IL-2 Random Crashes,ATI video card

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Originally Posted by Mysticpuma

I feel like I fell into the trap with ATi. It's really frustrating and completely random the crashes!

I run Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Radeon 4890 Vapor-X, 8GB Corsair Ram in a Gigabyte EP35-DS4 Motherboard and a Quad 6600 G0 stepping O/C to 3Ghz.

I have Catalyst 10.2. I have disabled Vertex options in conf.ini. I dropped the ati dll file into the main IL2 folder. I also have the March 2008 (so long ago) .dll's in there.

FMB still crashes when it feels like it. When flying offline, I have no problems at-all. No graphics glitches, no problems.

As soon as I venture online (Dogfight Server at WC) I start wondering just how-long I will be around before I CTD.

I have noticed that it seems to be Snow or winter maps where I crash out most often, the usual syptom being the clouds start White and flicker to Black, eventually the ground (Snow) turns black or inverted colours and then I CTD.

I flew last-night for an hour over green fields, and not one probelm was encountered.

I bought the 4890 as it is a powerhouse when it comes to shifting graphics, and being the Vapor-X it runs quietly (which I prefer).

However, as IL2 is pretty much all I have on my PC for entertainment, I am seriously considering swapping back to Nvidia (275 or 285...if I can find one that doesn't sound like a hair dryer) as I cannot take much more of the frustration of never knowing if I will be wasting another gaming session with a CTD meaning another Disco to my record and another mission un-completed.

I know my mobo supports Crossfire, so Ati is 'native' to it, but it will run a single Nvidia if necessary.

So is there (unless this can be fixed) a quiet 275 or 285 card out there, and where is the complaints link to raise an issue with the driver at the ATI website?

Frustrated, MP

Have you checked your O/C on Prime95? I had an overclock that appeared stable but showed memory errors in stress testing. Strangely, this didn't cause obvious problems but random errors would be sure to result.

Seeing as you have Win-7 ultimate, why don't you try running il-2 in the Win XP virtual machine. It's supposedly much better than standard 'compatibility mode'

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