GeriatricLemon
03-10-2010, 08:58 PM
I have finally found a resolve for my frustrating freezing issues:
My problems with crashing of the game was primarily a sudden freeze with a sound byte still audible and a normal graphic displayed, but frozen. The only way out of this was a hard reboot. It would happen randomly, but often, sometimes not even in a game, just in the loading screen.
After much mucking around with making sure all drivers were updated, bios's were the latest and running the game at bare minimum's with my video cards at basic settings and my cpu at it's original non over-clocked settings, I was still getting problems.
The fix:
Through control panel I disabled the Realtek on-board sound. Instant success - no crashes, played for hours on end and happy as larry - except no sound was an issue.
Fortunately for me my graphics cards have HDMI sound support so I have used that instead - the only downside to that is for general use the screen is a tiny bit out of focus, but in-game it is perfect.
****If you are having issues with constant freezes then I'd suggest a quick test is to disable your sound through control panel/devices and see if it remedies it.******
Obviously this isn't a fix for the other problems like closing to desktop but it is one solution that has satisfied me immensely and has made the game playable.
Others have found that by putting in a sound card they have cured this problem.
My current settings for the game are as follows and I enjoy about 140fps and no lag:
[WindowSettings]
Width=1920
Height=1080
Fullscreen=true
RefreshRate=60
VSync=false
[Sound]
Quality=high
VoipEnable=true
SpeakerCount=0
[Graphics]
Effects=medium
Soldiers=medium
Vehicles=medium
Overgrowth=medium
Undergrowth=medium
StaticObjects=medium
Terrain=medium
Shadows=high
Bloom=false
HSAO=false
MSAA=6
Water=medium
MainQuality=custom
Texture=high
DxVersion=11
Aniso=4
Detail=medium
RenderAheadLimit=
Fov=70
My current working setup:
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
CPU:Intel Core i7 920 @ 4.2GHz
Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D Premium - Bios 0703 (Latest)
Cooling: Noctua NH-D14 (The beast)
RAM: 12Gb Corsair HX3X12G1600C9 XMS3DDR3 runnng at 1600MHz
Graphics Card(s): 2 x Crossfire Mode Sapphire HD5870 Vapor-X - (In overdrive mode)
Latest Manufacturer supplied BIOS to each card
GFX Driver version: ATI Catalyst 10.2 (tried 9.12, 10.1 and now latest 10.2)
Sound Card: On Board RealtekŪ ALC889 8-Channel High Definition -DISABLED
Sound card driver version: 6.0.1.5959
Router/Modem: Netgear DGN3500
My problems with crashing of the game was primarily a sudden freeze with a sound byte still audible and a normal graphic displayed, but frozen. The only way out of this was a hard reboot. It would happen randomly, but often, sometimes not even in a game, just in the loading screen.
After much mucking around with making sure all drivers were updated, bios's were the latest and running the game at bare minimum's with my video cards at basic settings and my cpu at it's original non over-clocked settings, I was still getting problems.
The fix:
Through control panel I disabled the Realtek on-board sound. Instant success - no crashes, played for hours on end and happy as larry - except no sound was an issue.
Fortunately for me my graphics cards have HDMI sound support so I have used that instead - the only downside to that is for general use the screen is a tiny bit out of focus, but in-game it is perfect.
****If you are having issues with constant freezes then I'd suggest a quick test is to disable your sound through control panel/devices and see if it remedies it.******
Obviously this isn't a fix for the other problems like closing to desktop but it is one solution that has satisfied me immensely and has made the game playable.
Others have found that by putting in a sound card they have cured this problem.
My current settings for the game are as follows and I enjoy about 140fps and no lag:
[WindowSettings]
Width=1920
Height=1080
Fullscreen=true
RefreshRate=60
VSync=false
[Sound]
Quality=high
VoipEnable=true
SpeakerCount=0
[Graphics]
Effects=medium
Soldiers=medium
Vehicles=medium
Overgrowth=medium
Undergrowth=medium
StaticObjects=medium
Terrain=medium
Shadows=high
Bloom=false
HSAO=false
MSAA=6
Water=medium
MainQuality=custom
Texture=high
DxVersion=11
Aniso=4
Detail=medium
RenderAheadLimit=
Fov=70
My current working setup:
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
CPU:Intel Core i7 920 @ 4.2GHz
Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D Premium - Bios 0703 (Latest)
Cooling: Noctua NH-D14 (The beast)
RAM: 12Gb Corsair HX3X12G1600C9 XMS3DDR3 runnng at 1600MHz
Graphics Card(s): 2 x Crossfire Mode Sapphire HD5870 Vapor-X - (In overdrive mode)
Latest Manufacturer supplied BIOS to each card
GFX Driver version: ATI Catalyst 10.2 (tried 9.12, 10.1 and now latest 10.2)
Sound Card: On Board RealtekŪ ALC889 8-Channel High Definition -DISABLED
Sound card driver version: 6.0.1.5959
Router/Modem: Netgear DGN3500