Freezing.

[czingerx]

Well, I tried what you said as stated above. I still have the exact same thing happening still.

I included a screenshot of my task manager, after it freezes. Also the game log, as I heard is sometimes usefull.

I hope maybe it will give some kind of indication of what it may be.

http://img16.imageshack.us/i/taskmanagerh.png/

[Sneaksie]

When the game freezed during mission, did the audio keep playing?

Right click on the Korea icon in the games list in Steam client and select "Properties". In the General tab click Launch Options. Type

\AFFINITY 0X3

into the box and click OK. Close the properties box and launch the game.
This command will set CPU affinity for this game to core0 and core1 upon launch.

[czingerx]

Originally Posted by Sneaksie

When the game freezed during mission, did the audio keep playing?

Right click on the Korea icon in the games list in Steam client and select "Properties". In the General tab click Launch Options. Type

\AFFINITY 0X3

into the box and click OK. Close the properties box and launch the game.
This command will set CPU affinity for this game to core0 and core1 upon launch.

Sometimes I can hear the ambient background sound.

I tried the \AFFINITY 0X3 and still hit the roadblock. Same thing.

[Sneaksie]

Hmm, something with video driver maybe.

Did you turn Sandy Bridge graphics off in BIOS or your PC alternates between it and 550 Ti depending on load? Try to turn it off.

Set up a profile for the game in nVidia control panel. Force VSync on, turn AA off, set max prerendered frames to lowest setting (0 i think).

Change \AFFINITY 0X3 in Steam to \AFFINITY 0X1 to run the game on only one core, maybe this would help.

Dunno why it freezes in menu, there is basically nothing active there - no large textures loaded, no heavy CPU load, nothing.

[czingerx]

Originally Posted by Sneaksie

Hmm, something with video driver maybe.

Did you turn Sandy Bridge graphics off in BIOS or your PC alternates between it and 550 Ti depending on load? Try to turn it off.

Set up a profile for the game in nVidia control panel. Force VSync on, turn AA off, set max prerendered frames to lowest setting (0 i think).

Change \AFFINITY 0X3 in Steam to \AFFINITY 0X1 to run the game on only one core, maybe this would help.

Dunno why it freezes in menu, there is basically nothing active there - no large textures loaded, no heavy CPU load, nothing.

Just tried all of the above, its a no go. Freezed up 15 seconds into the first battle.

I'm thinking maybe too it is the video drivers. Nvidia should be releasing some new ones here soon. (I also posted these issues on there forum.) To bad nobody here can confirm it with this card, or debonk it.

[czingerx]

Well I re-installed steam, installed the new Nvidia BETA driver and still the same thing.

I'm going to do a fresh install in the next few days for Windows 7. I'll update to let you know how it pans out.

[Sneaksie]

If you're going to reinstall Windows only for this, don't, i don't think it would help.