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Hi fellow AA enthusiasts,

Before i start stating any known bugs or crashes i wanne thank the people who brought the original AA back to life. I played the game in 2003 in all it's glory and i hope that'll return.

So i got this problem that the game just freezes up during a match or training, i can't do anything but hard-reset my computer and start again. The strange thing is that i've been having the same problem with AA 3... This happens random during gameplay.

My system specs:
Win7 enterprise 64bit (fully updated)
q6600; 4GB RAM; HD5870 (catalyst 11.12)

Has anyone experienced the same issue ?

I had a other Question ? when doing work on your computer do you reboot also? out of the blue? or your system just gets stuck?

@ Spanky,
I ran prime95 which gave 0 warning and 0 errors during 5 tests. I had a question about memtest though, should i get "memtest86+" or just "memtest" ? Thanx for helping me out!

@ BOTs_BOSS
I don't get a blue screen, it just freezes during matches and the onlything left to do is pushing the reset button (the screen doesn't change it just keeps on displaying the freezedup game).

I'm gonna test if other games react the same, thanx for the already usefull information

@ Spanky,
I ran prime95 which gave 0 warning and 0 errors during 5 tests. I had a question about memtest though, should i get "memtest86+" or just "memtest" ? Thanx for helping me out!

If you ran Prime95 for 5 tests, that was like what, 10 minutes? You'll want to run it for 8 hours at a minimum on blend mode. I should have mentioned this.

For memtest, you want the ISO of memtest86+ which you will burn to a CD and boot from.

It's not necessary to run Prime for 8 hours if we are not talking about overclocked cpu & memory. Testing with other games and short run in Prime is enough for stability test.

It's only necessary if you want a stable computer. Some people go nuts and say 24 hours of Prime95. I've read a lot and the consensus is that most do 8-10 hours. It doesn't matter if your CPU is overclocked or not, it can still be faulty out of the box. Memory faults can develop (although rare) and components need time to warm up (not 8 hours but testing after components have reached their maximum temp is needed). Prime95 will quickly bring out voltage issues, overheating issues, CPU issues, Memory issues, and chipset issues. It's a great program to start with.

I've personally had computers that are stable for 4 hours of Memtest but 5-6 hours they would lock up. This means they're not stable. It's not a simple "oh, it works for 5 minutes, it must be fine" scenario.

Different games/engines stress in different ways. AA is really CPU heavy. I'm just saying what I personally do for my computers and my customer's computers. I've never had a single complaint about a refurbished or custom built computer that left my hands because one of the stress testing steps I perform is running Prime95 for 8 hours.

I'll be the first one to say that there is no standard for "stable". There might be for the military but that's a different story. But really, how can you be sure enough to eliminate a probable cause without testing beyond the shadow of a doubt?

I am more about eliminating things in steps and an overnight run of Prime95 is part of that. I think it's crucial for any computer that sees regular usage.

I will agree with you and say temperatures should be one of the first things done as it's the easiest

Be sure to update DirectX as well:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=35