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Title: Freez ups and ctds.... Help..
Post by: stEVIL54 on February 20, 2003, 09:24:11 PM

I figured my rig would handle this game easy but it's not?
 
 I can play for an hour some times then get aCTD,some times it only takes 10 mins.
 
 I get strange flikers and grayouts sometimes??
 
 Any one help...
 
 thnx
 
 W2Kpro sp3
8RDA+   (3129.BIN)
AMD xp2700 (12.5x187) (Swiftech MCX 462+ SUNON 6500rpm 80mm  )
3x256 KHX Kingston  DDR 3500
Asylum Gf4 T4600 (det 42.86s) (locked at 67mhz)
80 gig Maxtor 7200 (8mb cashe)
NV2 Nforce  OB sound
LiteOn 52x24x52 CDRW
MadDog 16x DVD x 48
ViewSonic 19in PF790 .25
Antec S-1240 Full Tower PP-412X 400W ps
SB 3100 cable modem
D-Link DL704 router
On  board nic

Title: Freez ups and ctds.... Help..
Post by: jonnyb on February 21, 2003, 10:17:02 AM

Your rig is certainly powerful enough to run this game and still have enough power leftover to crunch seti workunits ;).

I noticed you're using the onboard sound for your nforce2-based MB.  This uses the Realtek ALC650E chipset to handle the sound processing.  In the past, some users have found that turning down the sound acceleration via dxdiag has helped to reduce the occurrences of crashes.

Another thing to check is a trace or pingplot to the hitech servers.  If you're losing packets along the way, you might be getting thrown out because of that.

Hope some of this helps.

Title: Freez ups and ctds.... Help..
Post by: stEVIL54 on February 21, 2003, 01:01:29 PM

thnx for the help.
 
 I'll turn down the sounf acceleration.
 
 Whats the addy to the hitech servers ?
 
 thnx again  ;)

Title: Freez ups and ctds.... Help..
Post by: jonnyb on February 21, 2003, 01:32:51 PM

Main Arena Server Address: 216.91.187.38
All other arenas: 216.91.187.37

Title: Freez ups and ctds.... Help..
Post by: Siaf__csf on February 21, 2003, 01:34:54 PM

What do you mean with this: det 42.86s) (locked at 67mhz)?

I've had the ctd problem only once during the time I've played AH and even then that was solved by uninstall and complete reinstall with a full download. Some update hosed the game it seems.

Title: Freez ups and ctds.... Help..
Post by: akak on February 21, 2003, 05:42:24 PM

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Originally posted by Siaf__csf
What do you mean with this: det 42.86s) (locked at 67mhz)?

It means he's using the Nvidia DetonatorXP 42.86 driver version with his monitor refresh rate set to 67MHz.  

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Title: Freez ups and ctds.... Help..
Post by: stEVIL54 on February 21, 2003, 10:51:38 PM

akak is right on the det drivers but the 67 lock is the AGP frequency.
 On the 8rda+ you can set your frequency for the AGP when over clocking.
 My monitor refresh is set at 85mhz.
 
 I turned down my sound acceleration and seems to help so far...
 
 thnx for the help...