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impulsEe · Feb 04, 2009, 11:15 AM // 11:15

Hi

I'm writing this post because i have problem with gw. My game randomly(sometimes when i'm playing for 1 minute sometimes after 2 hours) freezes for about 3 secs and all textures crashes like this:
http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=textureon2.jpg

It helps with textures when i minimalize gw and maximalize it again, but GW is really slow after this - locations are loading really slow and maximalizing is very slow. Restarting computer only helps with that (reopening gw = same effect as when crashes).

My configuration:
Intel core duo 2 ghz
GeForce 8600M GT
2 gb ram
WinXp with SP2

jazagod · Feb 04, 2009, 12:27 PM // 12:27

By any chance did you overclock your geforce? If so this could be the issue, and lowering values could help.

Lourens · Feb 04, 2009, 12:27 PM // 12:27

Whats the type processor your using?
You might need to set your settings to low cause your GPU isnt the best around i suggest a 9800GTX and if you got the Money a 280GTX
And you might need more physical memory aka ram cause if that reaches 100% your game could crash.
OS aint a problem

impulsEe · Feb 04, 2009, 12:46 PM // 12:46

I have laptop, i cant clock my graphic card.
I tried at low detalis, this dont helped. On highest details my game working good(i have about 40 fps on higest). GW crashes sometimes in about 3 secs of play..
My graphic card got 256MB it own RAM.

Rolon · Feb 04, 2009, 12:52 PM // 12:52

Sounds like to me either you video card is getting too hot, or it could be going out.

Mine has been doing the samething for a while now, but I know my card is going out (its lasted longer than I thought it would).

impulsEe · Feb 04, 2009, 12:55 PM // 12:55

It can't go hot too fast because i got outside cooling and it cant go too hot in 3 seconds of play(Sometimes 3 hours Oo)

Lourens · Feb 04, 2009, 12:57 PM // 12:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by impulsEe

I have laptop, i cant clock my graphic card.
I tried at low detalis, this dont helped. On highest details my game working good(i have about 40 fps on higest). GW crashes sometimes in about 3 secs of play..
My graphic card got 256MB it own RAM.

Your Laptop might get to hot that causes crashes, i suggest taking out the power package and use the net electricity or buy a cooler

trickfred · Feb 04, 2009, 03:24 PM // 15:24

I had something very similar happening recently - it would do that after I had alt-tabbed in/out of the game a few times to read the wiki/check email/whatever. I initially thought it had to do with Firefox's notorious memory leaks, but it started happening after a fresh reboot with no browser loaded at all, and much more frequently. I tried removing/reinstalling vid card drivers, didn't work. Reinstalled XP a few days ago (drastic, but I was damn frustrated, and on the verge of buying a new vid card), and it hasn't happened since. In my case, I'm betting it was either mismatched driver components from a previous upgrade, or simple OS cruft. I'm not saying you should blow out your box, just commenting, as those anomalies looked similar to what I saw.

Thierry2 · Feb 04, 2009, 07:41 PM // 19:41

I have the exact same problem! and sometimes my screen fills with random 'pictures' you find when u search in the .dat file. I didn't overlock and I ran RivaTuner while playing to see if my computer would get too hot when it happened, but it didn't.

I also had this happening once:

But it's usually the same thing as your screen shows, and my FPS also goes down from constant 60 to 1-15. I have to play GW now on a 5year old laptop which is pretty lame since this laptop is all new and should be able to run on max settings.

I did play WoW without any problems, so I don't know why it's happening in GW.
Would be great if someone has a solution.

Thierry2 · Feb 06, 2009, 07:07 AM // 07:07

Did you find a solution yet?