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Nimix
Profile Joined October 2011
France1809 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-20 10:02:43
March 19 2013 18:11 GMT
#21
I've had the same problem several times during campaign play. The video freezes but everything is still going on in the background, if you go 1 A you'll hear units responding and so on.
I think there is a problem with the RAM gestion of the game. SC2 takes a LOT more ram than before. I only have 4gb and play on medium settings, and I've got 90%+ ram usage when playing sc2 which shouldn't be so high. I had the same RAM usage when playing the HOTS campaign on extreme (my computer is more than capable of going so, I5 2500 and GTX560ti).
I will try to reinstall to see if it fixes it. Maybe one day Blizzard will actually put the effort to update and optimize their engine x_x

Edit : Well, reinstalled and it's still using stupid amounts of ram. Will edit again if it didn't fix the freezes :<
Drake
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany6146 Posts
March 20 2013 22:39 GMT
#22
you have to tab out and in, its by nearly everyone (i have in in campange in nearly every video ...) frustrating
Nb.Drake / CoL_Drake / Original Joined TL.net Tuesday, 15th of March 2005
Nimix
Profile Joined October 2011
France1809 Posts
March 20 2013 22:42 GMT
#23
Still froze after reinstall. Tabbing in an out doesn't work in windowed fullscreen, however ctrl+alt+tabing than coming back into the game does.
Crisium
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States1618 Posts
March 21 2013 00:49 GMT
#24
I have this issue too. I don't think it's RAM unless it's leaking badly. I have 16GB main memory and 2GB VRAM and it happens to me quite a bit in the campaign, but only once in multiplayer so far. I play on Medium at 1920x1080 and it still happens.

i7 3610QM (4c/8t, turbos 4c @ 3.1GHz)
GTX 675m (580m rebrand)
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NovemberstOrm
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Canada16217 Posts
March 22 2013 00:03 GMT
#25
Has anyone come up with a solution for this, or has blizzard/blue posters on the forum said anything about it yet?
I am having this problem and it's highly annoying -_-
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Hollow
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Canada2180 Posts
March 23 2013 00:53 GMT
#26
I get the same problem but in multiplayer with a lot of units. It doesn't unfreeze, but I can pause the game and hear the sounds...
Hollow
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Canada2180 Posts
March 23 2013 01:01 GMT
#27
On February 25 2013 12:22 Esjihn wrote:
ive been fixing this by hitting

Ctrl atl delete and selecting the task manager then going back into the game and it fixes it really quick.


This just worked for me.
Hwotk
Profile Joined October 2011
32 Posts
March 23 2013 03:14 GMT
#28
Hi i had this issue with league of legends on my geforce 285 for a while. (screen freezes ctr+atl+del and going back to the game fixes it)
I don't wanna be the bearer of bad news but after playing campaign allot my gfx kinda died on me and i had to get a new one (decided on 660 TI) since i replaced the card all freezes have disappeared. so if u have a chance try a different gfx card for your setup.
anatase
Profile Joined May 2010
France532 Posts
March 30 2013 03:24 GMT
#29
Some people seems to fix it by going from windowed full screen to complete full screen mode.

Someone else posted as new nvidia upgrade patch fixed this.
HandoMidas
Profile Joined March 2013
Canada4 Posts
March 30 2013 03:57 GMT
#30
Have you guys tried disabling desktop composition when launching SC2 as well as turning off Windows Aero?
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20326 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-30 04:24:20
March 30 2013 04:24 GMT
#31
I had the issue once with both disabled IIRC
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
AznBoy00
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada166 Posts
March 30 2013 18:19 GMT
#32
i5 3570k, gtx570 8GB ram, Samsun 840 120GB SSD, just got frozen on ladder today...I'd like to know if there is an official fix for it...thanks!
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