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    Counter Strike Global Offensive freezes

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by pepzane, Jan 15, 2013.

  1. pepzane

    pepzane Notebook Enthusiast

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    After 10min (more or less) of playing CSGO I have to restart the computer because the game freezes and can't do anything.
    When it happens, my memory is 40% (only running Steam...)

    The problem only happens with CSGO.

    Anyone here with the same problem?
     
    pepzane, Jan 15, 2013
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Did you only recently have the issue with CS:GO or has it always been freezing? What are you system specs? Try right clicking on the game and go to properties, go to local files tab and verify integrity of game cache. If that doesn't fix it, proceed to reinstall CS:GO.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jan 15, 2013
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    ehancock Notebook Consultant

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    I had issues in the beginning with CS:GO and it ended up being that i was using the "generic" windows 7 audio drivers. It might be worth updating your drivers if verifying the game cache doesn't work
     
    ehancock, Jan 15, 2013
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  4. jaug1337

    jaug1337 de_dust2

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    Just real quick, what GPU do you have?

    CS:GO has some serious optimization problems.
     
    jaug1337, Jan 15, 2013
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  5. pepzane

    pepzane Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have reinstalled CSGO (I haven't played again) and now i'm verifying the cache but it stays 0%...

    My GPU is NVIDIA 680m. I play Crysis 2, Witcher 2 or Hitman Absolution... would be a joke if can't handle CSGO!
     
    pepzane, Jan 15, 2013
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    moviemarketing Milk Drinker

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    Really? I played the beta version and it seemed to be incredibly optimized, IIRC it ran great on maxed settings at 1080p with my i7-820QM and weak 5830m graphics card.
     
    moviemarketing, Jan 15, 2013
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  7. pepzane

    pepzane Notebook Enthusiast

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    I can play the game on ultra mode without lag.. but after playing some matchs the game freezes and can't do anything...

    Reinstalled... verified cache.. and same thing again.
     
    pepzane, Jan 15, 2013
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    jaug1337 de_dust2

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    Let me put it this way.

    The people on the official Steam forums are not happy, and now if you google CS:GO freeze, you'll encounter millions of people with the same problem.

    Valve issued a very very weird patch not to long ago (a couple of month) and it broke the whole thing... I don't know if you've noticed several patches at 1 particular moment on your Steam library, CS:GO was just updating day by day. Still hasn't been fixed.

    Check all the settings, turn off the vsink, it could be anything at this point. Mine crashed due to me having vsink on lol. Also try turning the music off might fix it too... :)
     
    jaug1337, Jan 16, 2013
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  9. Chazy90

    Chazy90 Notebook Evangelist

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    When I played it for a few hours like a month ago, there were no problems. I didn't play the game more, because as a huge Counter-Strike 1.6 fan, I can't adapt to it.
     
    Chazy90, Jan 16, 2013
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    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    Re-install the video drivers as well. But it sounds like a development bug with the game - or possibly the Steam client.
     
    Prostar Computer, Jan 16, 2013
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  11. pepzane

    pepzane Notebook Enthusiast

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    I did a clean installation of Qualcomm Atheros Killer drivers and reinstalled the game again and played an hour without problems... hope doesn't happen again :D

    Maybe it was a connection problem?
     
    pepzane, Jan 16, 2013
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    jaug1337 de_dust2

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    Maybe, lets hope it did it! :)
     
    jaug1337, Jan 16, 2013
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  13. moviemarketing

    moviemarketing Milk Drinker

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    Oh I see, haven't had a chance to play the game again since launch date when my beta copy expired. :(
     
    moviemarketing, Jan 16, 2013
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