My trusty Ultra died this week, very close to its 3 year mark. I've narrowed my selection for a new GPU down to two choices:
The Sapphire Toxic 5850 2GB version for approximately $390. (2 year limited warranty)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102889
The Gigabyte 5870...
I've pretty much narrowed it down to just being an issue with the video card as this occurred under Vista x64 on a different system but with this same card.
What happens, during a game occasionally: My screen will freeze. No artifacts, sound continues, and my system appears to not be locked...
..I am having it.
The game appears to be having an issue connecting to my EA account. After launching the game it stops on the loading screen which only says "please wait..". I let it sit for an hour and it's made no foreseeable progress. I cannot return to the menu.
Has anyone been able to...