is up to scratch is to make sure files are found easily and this can be done by regularly defragmenting your hard drive.

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