New PC, Odd freezes

[PointBlank9]

5 minutes, if im looking at the right thing.

[Digglez]

5 minutes, if im looking at the right thing.

THats very bad, I would up to to somewhere like 30-45 minutes.

If you dont have 'load textures on demand' turned off. very time some new person has to load in and you dont have their textures loaded into video memory, it has to spin up your hard drive...which yours is off.  This can freeze the entire computer in the process.

Increase the time til HD turns off, and see how it plays.  IF that doesnt help, turn off 'load textures on demand'

[PointBlank9]

I did have that setting off btw. But I will try increasing the time on that.

[Digglez]

you might also try turning 'load textures on demand' back on.  in theory it SHOULD help, but several ppl says it makes things worse.  In theory any video card with 1GB of memory should be able to do this.

Always do things one at a time, to figure out which was the cause of the problem

[PointBlank9]

Been messing around with options, seems to have gone away. Thanks for the help.

[Jeade]

I can confirm it's not an issue with the video or audio drivers. I flashed the BIOS in an attempt to get rid of the freezes, too. But just asking in game, there's more than a handful of people complaining about the crashes that started happening after the patch and hotfix. I turned off the 'load textures on demand' setting and that fixed the issue with random FPS drops. The freezes and crashes are still there.

Running an i5 quad at 2.6.
A cheap nVidia 9800GT.
4GB RAM at 1600.
The HDD is a beast, though. Not quite sure what's up with this latest patch, but it's caused its fair share of problems.

[Digglez]

I can confirm it's not an issue with the video or audio drivers. I flashed the BIOS in an attempt to get rid of the freezes, too. But just asking in game, there's more than a handful of people complaining about the crashes that started happening after the patch and hotfix. I turned off the 'load textures on demand' setting and that fixed the issue with random FPS drops. The freezes and crashes are still there.

Running an i5 quad at 2.6.
A cheap nVidia 9800GT.
4GB RAM at 1600.
The HDD is a beast, though. Not quite sure what's up with this latest patch, but it's caused its fair share of problems.

only time you should ever flash your bios is SYSTEM related crashes or to add new features.

How many minutes til your harddrive goes into powered down mode?

I'm also assuming you guys are using onboard sound (which sucks).  Do any of you having crashes use dedicated sound cards?

[Jeade]

only time you should ever flash your bios is SYSTEM related crashes or to add new features.

How many minutes til your harddrive goes into powered down mode?

I'm also assuming you guys are using onboard sound (which sucks).  Do any of you having crashes use dedicated sound cards?

Oh, I'm well aware. It was BSODs with both Warband and APB that made me flash the BIOS.

My HDDs never shut off. They're always on...so I have a feeling it isn't a HDD issue either. Especially because it's only happened after this patch, and it's happened to a number of people. The sound loops and the screen flips between two frames for about 10-30 seconds before it crashes. I suppose it's possible that I'm ignorant of an update with the patch and something it might have changed in the modules file that would make the HDD an issue, but it's never been a problem with Warband or any other application up until yesterday.

Edit: Indeed, I'm using the infamous Realtek onboard.

[Christo]

This happens to my PC as well, but my specs are a lot worse than yours.

Strange how it affects a lot better computer, though. o.O

[Jeade]

This happens to my PC as well, but my specs are a lot worse than yours.

Strange how it affects a lot better computer, though. o.O

And it's been happening to you JUST since the patch? Because this truly is strange.

[Digglez]

have you tried disabling sound in Warband to see if you crash still?

[Christo]

And it's been happening to you JUST since the patch? Because this truly is strange.

Yes.