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Windows 7 64 bit RAM and game freezing problems
Hey guys,
I had been using the Windows 7 64 bit Release candidate version for some time now. I have finally a bought copy of Windows 7 professional 64 bit and I installed it last night.
Here is my problem:
I am finding that on games such as Mass Effect and Dragon Age during the conversation cut scenes, the game freezes and I have to CTRL-ALT-DEL in order for the game to 'refresh' itself and start working again. However this seems to be a recurring problem as it will freeze its self again after so many miniutes / hours.
Another problem I have been getting is during the game, objects may suddenly turn purple or green etc. I have to reload the game in order for this to fix itself.
I have been thinking it must be the GFX (nvidia) drivers. However I have just opened task manager to view my performance and I discovered this:
I have 8GB of RAM and the system is using 81% of it! All I am doing is seraching the web, there are no games open or any programms that could take up that much RAM.
Could this be the reason as to why my games go funny in cutscenes? This problem has only started happaning when I installed a new copy of Windows 7 Professional 64 bit last night.
Could any please shed some light onto why the system is using so much RAM? And as to wheather this is the problem with my games freezing too?
My comp spec:
Nvidia 8800 GTS x2
8GB DDR2 RAM
Intel Quad CPU @ 2.4ghz
Windows 7 professional 64 bit
Things I have done:
Updated to latest GFX drivers.
Updated to lastest sound card drivers
I did a format of the HDD last night before I put Windows onto it
Thanks in advance,
Chris