PatrickB1992

System specs: Athlon x2 6000+ 3.1ghz 512mb 9800GT 3 Gigs of DDR2 800 ram Windows XP or Windows 7 32 bit (tested with both OS) Issue: Whenever Anti-Aliasing or Shadows are turned on, screen is filled with a green tint for 10 seconds, controls lock up, and all sounds of combat cease (ambient sounds continue). After 10 seconds my monitor no longer detects my video card. After another 10 seconds I either get a BSOD or cut power to my computer to restart it. Another really peculiar thing is I had the same issue with ARMA2 demo, before I purchased the full game about 5 months ago. I figured that the full version would fix the problem. I'd also like to add I am running at a smooth 60FPS when the crashes happen, there is no lag at all. Things I've ruled out: Driver issues Patch issues Hardware settings Overheating Things I've tried: Playing on the lowest settings with shadows and anti-aliasing on low (crashed in 30 seconds) Turning off shadows and anti-aliasing completely (did not crash at all in a 2 hour play session) Turning all settings on very high (ran 30-50 FPS) crashed in a few minutes Turning visibility down as low as it would go, then turned shadows and anti-aliasing on low - crashed in a few minutes. I've tried many other things with the settings, none of them work, I'm hoping someone here can shed some light on my problem. I've tried all of the optimizations and everything, I've tried just about every solution or tweak I saw on the forums and none of them worked for me. I really appreciate any assistance.

the anti-aliasing is set on application controlled my GPU runs at 70C idle and 80C under load, I don't consider this to be overheating, I have good air flow and have cleaned everything recently. I am not overclocking and have no problems playing other demanding games on ultra high settings (Crysis, Mass Effect 2, Empire / Napoleon Total War) It doesn't matter if I'm playing on the lowest settings available, if I turn shadows on low with all the settings on low, I still crash.

UPDATE: After installing the new Nvidia drivers, my screen no longer fills with green, it just simply locks up and freezes, with ambient sound continuing in the background.

Your processor and video card are extremely low end, that is why.