This was posted in the Lordz forum as well, but was wondering if one of my genius clan mates might know of a solution to my woes:
Hello gents,
Need some help. Ever since last August, my computer keeps crashing NTW3 3v3 or 4v4 (2v2 seems to work fine) before any engagement happens (probably about 15-20 min into the battle). My computers specs are 4 gig of memory, 9550 Quad core processor, Nvidia 9600 GT 512 MB graphics card, with 137 gb free of a 500 gb hard drive. I ran Nvidia moniter to determine temp of graphics card and performance of CPU, Memory, Hard disk and network while playing the game. At the moment the crash occurred, my CPU was at 60%, my Memory was at 75%, network was negligible and the Hard disk spiked to 100%. The Graphics card temp was 57 degrees, which is normal range for that graphics card.
I have no problem playing graphic intensive games such as BF3, but I am convinced it is something wrong with my computer and not NTW3 as I have reinstalled both the mod and steam.
So before I go out and spend money on upgrading my computer, what is causing the problem, is it my hard disk, memory, graphics card or a combination of all three? What could be causing these consistant drops in the opening of any 3v3 or 4v4?
Help please b/c I really enjoy this game and wish to play it for years to come,
Tarheel