"and still I cannot finish a game without crashes or "

Get a new computer. I bet you haven't gotten one since galciv1 came out....

How do you expect anyone here to help you if you don't post any system specs and/or debug.err file? Sometimes, people seem like they want to come on here just to whine about problems instead of actually trying to fix it.

First off... stop overclocking. I see so many problems with every game when someone OC's their system.

I've only had 2 crashes ever, and it was for the same thing. (Saving a ship with the same name after going to the shipyard from the GNN.) SD has acknologed this bug, and there are so many ways to avoid it.

I'm wondering how you put "OC'd" and "nothing wrong" in the same sentence. Sure some ppl are having problems, but there are also solutions posted for a lot of them. You dont seem to care about getting help with the problems, just complaining about how you've managed to screw your system so bad that it wont run the game properly. good job

Saying my problem is because of OC'ing a system is nonsence. You are as guilty as I am for mothing off without thinking. I have posted the specs and the debug.err

I had the same "device lost" message on the one graphics lockup that I had.

Updating my video drivers (they were 6 months out of date) fixed the problem.

You may also try upping your virtual memory settings. I have mine set at 3Gig.

can your power supply handle the load? something to remember is that 2 cards requires twice the amperage on the 12 volt rail, and SD has pointed out that this game runs cards hot, meaning juice. 6800's pull about 15a at peak, maybe a smidge more, so double that, and you are talking 30a. simply getting a '500 watt' power supply doesnt mean anything, as each rail has it's own power dedication. and if the rail is peaking out at 30am, the cards arent the only things that use 12v, the mobo, the hard drives, cd/dvd drives.... just a thought. the fact that you got 309 pages of log implies the game ran for a very long time, long enough for things to get pretty hot. check the tag on the power supply and see what the +12v is rated to.

edit: I bring this up because if the rails peak out, the ac-dc converters start introducing noise into the electrical rails, the term is called dirty power. noise = frequencies, where there should be none, and while the cards can handle a lil dirty power, any frequencies in the electric itself will interfere with the card. once the noise overcomes the ability to handle it, the error correction kicks in, once the error correction is overcome, the only thing left is a random crash.

Hmmm.... the system is stable. It runs at CPU 38c and 45c under load. The GPU's are 52c-62c, respectively. I have completed 36 hour stress tests on both the CPU and GPU's... The system is stable and OC forum I belong to has not reported any problems relating to OC'ing a system and this game. There are not 23 pages of bugs and over 200 replies under 'glitches' because every one is OC'ing their system. The game is good and buggy.

Eventhough Asus may provide you with neat tools to OC your system, you are still running your hardware out of spec. We are just trying to reduce or remove some of the uncontrollable varibles that may be causing the problem.

Anyways, I found the error log not always useful. Sometimes the crash can occur before anything is writen to it. It is sometimes helpful to post exactly was steps caused the crash. Not something vague like "crashes 50% of the time hlaf way trough a game." What exactly is 'half-way'?

Note: half-way comment not directed at anyone in this thread, but just a general reminder for anyone who would like to post an issue

Driver Date: 7/20/2005 21:07:00

Found the potential problem.

I'm tired of replying to this nonsense. 77.77? how many times do you have to be told to upgrade your drivers? that disgusts me. you just slid into the realm of pond scum on my shoes, you deserve no further help.

Patch 3 is out at the end of the month - that alone speaks volumes.

With most games, that would indeed speak volumes (about the quality of the game) as they would all be bug fix patches.

The patches for Galciv have all been content additions - yes they dealt with common user problems and fixed some bugs too. Don't neglect to mention the positive rather than just focus on the negative.

Second, your video card driver is old. You seem to be pretty insistent on the quality of your machine which is a good thing but if you dont update your drivers you are going to run into problems. Get a new driver and if it doesnt fix a majority of the crash problems report back..... if it does, please ALSO report back. Often when someone makes a thread like this and people point them to the hardware/driver error... we mysteriously never hear from them again!