Lockups and Freezes.

[Naterstein 0]

Basically,

At first the game ran fine.  Cannot remember if I had 100.65 drivers and what settings I was using.

I had the polygon issue, texture issue, and now CTDs.  Figuring the best thing to do is eliminate the 8800 hardware as a problem so I used my replacement plan at CompUSA and got me a brand-spanking new 8800.

So things seem a bit better, but after a few hours I still get the Texture bug (although not as bad) and polygon spikes to which I use the FLUSH command and everyting is good for a few minutes.  The major problem now is CTDs.  Ill play about 20-30mins and poof... game stops responding and I have to use Task Manager to close program.  I cannot figure it out.  I am using Vista and I am wondering if ArmA is compatible with Vista at all.  

Heres my system specs:

Intel Core2Duo E6300

2GB Corsair DDR2-800

640MB 8800GTS on 158.18 drivers

Asus p532n  nforce 650i

Vista Ultimate.

Game Settings (tried at 1600x1200 and 1280x1024):

Everything on Normal, Blood high

Everything on High

VD= 2500 to 3500

Both setting profiles have the same result.

Seriously considering making this a XP machine or at the very least dual boot.

Any ideas?

[W0lle 1052]

If I were you I would use the forum search, there are at least a dozen of threads discussing the GF8800 and Vista issues.

Maybe you find a solution there before you switch your OS.