I have no significant problems with my 4870.
Can't say I have really heard of any either?
They do run fairly hot though & while the card itself is designed to run that hot, a crash 30mins into a battle might be due to nearby devices in the case getting too hot.
Do you get similar issues with playing other graphically intensive games?
I definitely get the after battle crashes too. Typically after about every 5-6 battles but sometimes out of cycle after big battles too.
I thought it might have been something to do with system stability but I don't have similar issues with other games so I tried playing another old mod that I used to play, Rome:Total Realism 6 PE for a bit to see if this generated the same sort of problems & I can play this all day long without crashes. (& the average battle in RTR has more soldiers than the average EB battle due to generally larger unit sizes eg Hoplites are 240 on huge size vs EBs 160)
RTR 6 doesn't use a script like EB so I tried the RTR 7 The Iberian Campaign which does use a script & like with RTR 6 PE, its rock solid stable.
So its not an ATI/RTW engine issue.
I think its something specific to the EB script. Something that gets triggered about every 5-6 battles and/or by big battles.
I was hoping EB1.2 would have somehow fixed this but it hasn't so no EB for me until I see some people saying its been fixed.
Its just not playable to CTD every 5th or so battle.
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