Strange and Elusive Freeze / Hang bug

[Eanfom 0]

I've been having a strange issue when it comes to ArmA, and a few other programs as well. Whenever I use a menu(Gear, Map, Esc Menu, Etc.) the game hangs for some 4-5 seconds. That doesn't sound like a lot of time but trust me it makes the game very difficult to play. This is where the weird comes in, no matter what graphics settings I set it to, it still does this. And this is where it gets stranger, the same thing happens in Crysis when I use the Gun Mod/ Suit Mod menu, and when I go in and out of free cam mode in Dungeon Runners. I'd ask at their forums as well but the crysis forum is impossible to get an intelligent reply and the Dungeon Runners forum is basically dead. I'm going to hop over to Nvidia's forums and ask there as well.

Specolas:

Asus 8800GTS(640MB)

AMD 4000+ (No duel core :C)

Asus A8N-32 SLI deluxe mobo

2 gigs of ram, not sure what type, guessing corsair

Windows XP SP2

DirectX 9.0c

Basicly everything up to date

I can't seem to find anyone else with this issue, and I think it has to be hardware related considering it goes over multiple games.

Edited June 14, 2009 by Eanfom

[kklownboy 43]

you may need to use a different Nvidia driver. And yes i have seen this issue, on ATI and nvdia, it seems to be a switch from 3D to 2D, back to 3D. You can make sure your on the latest DX (march09)

[Eanfom 0]

you may need to use a different Nvidia driver. And yes i have seen this issue, on ATI and nvdia, it seems to be a switch from 3D to 2D, back to 3D. You can make sure your on the latest DX (march09)

I probably should have speicified windows XP, and I've tried many different drivers for the GPU, none fixing it.

I'll double check that I have the latest DX version and edit the OP