OFP crashes with PCI Express video card

[cpthyland2 0]

Please help, OFP (146 and 196) both crash at random intervals when I use my primary graphics card - 6600GT PCI Express.

System Configuration:

Asus P5AD2

1GB Kingston DDR2

P4 3.0GHz

6600GT PCX with 66.93 drivers

When I take out the PCX card and use a ATI PCI card it works fine, any ideas??

[chaztheducky 0]

hmmmm .....im using the new ati x300 card and im doing fine. check your mobo drivers. sory man

[D34N 0]

They 70.90's are out... Not really sure if that will help.

[cpthyland2 0]

Thanks, tried 70.90 and 66.93's still no luck. I have even tried other various settings in OFP such as disabling HWT&L any other suggestions would be great

Mike

[Placebo 29]

Probably not relevant but you seem desperate Are you using -nomap? What's your Aperture size set to? (assuming like AGP cards they have some kind of aperture size?)

[cpthyland2 0]

Not using -nomap, the game it self loads fine, and I can start playing any of the maps, it will randomally reboot however. Unfortunatley with PCI-X there is no apparture settings to configure.

I'm not sure it's drivers as I have a pci card that I used as an experiment with same drivers and it plays fine, however lousy graphics as the card is only a 64MB PCI card :-(

[Placebo 29]

What about heat? What power supply are you using?

[D34N 0]

Try changing you setting on Fast Writes?

[cpthyland2 0]

I'll try the fast write settings tonight, as for heat I have a 500W 24PIN ANTEC powersupply, usually I'm around 35C for a system temp

[cpthyland2 0]

still no such luck, tried just about every combo of video and other bios settings. Is anyone else running a 6800GT PCX graphics card and 1.96??

[Mr_Tea 0]

Do you use Win9x, WIN2K or WINXP?

[cpthyland2 0]

winxp pro - sp2

[Mr_Tea 0]

Hmmm, no comment, or the Microsoft lawyers will hunt me down.

[D34N 0]

Quote[/b] ]still no such luck, tried just about every combo of video and other bios settings.

Hmm.. I"m running out of ideas.. have you tried the Omega Drivers?, What was the last card you had?, I presume you used driver cleaners?

[cpthyland2 0]

nope, i have't tried the omega drivers yet. the last card I had was a ati 9800 agp, this was a new board/video card/ reformat of the Hard Drive etc...

[Guest]

Is it only with OFP that it doesn't work or other games as well?

[cpthyland2 0]

It's only OFP. I did however make some progress with the use of -nomap, however now it crashes randomally. I have tried to modify my config file for optium settings with no such luck. One moment I can launch battlefields, and start running, then BOOM - reboot, the next time, I might get BOOM reboot, just trying to launch battlefields.

[berghoff 11]

Not using -nomap, the game it self loads fine, and I can start playing any of the maps, it will randomally reboot however.

So you are running ofp with the -nomap command? Or not?

edit: nevermind .

[B-2-0 0]

I am having the same problem i think.

I am playing through the campaign again and it seems to happen at the same point in the mission i am currently on....full PC re-boot. It also happens on a few SP missions i have tried but some missions work fine.

Are you sure it's to do with the video card? I have a sneaky feeling it has something to do with DX.

I am running an ATI X600 PCI Express card.

I have a brand new machine and OFP is the only game it happens with....hell, i can run Farcry maxed with no problems.

It happened with the stock ATI drivers and it's still happening now i have updated to the latest ones.

I have tried lowering graphics settings etc.

Any ideas?

[nubbin77 0]

This is troubleing considering that I'd like to upgrade to PCI E sometime in the future. But I'd never upgrade at the expense of losing OFP.

[Mr_Tea 0]

B-2-0 do you use WinXP with SP2 to?

[B-2-0 0]

Yup.

The crash seems to happen when there is quite a lot of fire going down....i have noticed that a lot of the time it happens whilst firing multiple AP/HE rounds from a BMP 2.  This is followed by a repeating of the sound of firing for a few seconds then the re-boot.

Nubbin, as i said earlier, i am not entirely convinced it is a PCIE problem, it may be a DX issue but i have not yet had a play around in that dept.  I will do so when i get home.  

Is there anyone who is running OFP on a PCIE card with no problems?

[FLitzer 0]

Try turning off DX sound accelerator...slow sound but no more reboots.

Seems that the rapid fire armor audio files dont agree with something, maybe the new HD audio chips.

p5gd2 mobo

6600 graka

Peace.

[NKVD 0]

I hate to be unoriginal but it seems like you either have weak powersupply or your system is overheating...

What cooler you use and how much WATTS you've got ?

I had the same problem as you (as I understand)...sound would loop several seconds and then reboot..fixed all of my problems with getting brand cooler and 550WT power supply...

[FLitzer 0]

Negatory...more power no effect

And i had temp on 80 degrees but now it wont go over 55 degrees.