- Downclock your video clock speeds and/or ram speeds.
- Try a different set of ram sticks in your computer.
- Run memory tests overnight (Google memtest for free memory testing software). I’ve found Prime95 to be quick in finding any bad memory sticks you may have.
- Turn off Aero theme (control panel -> Personalize -> Theme -> Windows Classic
- Administrative tools > Task Scheduler > Scroll down till you see TMM. Double click ‘TMM’. Right click it and select disable.
- Install better cooling solutions to your video card/case.
- Right click a shortcut to whatever game you are running -> properties -> compatibility mode -> set it for Windows XP. Then run the game.
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May 22nd, 2009 at 9:19 am
Clock speed is my #1 fix.
My brand new, badass laptop, wouldn’t run DOOM 3, which is a few years old now. Frankly, I was ticked, my specs say I should be able to slap DOOM 3 around and call it Susan. After much reading and a handful of crashing, I grabbed a clock tool for my ATI.
http://us2-dl.techpowerup.com//Tweaking/amdgpuclocktool-9.8.msi
I also read that other laptops with the Radeon Mobilty HD are underclocked from the manafacturer. I found mine to be set to 100 for the GPU & 400 for the RAM, instead of ATI’s suggested 600 & 700! Toshiba underclocked the card so much it couldn’t handle the game.