Arma 2 stuttering and freezing problems please help

[lt.white 10]

Every second im getting lag it doesn't stop. Its worst when i zoom in to fire. Ive tried to play the game with everything on low and it still lags. Ive read almost everything that people say that will fix the problem and nothing works. Please help.

System summary

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600

Other OS Description Not Available

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Name

System Manufacturer XFX78I

System Model XFX nForce 780i 3-Way SLI

System Type x64-based PC

Processor Intel® Core2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz, 3800 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)

BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD P08, 10/26/2009

SMBIOS Version 2.4

Windows Directory C:\Windows

System Directory C:\Windows\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7600.16385"

User Name

Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB

Total Physical Memory 4.00 GB

Available Physical Memory 2.68 GB

Total Virtual Memory 4.97 GB

Available Virtual Memory 3.45 GB

Page File Space 0.98 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys

conflicts/sharing

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IRQ 21 NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller

IRQ 21 NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller

IRQ 22 NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet

IRQ 22 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller

IRQ 22 High Definition Audio Controller

IRQ 23 Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller

IRQ 23 NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet #2

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Memory Address 0xB0000000-0xBFFFFFFF PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge

Display

Name NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+

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Adapter Type GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+, NVIDIA compatible

Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+

Adapter RAM 512.00 MB (536,870,912 bytes)

Installed Drivers nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um

Driver Version 8.17.12.5896

INF File oem22.inf (Section003 section)

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Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys (8.17.12.5896, 12.58 MB (13,187,176 bytes), 7/28/2010 9:11 PM)

Disk I use C drive for arma 2

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Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)

Model SAMSUNG SP2004C SCSI Disk Device

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Media Loaded Yes

Media Type Fixed hard disk

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SCSI Bus 1

SCSI Logical Unit 0

SCSI Port 4

SCSI Target ID 1

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Size 186.31 GB (200,046,551,040 bytes)

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Partition Disk #1, Partition #0

Partition Size 7.51 GB (8,066,548,224 bytes)

Partition Starting Offset 32,256 bytes

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Problem Devices

Multimedia Controller PCI\VEN_14F1&DEV_8802&SUBSYS_48231043&REV_05\4&36AC3632&0&4A78 This device is disabled.

Multimedia Video Controller PCI\VEN_14F1&DEV_8800&SUBSYS_48231043&REV_05\4&36AC3632&0&4878 This device is disabled.

Anyone that can help me fix my problem with Arma 2 I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks

[tpw 2315]

At the risk of providing yet another useless suggestion, have you tried the video memory settings? I had severe stuttering and lag until I changed the settings from 'default' to 'high'.

[lt.white 10]

At the risk of providing yet another useless suggestion, have you tried the video memory settings? I had severe stuttering and lag until I changed the settings from 'default' to 'high'.

I had mine on normal and I recently changed it to default because that's what people said to do on the forums. I just tested it and it didn't work.

Edited October 11, 2010 by Lt.White

[kklownboy 43]

Nvidia CP settings? Running extra apps in the background? In-game settings are way to high?

old driver and arma2 profile?

Hardware monitor logging in the back ground?

[lt.white 10]

Nvidia CP settings? Running extra apps in the background? In-game settings are way to high?

old driver and arma2 profile?

Hardware monitor logging in the back ground?

Nope,nope,nope

[ast65 10]

Problem Devices?

[Gunter Severloh 4057]

Freezing and crashes can be related to overheating, get yourself a cpu temp monitor,

and a gpu temp monitor and see what your numbers are.

With your specs you shouldn't be having problems with the game.

Open your case up too and see if you have any dust in there, dust is a good insulator for heat.

Not something you want to let go, if your cpu is to hot you could burn it out, if your GPU is to hot you will either have freezes,

stuttering, or even crashes, crashes will tell you that you better shut your computer off,

freezes tell you that your almost close to crashing and its getting hot.

This is my guess. You can get temp monitors as freeware almost anywhere, just google temp monitors,

for cpu and GPU and some stuff should come up.

[lt.white 10]

Freezing and crashes can be related to overheating, get yourself a cpu temp monitor,

and a gpu temp monitor and see what your numbers are.

With your specs you shouldn't be having problems with the game.

Open your case up too and see if you have any dust in there, dust is a good insulator for heat.

Not something you want to let go, if your cpu is to hot you could burn it out, if your GPU is to hot you will either have freezes,

stuttering, or even crashes, crashes will tell you that you better shut your computer off,

freezes tell you that your almost close to crashing and its getting hot.

This is my guess. You can get temp monitors as freeware almost anywhere, just google temp monitors,

for cpu and GPU and some stuff should come up.

Its not an heat issue. I have a cpu fan not stock and i also have a temp that tells me the heat of everything. My case has 2 fans on the from one on the top and one on the side and back. Its cool in my room and everything stays at a good temp.

[Gunter Severloh 4057]

Ok, great to hear one we can check off the list, what about:

defrag

spyware

adware

registry errors

virus/s

[ast65 10]

Problem Devices

Multimedia Controller PCI\VEN_14F1&DEV_8802&SUBSYS_48231043&REV_05\4&36AC3632&0&4A78 This device is disabled.

Multimedia Video Controller PCI\VEN_14F1&DEV_8800&SUBSYS_48231043&REV_05\4&36AC3632&0&4878 This device is disabled.

Just a stupid question: why don´t you fix these first?

[rhinox 10]

This is retarded. It's not the heat people, this game is buggy. Crysis heats up my gfx card to about 85C, arma ~75-80. But Arma2 is the one that freezes. This is the GAME FAULT NOT THE HARDWARE! If you go through the posts here you'll see that there are the same problems over and over again. This app has some serious threading problems in my opinion.

[lt.white 10]

Ok, great to hear one we can check off the list, what about:

defrag

spyware

adware

registry errors

virus/s

I did all of that to.

---------- Post added at 04:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:55 PM ----------

Just a stupid question: why don´t you fix these first?

I just did that and it didnt change anything.

---------- Post added at 04:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:11 PM ----------

This is retarded. It's not the heat people, this game is buggy. Crysis heats up my gfx card to about 85C, arma ~75-80. But Arma2 is the one that freezes. This is the GAME FAULT NOT THE HARDWARE! If you go through the posts here you'll see that there are the same problems over and over again. This app has some serious threading problems in my opinion.

Why do some people run the game fine that have weaker or greater systems than mine? I know a lot of people have problems and some people fix their problems i just want to do the same and place the game without a problem.

[gtstrudl 10]

DirectX update?

Clean registry?

BIOS update?

Turn off all unnecessary applications while in game?

[kklownboy 43]

So your Tri Sli? with 9800s? And your on a NVDA MB using the the NVDA Nic? and are you using the NVDA firewall?

Also what version A2/OA .exe are you using?

Still want to know your NVDA CP settings and your in-game settings.

Also if your only on one 9800, A Resolution of 1920 x 1080 can be too much with any settings in-game set above normal and will still lag with zooming...

Edited October 12, 2010 by kklownboy

[rhinox 10]

DirectX update?

Clean registry?

BIOS update?

Turn off all unnecessary applications while in game?

Yeah, right. Like I'm going to risk an update failure or stability problems with a bios update, just to run Arma2 :mad:.

[ProfTournesol 956]

Yeah, right. Like I'm going to risk an update failure or stability problems with a bios update, just to run Arma2 :mad:.

Please stop spamming this topic, create your own if you got troubles.

[rhinox 10]

Please stop spamming this topic, create your own if you got troubles.

Sorry for that, I just got a little frustrated because none of the fixes mentioned here on the forum helped me. I made an issue #13496 but the devs can't help either as it seems. It looks like Arma2 is haunted by a rather hard to reproduce bug and a one that is carried over and over from one patch to another and now OA. Don't get Me wrong, I love Arma2 but it enrages Me when I can only look at the dvd case and not play the game because of a FREEZE bug.

[lt.white 10]

So your Tri Sli? with 9800s? And your on a NVDA MB using the the NVDA Nic? and are you using the NVDA firewall?

Also what version A2/OA .exe are you using?

Still want to know your NVDA CP settings and your in-game settings.

Also if your only on one 9800, A Resolution of 1920 x 1080 can be too much with any settings in-game set above normal and will still lag with zooming...

I dont play the game in 1920 x 1080.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2\arma2.exe"

I only have one 9800.

[kklownboy 43]

I dont play the game in 1920 x 1080.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2\arma2.exe"

I only have one 9800.

but you do by your arma2oa.cfg setting of 1920/1080?

[lt.white 10]

but you do by your arma2oa.cfg setting of 1920/1080?

I dont play OA.