correction. i can not join every time on PB disabled servers...
your sound also hangs/loops at end of loading screen?
Yes, the sound loop is there as well, but I figure that is just a side effect. It is interesting to hear you say Windows 7 will solve the issue (I wonder if windows 8.0 would), but I'm not sure I have the option to go back, and with a low spec the reduced overheads of Windows 8.1 as well as other nice features I would prefer to solve the issue another way.
To confirm swapping to the Nvidia card solves the issue, and I could not reliably connect to non-punkbuster servers. It was just a fluke, I have had a bout 3 fluky connections with no connection
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Its nice to hear someones else has the same issue, not that I wish it on anyone but with the large amount common bugs, these obscure ones get lost. I will of course post here if I find a reliable solution.
After the patch I was connected to a 28 man server running Rouge tranmission and I thought the issue was sorted but it logged off and tried another with no successs, then later on that evening I connected to a Goldman Railway map with about 10 players and was able to play till the map changed these occasion successes are hartbreaking.
