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Battlefield Bad Company 2 memory leak on 64 bit Windows
I just reinstalled Windows 7, the 64 bit version (I was previously using 32 bit) and now when I play Bad Comapany 2, after a while (less than a minute) the game will just completely freeze up (sometimes the audio gets stuck and loops) and the whole computer is unresponsive for a minute or so... then it crashes without an error.
It's not Punkbuster, because I tested single player and the same thing happens. I heard it could be caused when people used cracked versions of Windows but mine is completely normal and legitimate. I've also heard it could sometimes be caused by Realtek onboard sound chips, but I still get the problem after disabling it. (Which is not a good solution anyway because I don't have any other sound card I could use)
I ran Task Manager and I found that after a little while after loading the level, everything would be normal and all of a sudden the memory usage would go up like crazy until BFBC2.exe was using over 2gbs of ram; the memory usage would go up to 99% and at that point it freezes.
I have no idea what's causing it; it worked fine when I ran the game on 32 bit last night before I reinstalled
Edit: After monitoring task manager more closely, the memory usage starts to jump after I reach certain parts in single player missions (multiplayer is too unpredictable to test properly). If I quit to the main menu before the RAM usage goes up to 99% it takes a long time, during this time the memory usage goes down before it settles, and then the menu appears. If I stay in one place at the start of a mission (tested on Airborne and Heavy Metal) the memory usage doesn't jump up (until of course I advance through the level a bit)
Edit 2: On another map, Sangre Del Toro, the memory usage goes up after taking a few steps forward