Constant freezing and occasional crashing-- Help?

[ShinigamiKing14489]

Okay. I've tried near everything and I'm unsure of where to go at this point. So I guess that here will be an okay place to start.

 

Okay so when I'm playing any game, but it's most severe in the Fallout and Elder Scrolls games, after a certain amount of time, my whole computer will freeze. But if I can just get Fallout 3 working I'd probably be happy none-the-less.

 

 

Specs:

 

AMD Athlon X4 860K Quad-Core 3.7GHz Socket FM2+ 95W Desktop Processor (BLACK EDITION) AD860KXBJABOX \

 

ASRock FM2A88X+ BTC FM2+ AMD A88X (Bolton D4) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Gaming Motherboard

 

EVGA 02G-P4-3751-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card

 

Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model BLS8G3D1609DS1S00

 

Western Digital Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

 

Rosewill CAPSTONE-450 450W Continuous @ 50°C, Intel Haswell Ready, 80 PLUS GOLD, ATX12V v2.31 & EPS12V v2.92, SLI/CrossFire Ready, Active PFC Power Supply

 

OS: Windows 10 Tech Preview 9879

 

 

Load Order:

 

Fallout3.esm
Anchorage.esm
BrokenSteel.esm
PointLookout.esm
ThePitt.esm
Zeta.esm
RH_IRONSIGHTS.esm
EVE.esm
Alternate Start - Roleplayers.esp
RH_IronSights_Basic_VanillaPlugin.esp
RH_IronSights_Basic_PittPlugin.esp
RH_IronSights_Basic_BrokenSteelPlugin.esp
RH_IronSights_Basic_PointLookoutPlugin.esp
RH_IronSights_Basic_ZetaPlugin.esp
RH_IronSights_Pitt_NewRifleSights.esp
RH_IronSights_PL_NewItems.esp
RH_IronSights_Basic_AnchoragePlugin.esp
RH_IronSights_RemoveReticule.esp
DarNifiedUIF3.esp
dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
DC Moods.esp

Total active plugins: 21
Total plugins: 21

 

 

I'm also using NMC's Texture pack, UHQ Terrain Overhaul, Fallout Stutter Remover, the Blackout ENB and Enhanced Blood Textures. My Primary mod manager is usually Mod Organizer but I switched to Fallout Mod Manager for FO3 just to try and see if it'd work better-- It hasn't.

 

 

Average FPS is 60, but it seems to run longer if I limit it using ENB settings, so I currently have it limited at 40 FPS.

 

 

Average Play time before freezing: 5-20 minutes.

 

This has happened since I first put the computer together, Christmas, but it's been getting worse. It's to the point I can't even play Skyrim or Fallout New Vegas for more than five minutes at best. Fallout 3 played perfectly, without any freezing until I started using FOSE. But just not using FOSE is not really a likable option as most of the really good mods require it. It seems that even though the FPS stays at 60, everytime I add more graphics mods it seems to freeze even more, the ENB making it now unplayable. But I do want to continue using them if at all possible.

 

I saw someone with a a similar problem instruct underclocking the graphics card and the memory, but that didn't worked.

 

The temperatures are within what I've read are acceptable ranges, but even when I disabled the auto-off when overheating feature the problem still persisted.

 

 

Average CPU Temp when playing: 50-68C

 

Average GPU Temp when playing: 70-80C

 

 

If anyone can help I'd really appriciate it.

[M48A5]

You do not mention having the Large Address Aware Enabler as noted on the NMC Texture Pack page.

 

You also need to limit your CPU to 2 cores. Fallout 3 will freeze if you are using a CPU with more than 2 cores. See: http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1465357-installing-fallout-3-with-windows-78-and-xp/ All these steps must be followed or you will continue to have problems.

 

Fallout 3 is not optimized for Windows 7, 8, or 10.

[ShinigamiKing14489]

You do not mention having the Large Address Aware Enabler as noted on the NMC Texture Pack page.

 

You also need to limit your CPU to 2 cores. Fallout 3 will freeze if you are using a CPU with more than 2 cores. See: http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1465357-installing-fallout-3-with-windows-78-and-xp/ All these steps must be followed or you will continue to have problems.

 

Fallout 3 is not optimized for Windows 7, 8, or 10.

I do have Large Address Enabler. Sorry for not mentioning it.

 

AND I DID NOT KNOW THIS. That is probably it. I'll try it when I get the chance later, but that is most likely it. I've never had a more than two core computer before, so please forgive my ignorance. Thank you.

 

EDIT: It didn't fully work, but it did make it slightly more stable.

Edited February 3, 2015 by ShinigamiKing14489