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[Robbsey333]

Hi,
Have tried the searches and FAQ's and the tweakguide to no avail...I was doing O>K> and then started crashing...on the Fort level when I enter the jungle and prepare to go up to the Fort..I dropped my res to 800x600 and all settings to LOW...newest Forceware drivers..ugh,I'm feeling really frustrated..any thots would be most welcome...

Athlon XP 2400; 1 gig DDR 2700 333RAM; GeForce4 ti 4400; patched the game (ver 1.1)no accel. sound card...all apps are off and not running AA and AS is at 1...
Thanks again,

Robbsey

[Robbsey333]

Hi,
Have tried the searches and FAQ's and the tweakguide to no avail...I was doing O>K> and then started crashing...on the Fort level when I enter the jungle and prepare to go up to the Fort..I dropped my res to 800x600 and all settings to LOW...newest Forceware drivers..ugh,I'm feeling really frustrated..any thots would be most welcome...

Athlon XP 2400; 1 gig DDR 2700 333RAM; GeForce4 ti 4400; patched the game (ver 1.1)no accel. sound card...all apps are off and not running AA and AS is at 1...
Thanks again,

Robbsey

[dukmiester2]

OK:
maybe this will help, maybe.
I went through HE*L with this game after I upgraded from an Nvidia Geforce 4 TI 4200 TO an Nvidia GeForce FX 5950 Ultra. It kept CRASHING TO DESKTOP after a random amount of time of playing. to keep this short, here's what worked (perfectly) for me:
I use a program called Power Strip available here:
http://entechtaiwan.net/util/ps.shtm
and, using Power Strip, I "turned down" my Graphics Cards Engine and Memory Clocks. The factory settings for MY FX 5950 Ultra are:
Engine Clock: 475Mhz
Memory Clock: 950Mhz
I "turned down" the clocks to the following:
Engine Clock: 440Mhz
Memory Clock: 880Mhz
I don't know if it matters, but I kept the Memory Clock exactly 2 times that of the Engine Clock. Your card's clock settings from factory will probably be different than mine, so use CAUTION when playing around with clock settings. All I can say is, I tried several dozen different suggestions, not one worked. Then, I read, in this very forum, about "memory timings" and "clock speeds" and such. I can't change any settings in my BIOS with regards to memory timings, so I thought, what the heck, I'll lower my Video Cards clocks and see if it helps. And, what do you know, now Far Cry AND a couple of other games are working perfectly for HOURS without so much as even a hicup. This worked for me, and it may for you too. Just be aware:
NEVER over-clock ANYTHING unless you know what you are doing. I got the word directly from my Vid card tech support that UNDERCLOCKING (NOT overclocking) won't hurt anything, BUT OVERCLOCKING wil void warranty AND may damage your card. I hope this helps, underclocking has made my life a whole lot better and I have had very little (if any) lesser performance. And, by the way, I am still using the 56.72 drivers and still NO problems. I'd say give the under-clocking a try, it may help and definitely shouldn't hurt any thing. Good luck and happy gaming.

PS: I know I shouldn't HAVE to "underclock" and the Manufacturer is willing to send me a new Vid card, but I am eligible to upgrade to a 6800 Ultra and only have to pay shipping, once those cards are available, so I am waiting for that. At the moment, underclocking has all of my "problem games" working flawlessly and I am content with this "fix" for now.

[Robbsey333]

A follow-up to desktop crashing in my system...tried all the tweaks and still happened..gave up played another game that NEVER crashed and, it did...aha...so, figured it was maybe heat/power/ram leak..

Tried a free utility from PC World, FreeRam XPPro, and, low and behold, it made a few adjustments, and the game now is running like a jewel..
May be a short-term fix, but, it did something...as I meticulously close all programs, vscans, etc..yet, it found a way...

So, wanted to offer that for anyone interested...thanks for your replies and help...

R