EA/Maxis has found the Nvidia problem!
JerseyGirlOOOO:
Holy crap! Even if I did have this problem, turning my anti-virus off would be the very last thing I would ever do! I feel so sorry for all of you who are experiencing this problem and I really hope you get an actual solution instead of the insane amount of bullshit that's been given to you from those EAssholes. Turning off anti-virus programs is EAsshole's solution to very problem! When are those jerkoffs going to realizse that it doesn't work and will actually do something about this memory leak?
jsalemi:
Quote from: FourCats on 2008 March 15, 15:09:24
any chance our awesome modders can make a hack/fix to fix the memory leaks?
No; memory leaks are internal to how the application works, so no mod or hack can fix it. It requires a completely new executable, or a patch for existing ones.
JerseyGirlOOOO:
We all know the chances of that happening are slim to none! ::)
MistyBlue:
Quote from: KatEnigma on 2008 March 15, 18:40:49
It probably has a lot to do with what other crap is running on their machines and how much RAM they have.
Something to think about is editing your startup apps and processes. You can try changing them in the programs themselves or by typing msconfig into the run text box and selecting the startup tab. Here is a site that will help you determine what is and isn't needed: http://www.processlibrary.com. I guarantee that almost everyone has more shit running than they need. Won't solve the problem, but maybe will increase the playing time.
KatEnigma:
Turning off your AV is something necessary often because they use so much of your processor and RAM and dig their hooks into so much of your computer that it borks other programs. Every program out there, basically, has that as the default instructions if you're having problems. I know people who don't even run with AV, and I don't on my laptop. This is not the big danger symantec and mcafee would have you believe, and when I do run an AV, I do NOT run their bloatware.
Anyway, I use http://www.blackviper.com/ for looking at what services to shut down. Black Viper says to NEVER use msconfig to turn off services- use services.msc because msconfig allows you to disable services that will prevent your computer from booting, while services.msc will not.
While disabling services, however, I recommend keeping track of everything that you've changed so in case something borks, you can go back and set to defaults. I once had a windows update bork because it needed a service that should have been safe to set to manual. I print out his charts and then mark the settings I've changed on there.
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