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Old January 14, 2013, 05:00 PM
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Hi guys,

I've been playing DA:O for the last few weeks and have been consistently encountered this quick repeating pauses during gameplay & in-engine cutscenes. My fps is always above 40 but every 2-3 seconds there will be this really quick pause/freeze. Has anyone encountered this problem in any games before and know what is causing it? I'm posting a video below to demonstrate exactly what I'm seeing.

DA Origins Repeating Pause Freeze - YouTube

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Old January 14, 2013, 05:18 PM
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defragg your drives. ??

What drive is game on ??

same ass OS or other ??
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Old January 14, 2013, 05:24 PM
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defragg your drives. ??

What drive is game on ??

same ass OS or other ??
My games are on a separate physical hdd...are you saying that this is what is causing the repeating pauses?

I have OS on a 640GB WD drive, and my games on a 2TB WD drive, both Caviar black. None of my other games have had this issue though...
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Old January 14, 2013, 05:36 PM
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Updated drivers? temperatures? clean the card?Overclocked?

New background application?
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Old January 14, 2013, 05:42 PM
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Latest windows update and gpu drivers (full uninstall, then driver cleaner in safe mode, etc.). I recently dusted my pc but this problem has been there for weeks prior. The system is overclocked slightly (i5-750 from 2.66GHz to 3.33GHz). Both hdd are defraged. And temperatures are between 48-55 degrees under load.

I'm thinking that this may be a directx issue? Unfortunately I know of no way to uninstall/reinstall directx in windows 7 64-bit.
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Does it do it in other games too?
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Old January 14, 2013, 06:21 PM
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Find DX11 demo game on steam or somewhere down load and install it will update DX when it fist loads in .

was a work around I used few times. there was a dude who loved to hack dx mess with people on Steem a wile back.
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Make sure that you have all the latest microsoft visual C++ redistribuable packages,if the game is in C++
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Old January 14, 2013, 06:52 PM
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rev 3 Board ?? witch controller are the drives on. ??

Latest BIOS and Intel chipset drivers ??
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Old January 14, 2013, 07:42 PM
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None of my other games have had this issue though...
Reinstall the game.
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