c&c generals zero hour sort of slows down and crashes! h

[Guest]

about half an hour into a mission the game gets jerky, as if the processor is too slow. nothing works- cant alt-tab or ctrl-alt-delete. all the specs are fine, and i have all the latest drivers. help!

[Sonic 296]

Are you running any background applications?

If so, shut them down before starting Generals/Zero Hour.

[Guest Disposable Hero]

Posting your specs could give a clue.....maybe

[Guest]

I have the same problem I have the following:

 

P4 2.8Ghz @ 3.06Ghz overclocked

512MB PC3200 single channel Corsair ram

9800 Pro 128MB running on Cat 4.1's

200 Gig Special edition 8mb western digital drive

40 Gig 2mb cache western digital

Sound Blaster Live Audigy

2.4x dvd writter

16x cd burner

enermax 450w psu

 

No matter what in single player or skirmish with 1 or 2 enemies the game slows down for like 5 or 10 minutes and then goes back to normal. I'm guessing its probably poor programming of the AI on EA's part or the P4's long 20 stage pipeline.