Solved [1.08b] GPU freeze when zooming out to overview map

I encountered a GPU freeze when zooming in and out from the map often.

The game freezes up for a few seconds, then VPU Recover from ATI says that the gfx card did no longer respond so it has been resetted.

Without VPU Recover, this would be a crash bug.

I am using Win XP 32bit SP3, gfx card ATI Radeon HD 3870 (Sapphire Ultimate Edition)

Save game: http://www.sendspace.com/file/u4il4t

DxDiag: http://www.sendspace.com/file/7fxuzb

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didn't find the zip file, maybe because elemental did not really crash, instead the gpu freeze was catched by the ati tool

the problem can be reproduced

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kryo

Join Date 05/2003

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Please post your debug.err file. This sounds like a failed driver reset (which the debug would note), which is possibly a result of driver bugs.

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somehow I read over the .err part in the "how to report" post

well here is the file: http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=sPaUhSMa

driver version: catalyst 10.8

Thank you!

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kryo

Join Date 05/2003

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DebugMessage: Error flipping back buffer to primary buffer.
DebugMessage: Device lost

Yep. Please try the 10.9 catalyst and see if that yields any improvement.

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Problem was caused by buggy RAM, that was specified to run at 1600MHz. After reducing the mem speed the gfx freezes disappeared.

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