Only Crashed my PC Once... So Far...

[CityBuilderPie 37]

Trying to make a world in map editor caused a GPU crash. Both monitors dead; audio dead; no periipherals (mouse/keyboard etc.) CPU fans still on. Hard reboot required to get pc on again.

 

My specs:

Win 8.1 64 bit

AMD 3.5 GHz CPU (3.8 with turbo)

8 core processor

8GB DDR3 (memory)

1TB SATA (hard drive)  **edit: missed t in TB was not capitalized**

nvidia geforce GT 610 graphics

500 watt power

 

On the low end of mid-range gaming rigs.

 

I have the Deluxe Edition of the game, and it has been running BETTER than any other city building game I have played in the past 5 years!  I have played for 40-50 hours so far and gotten several achievements unlocked. max pop so far has only been 25-30k.

 

I have made several parks in asset manager, as a happiness aid. I set the consumption to zero; make them cost next to nothing to build, and make their happiness range huge.

 

I have tweaked some buildings and made some rudimentary intersections in asset manager too.  All that works smooth.

 

But when I went to world manager and spent 2+ hours trying to get a GORGEOUS map ready, my PC crashes. Map lost.

 

Next step install the auto save mod!

 

Now I'm afraid to use map editor again.

 

Maps from other users here have loaded fine. Gameplay is not the issue. It was the map editor.

 

Any advice?