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    WAR Beta keeps crashing.

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Arquis, Aug 22, 2008.

  1. Arquis

    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    Been playing the weekend preview, and it's crashed 4 times in under 2 hours. I believe it's because my driver keeps crashing and recovering, because it says the driver has done that in the icon on the bottom right of my start bar. Will installing a new driver fix it?
     
    Arquis, Aug 22, 2008
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    Did you OC the card and if so with what software? Sometimes that causes the problem. Also try monitoring your temps (guess you already dit that).

    Question for you tough: How does it run on the 8600M GT? Which settings ? Reslolution ? Etc etc .

    Much apriciated.

    Thanks.
     
    Sonicfury, Aug 22, 2008
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  3. Arquis

    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    No OC, but I wasn't checking my temps. They shouldn't be going any higher than normal anyway. I have yet to overheat this card (stays in the 80s when under load, which is normal for an 8600 on a MBP.) I'm playing at 1280x760 or something like that, on High Quality and it runs nicely. Obviously there's a hiccup here and there when loading or lagging, etc. But that's to be expected in an MMO, especially in beta. Going to get a driver off lv2g, anyone have a recommendation for this game?
     
    Arquis, Aug 22, 2008
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    KernalPanic White Knight

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    To be fair, this is still (late) beta...

    However, this is just like Conan's release so far.
     
    KernalPanic, Aug 22, 2008
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    Not even close. Days prior to release, Conan had massively insane memory leaks. This is a month before release, and the crashing is a result of server stress tests, not faulty coding.

    Been playing the closed beta for over a month, and while it's not rock solid, it's **** close. A far cry from any comparison to AoC.

    -CC
     
    ChinaCat, Aug 22, 2008
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    I changed the driver and stopped the crashing. Thanks.
     
    Arquis, Aug 22, 2008
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    For those have troubles, update...update your video drive...I have a 2 year old driver and before update I have holes on my characters. Now after update, it looks mighty fine :). No crash what so ever and I am using a laptop with 7600 go.
     
    Artimeis, Aug 22, 2008
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    Sorry, I had no issues with AoC at release... it was a few patches LATER that the memory leaks became apparent.

    Like I said... WAR is still beta...
    I honestly do hope they work everything out.
     
    KernalPanic, Aug 22, 2008
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