Day of defeat crashing on new dual core rig :(

[aphex]

Hi guys, got my new rig setup and its 12 hour prime stable but after playing DOD:S for 30mins or so (less than 1 map change) it freezes.

After much googling it seems the problems are to do with the nvidia drivers and dual core? Anyone running dual core with an nvidia card got problems playing Source games? I tried 81.98 drivers and now using 83.60 and its a bit better but still freezes...

[McClane]

I've got no idea if this will work but for CS 1.6 you need to set the hl.exe process to use one core. Now I know you are playing DoD:S which is based on a lot more recent game engine but you could maybe try setting the process to use one core and see if it stops freezing.

[aphex]

Yeah I gave that a try and it doesn't make a difference. I played CS:S for ages and got no probs, all maps were without HDR though not sure if that it what is causing the probs...

[kempez]

Have you tried going to Steam support and "validating" you DoD files? Works for me on me d/c

[McClane]

The new version of cs_assault for CS:S uses HDR. You could go on that and see if you have any problems Although I doubt it's the problem.

[aphex]

Tried the validating files and it didnt work

Seems like the problem only occurs on HDR maps which really pisses me off now cos I love HDR! Bah guess I'll have to turn it off :/

[FatalSaviour]

Originally Posted by aphex

Tried the validating files and it didnt work

Seems like the problem only occurs on HDR maps which really pisses me off now cos I love HDR! Bah guess I'll have to turn it off :/

I play CSS for hours on end with an X2 4200 and 7800GTX. The HDR setting is on full.
It's definitely not PSU related (graphics card drawing more power when rendering HDR) or somethign like that?
How's FEAR or something like that turn out?

[aphex]

I don't have FEAR unfortunately so I can't test it out. Farcry works fine though...Also doubt its the power issue since my PSU is pretty decent and it plays around 20-30mins of a map before it randomly freezes.

Which drivers do you use? Have you got the MS hotfix?

[FatalSaviour]

81.98 display, 6.82 Mobo, AMD CPU driver...I'm not entirely sure about the hotfix, I slipstreamed my install and integrated a RyanVM hotfix pack, not sure if that had it in or not, but I certainly haven't noticed any problems with it.
Hope you get this sorted asap...
Will try and provide more info if you need it

[M0nkeyb0Y]

Have you got NV firewall activated? I did when I first got my a8n (with X2 4400+)- and DOD:S kept stuttering and would often crash - try uninstalling the drivers and using a non mobo based FW.

Does this happen with only online games? - if not ignore the above advice.

[aphex]

I'm using the non-mobo based LAN cos NV firewall kept crashing windows and I got rid of that ages ago.