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Seasoned Novice

5 months ago

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BATTLEFIELD 4 SCREEN FREEZES MID-GAME

This is really annoying. I bought BF4 during the spring sale, but ever since I started playing, the screen freezes mid-game, or it freezes right after one game ends and the next one starts, or someti...

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REZ7siete
4 months ago
PROBLEM SOLVED
The problem in Battlefield 4 was 100% CPU/GPU synchronization and thread management, not a power or graphics issue, much less a PC problem. The solution was to create a user.cfg file with the command `RenderDevice.ForceRenderAheadLimit 1`. This prevented the CPU from accumulating too many frames. It eliminated "render queue" crashes and limited the number of threads to 6. It also prevented Frostbite engine conflicts with CPUs with many threads, since my XEON processor has 8 threads in total—some kind of incompatibility or something like that on Frostbite's part.

In theory:

It wasn't necessary to reinstall the game.
It wasn't necessary to switch to DX10.
It wasn't a PC or power issue. It no longer freezes at any point; I can finally enjoy the game! :'D

REZ7siete

Seasoned Novice

5 months ago

Okay CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3 (3.40 Ghz 4 cores, 8 threads), GPU: GT 1030 OC GDDR5 2 GB Asus , RAM: 12 GB, Storage: 1 TB SSD and 446 GB SSD. Average FPS in BF4 consistently above 70-80 FPS

danisoff

Hero+

5 months ago

The issue is most likely related to your PC, have you had any issues in any other games?

REZ7siete
Seasoned Novice
5 months ago
I haven't had any other problems with other games, whether purchased or downloaded from elsewhere; this is the first time I've encountered this type of error, where the game freezes at any moment. Another detail is that now, when I enter a game server directly in the game (not through a browser), the background image freezes and stays that way. Sometimes it loads normally, but after 15 minutes or more, the image freezes.
- danisoff
  Hero+
  5 months ago
  You could try reinstalling the game, but I believe the main issue is related to your system specifications. You could try talking with EA support, they might be able to provide you with more relevant information.
  
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  - REZ7siete
    Seasoned Novice
    5 months ago
    como me puedo comunicar con el soporte de EA ? hasta ahora sigue el problema ys busque en todo lado e ise un monton de cosas mas ya reinstale el juego 4 veces por un momento pense que se soluciono pero a la tercera ronda se congelo de nuevo
    
    I'm including this screenshot showing the information about BF4 in the Windows Event Viewer after the freeze occurs and the task is terminated via Task Manager.