Freelancer crashes with 9700 pro

Silent Bob · Jun 11, 2003, 02:33 PM

When I run freelancer and start a new game the game freezes about 45 seconds in to it, but the sound continues on as normal for about 30 seconds and then my computer locks completely.

I've tried using 3.4 and 3.1 drivers but both have the same problem. I have now put my old geforce3 in and it plays fine.

Kgentatszu] · Jun 11, 2003, 02:42 PM

what's your full PC spec and what 'bout other games with the radeon 9700pro??

shuki · Jun 11, 2003, 04:56 PM

silent Bob

old GPU's and new GPU's often do not play together nicely on the same OS install. if you want your brand new shiny 9700 pro to work properly and at 100%, you really should consider formatting and reinstalling your windows install... In the long run it will be far quicker that posting up, waiting for replies, testing, posting back, troubleshooting then in the end still having to reinstall OS anyhow. The GPU is not a stick of ram you're putting in it is a critical piece of your pc and plugs in all over the place (c:\windows, reg, etc...) and you really should not just swap them out as if its were ddr.... I mean you can but 99% of the time you will get problems.

tek · Jun 11, 2003, 08:43 PM

So many problems with these ATI cards... *sigh*

shuki · Jun 12, 2003, 07:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by tek
So many problems with these ATI cards... *sigh*

yeah, the problem is with ATI's cards

Any time you put in a new GPU (regardless of Nvidia or ATI) you should always reinstall the OS.... Yeah, I know some people just switch GPUs on the go with no ill effects but honestly, those people are the minority. Don't blame ATI cards for the problem when in fact it has nothing to do with ATI but rather the OS....

anyhow, this has absolutly nothing to do with helping this guy solve his problem so lets just wait and see how its going with him

Silent Bob · Jun 12, 2003, 02:53 PM

When I got the card a few months ago I re-formatted my computer after I put the new card in so it's nothing to do with the nvidia video drivers.

Here's my computers spec:

Asus A7N8X Nforce2 Motherboard
Athlon 2000+ CPU @ 2GHz (also tried at default speed)
1GB PC2700 RAM
Powercolor 9700 Pro
SB Audigy
80GB 7200 rpm Segate HDD
60GB 7200 rpm IBM HDD
Windows XP Pro SP1

I've tried these games and they work fine:

Unreal tournament 2003
Unreal 2
Battlefield 1942
Half-life
GTA Vice city

I have also tried putting down the D3D acceleration slider down a couple of notches which was suggested for people who have been having trouble with the text in this game.

Logla · Jun 12, 2003, 03:45 PM

I had the same problems with my Gigabyte "Granite Bay" m/board.
I had to drop the AGP rate to 4x from 8x and the problems went away.

Silent Bob · Jun 12, 2003, 03:53 PM

Thanks I'll give that a try

EDIT: It's now working fine

Jun 11, 2003, 02:33 PM	#1
Silent Bob DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Freelancer crashes with 9700 pro When I run freelancer and start a new game the game freezes about 45 seconds in to it, but the sound continues on as normal for about 30 seconds and then my computer locks completely. I've tried using 3.4 and 3.1 drivers but both have the same problem. I have now put my old geforce3 in and it plays fine.

Jun 11, 2003, 08:43 PM	#4
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	So many problems with these ATI cards... sigh __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

Jun 12, 2003, 03:53 PM	Thread Starter #8
Silent Bob DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Thanks I'll give that a try EDIT: It's now working fine Last edited by Silent Bob; Jun 12, 2003 at 04:11 PM.

Jun 11, 2003, 02:42 PM	#2
Kgentatszu] DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,802 Rep Power: 0	what's your full PC spec and what 'bout other games with the radeon 9700pro??

Jun 11, 2003, 04:56 PM	#3
shuki DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: in the hidden place Posts: 1,975 Rep Power: 0	silent Bob old GPU's and new GPU's often do not play together nicely on the same OS install. if you want your brand new shiny 9700 pro to work properly and at 100%, you really should consider formatting and reinstalling your windows install... In the long run it will be far quicker that posting up, waiting for replies, testing, posting back, troubleshooting then in the end still having to reinstall OS anyhow. The GPU is not a stick of ram you're putting in it is a critical piece of your pc and plugs in all over the place (c:\windows, reg, etc...) and you really should not just swap them out as if its were ddr.... I mean you can but 99% of the time you will get problems.

Jun 12, 2003, 02:53 PM	Thread Starter #6
Silent Bob DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	When I got the card a few months ago I re-formatted my computer after I put the new card in so it's nothing to do with the nvidia video drivers. Here's my computers spec: Asus A7N8X Nforce2 Motherboard Athlon 2000+ CPU @ 2GHz (also tried at default speed) 1GB PC2700 RAM Powercolor 9700 Pro SB Audigy 80GB 7200 rpm Segate HDD 60GB 7200 rpm IBM HDD Windows XP Pro SP1 I've tried these games and they work fine: Unreal tournament 2003 Unreal 2 Battlefield 1942 Half-life GTA Vice city I have also tried putting down the D3D acceleration slider down a couple of notches which was suggested for people who have been having trouble with the text in this game.

Jun 12, 2003, 03:45 PM	#7
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 62	I had the same problems with my Gigabyte "Granite Bay" m/board. I had to drop the AGP rate to 4x from 8x and the problems went away.