I've got this game since it first came out. I've been waiting for it for many years, I even bought the collectors edition! My old graphics card was a Radeon HD4870 and it was barely enough to run the game. That is why I bought a new one, the Radeon HD6870. This card can run the game almost at its highest levels! I think I need to upgrade my CPU next, but that is for the future.
The thing is, I get random crashes in the game. These crashes can happen under varying circumstances. Sometimes during a heavy dogfight with tracers and parts of multiple aircraft flying around (over London) and sometimes when I quietly fly alone over the countryside. It starts with a chilling noise, coming from my computer. I can only describe the noise as something inbetween grinding and chirping. After a second or two, the signal to the monitor is lost and the sound from my speakers gets scrambled. It sounds a little bit like this:
http://vimeo.com/646687
After that, the sound stops completly and since the screen hasn't got a signal at all, I can only push the reset button of my PC. No error messages are shown. I can press the "esc" button in the few seconds before my screen is lost. This gets me in the menu and the grinding noise stops instantly. I think this is because the game doesn't need to render anything anymore. After a few seconds, I can go back to flying like nothing has happened. I downloaded the free AMD systems monitor and both my CPU and GPU are going to 100% in a very short period of time during the grinding noise. (seen by quickly pressing ALT-TAB) The crashes seem to be getting worse if I set the video options higher in the game. So, it is definitly video related, altough I don't think it is Il-2 CoD itself.
I haven't tried any other games with this new vid card yet. Il-2 CoD is by far the most demanding game I own. I downloaded the latest drivers for my new vid-card and installed themn twice allready. I will now post my system specs and DXdiag, I hope you guys can help me!
PSU: Blackpower 580W
Motherboard: Asrock A780GXH 128M (AM2+ socket)
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 7750
RAM: 4Gb DDR2
Video card: ATI Radeon HD 6870
Soundcard: Creative Soundblaster X-Fi
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