Well, this is clearly an issue on Respawn's side. There is no single fix nor set of fixes that have been proven to work, and we're not even sure that Respawn and EA are on board with us and trying to figure out the absurd amount of memory errors that all Windows 7 players get.
I'm not sure about anyone elses' reasons for using Windows 7, but mine are deliberate. Windows 10 is intrusive and performs terribly in 99% of my games, and also gives me endless issues while working with desktop applications. Windows 7 simply doesn't have any of those issues, but doesn't work with Apex despite it being supported in the system requirement
Since I've tried just about every single fix posted on the forums (as documented in my post a couple pages back), I gave up and installed Windows 10 via dual boot, so I can still keep Windows 7.
This is not that inconvenient, so I do recommend it if you don't mind the trouble and a windows 10 key. Note that you don't have to have a windows 10 key if you've had it installed before (like me, who purposefully changed to Windows 7). If that's case, you select "register later" during W10 installation. Don't upgrade, it'll overwrite Windows 7. Afaik you need to use the bootable USB drive method, since then it lets you decide the partition on which Windows 10 will be installed - so a different one than your W7 partition.
Not sure if this is mobo dependent, but when I restart my PC, it gives me a screen that lets me click on Windows 7 or Windows 10 buttons, and it boots to that OS. On windows 10 I only have my NET frameworks, C++ redistributables, Nvidia drivers, Origin, Discord, and Apex. Have not crashed a single time.
I know it's depressing that we're all dealing with an issue that has no workarounds until the Devs pick up on it, and we're not sure if they're even looking into it. This is the best solution I can offer, but I know it's not ideal ☹️ I can personally guarantee you that none of the fixes posted on the forums will solve the issue, I've been through everything in perfect testing conditions - they don't. So if you realistically want to play, I seriously recommend this.
Gl guys
Thank you so much for the info, once again. I'm in the same boat for using 7 for now (at least until the lack of support forces a change) but I hadn't even considered dual-boot since I'm not terribly savvy on that kind of thing. I'll be looking into it.
Definitely a weird situation where a single game compels me to try to radically overhaul my setup just because it's that enjoyable.
I wasn't either but I managed it.
There's youtube guides on how to create a bootable USB for windows 10 which can get you through most of it. All you need for that is an 8gb or more USB and a windows 10 key (or if you have previously used windows 10 on that pc, no need for key).
Then you restart your PC, go to BIOS, and choose your USB as your boost evice.
Then it asks you where you want to install windows 10. Like I mentioned before, you either have to partition your drive to have a separate space to install windows 10 so it doesn't overwrite windows 7. I have never once messed with drive partitioning before, so I actually just installed it on my 2nd SSD so I didn't have to learn (I use 2x256GB samsung SSDs).
Windows still detects that I have multiple versions installed even though they're on different drives, and gives me the easy one-click screen on startup to choose windows 7 or 10. So you can either watch some guides on partitioning drives, ask a savvy friend for help, or if you have a second hard drive or SSD you can install windows 10 to that.
Highly recommend, apex is so much fun when the game actually works, it might take a few hours but it's well worth.
by now it seems clear that the crashes are not hardware related at all. WIN 7 seems to be causing it for whatever reason.
as much as i love this game its barely playable. i can live with the other random crashes (gpu related, the ones without error, disconnections,game crashing on startup etc) but the memory crash often happens as much as in 50% of the games i play. this needs a fix NOW.
if the win7 userbase is so small that its not a priority fine, say game requires win 10 and ill just move on to something else... the game is amazing but at the same time the most frustrating expirience i had with a game in years..
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first game after this post. kill leader, downed one of the last remaining squad,about to flank the other 2 engaged with my team -> memory crash. fun times....
