Total System Lockdown.

awmiscool

awmiscool

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2008

Frozen Isle

The Angel Blades [TAB]

R/Rt

Okay.. i bought the game, installed it, and leveled up some times. Been playing it for about 2 weeks. And i was wondering, why does it just all of the sudden freeze? Itll be in old ascalon, ill be running around, getting a quest or buying items, and my pc just locks up. I ve never had this with any other game. My pc is extremely over-qualified for the game, seeing it is i have two Intel Xeon quad cores, 4 gb of ram, a quadro fx 4600 gpu, and a soundblaster x-fi. If its not hardware, is it xfire? Anyone who might know a suggestion to this please help.

The Way Out

The Way Out

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

In my peanut brain

Zomg Zombies [OMG]

Mo/E

What OS are you running? I have a similar rig and had the same problem under Vista Ultimate.

awmiscool

awmiscool

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2008

Frozen Isle

The Angel Blades [TAB]

R/Rt

Windows Xp professional

Dagger_of_Sithis

Dagger_of_Sithis

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2008

earth

BaR/DAD

A/D

that happens to me sometimes, it always did if i had internet explorer up, sometimes xfire...try closing all of those, and if that doesnt work, dont know what to tell you

awmiscool

awmiscool

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2008

Frozen Isle

The Angel Blades [TAB]

R/Rt

Okay.. well i only had xfire running in the background, trying to clock some GW hours in. I guess ill try it without it, thanks guys

awmiscool

awmiscool

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2008

Frozen Isle

The Angel Blades [TAB]

R/Rt

wow, horrible. Not even that helps. It always seems to lock up EVERYTIME i go to character select.

Why_Me

Why_Me

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

New Jersey

Mo/

Use the task manager and force it to run on a single core.

awmiscool

awmiscool

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2008

Frozen Isle

The Angel Blades [TAB]

R/Rt

Seems to be working.. No difference in performance so far

Dograzor

Dograzor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Netherlands

The Circle of Life (AURA)

E/

Hmmm... not something with a graphics driver issue...??? since its a quadro it might have some difficulty gaming....

And even if you ensure its not the hardware... it could be overheating due to dusty fans or a failing fan... this could be a cause for system freezes...

apart from that, do a driver check... if that didnt help... let me know...

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

Remember GW is only designed to run on a single core.

Tachyon

Tachyon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Stoke, England

The Godless [GOD]

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Why would you need a octo-core system with 4GB RAM and a Quadro 4600 graphics solution when you're only running XP pro? That system is designed for graphical design and high-end rendering rather than gaming both of which require a much better OS than XP. Incidentally, what Motherboard are you running that system from?

As said above though, if you do indeed have eight cores then you need to force GW to run on only one!

Brianna

Brianna

Insane & Inhumane

Join Date: Feb 2006

Well, since it's all relevant and he's seemed to resolve it - perhaps I can ask a question?

I was wondering this; I run two Guild Wars games on one PC at once, I'm sure most of you are familiar with this. So the question is, is can I set my ''Processor affinity'' for Guild Wars#1 to CPU 0, and Set Guild Wars#2 to CPU 1?

What would be the effects of that?

The Way Out

The Way Out

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

In my peanut brain

Zomg Zombies [OMG]

Mo/E

Yes you can. However, start another thread, please, that way other people can get an answer to your question also.

Brianna

Brianna

Insane & Inhumane

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Way Out
Yes you can. However, start another thread, please, that way other people can get an answer to your question also.
Alright thanks. Yeah I know that was kind of ''Thread Hijacking'' but It was relevant so I thought I'd put it out there. Later I'll run some tests on it and maybe make a thread with the results or further questions.

sorcees

sorcees

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Netherlands

LowLandLions [LLL]

P/W

I had also the freezing thingie, especially during deathlevel sessions, now as dedicated to 1 core, i dont have the problem anymore!
So yesterday i started GW and set up another DL session, after 2 hours, it freezes again, i forgot to set it to 1 core.
Is is possible to start GW automaticaly dedicated to 1 core (core 0 or core 1 is no difference)?

This thread with these answers helped a lot, many thx.

The Way Out

The Way Out

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

In my peanut brain

Zomg Zombies [OMG]

Mo/E

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...7-6168870.html

This article should help you out.