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Freezes a few times for a few seconds all games
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I only really play TF2 and Dota really, so I'm not sure about other games but in every single one of my games in TF2 or Dota I get these really annoying freezes. My PC isn't under load all of a sudden or anything, I just for some reason have the game completely freeze on me (sound and all) for a few seconds and it happens quite often during playing.

It's really really annoying because it can happen in the middle of a fight or an important moment and that shit loses you games. During this time I can still move my cursor. In TF2 I can during this time accidentally drag the cursor to the other monitor and click, causing me to alt+tab when it unfreezes. In Dota 2 I can still move around my cursor (stylised still as the Dota 2 one) during the time and it seems to just be the "actual" game that does it.

Anyone have any suggestions?

I only really play TF2 and Dota really, so I'm not sure about other games but in every single one of my games in TF2 or Dota I get these really annoying freezes. My PC isn't under load all of a sudden or anything, I just for some reason have the game completely freeze on me (sound and all) for a few seconds and it happens quite often during playing.

It's really really annoying because it can happen in the middle of a fight or an important moment and that shit loses you games. During this time I can still move my cursor. In TF2 I can during this time accidentally drag the cursor to the other monitor and click, causing me to alt+tab when it unfreezes. In Dota 2 I can still move around my cursor (stylised still as the Dota 2 one) during the time and it seems to just be the "actual" game that does it.

Anyone have any suggestions?
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konrI only really play TF2 and Dota really, so I'm not sure about other games but in every single one of my games in TF2 or Dota I get these really annoying freezes. My PC isn't under load all of a sudden or anything, I just for some reason have the game completely freeze on me (sound and all) for a few seconds and it happens quite often during playing.

It's really really annoying because it can happen in the middle of a fight or an important moment and that shit loses you games. During this time I can still move my cursor. In TF2 I can during this time accidentally drag the cursor to the other monitor and click, causing me to alt+tab when it unfreezes. In Dota 2 I can still move around my cursor (stylised still as the Dota 2 one) during the time and it seems to just be the "actual" game that does it.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Clean your PC, and make sure your temps aren't getting to high.

Update drivers.

All else fails, doing a reformat and fresh install should fix it.

[quote=konr]I only really play TF2 and Dota really, so I'm not sure about other games but in every single one of my games in TF2 or Dota I get these really annoying freezes. My PC isn't under load all of a sudden or anything, I just for some reason have the game completely freeze on me (sound and all) for a few seconds and it happens quite often during playing.

It's really really annoying because it can happen in the middle of a fight or an important moment and that shit loses you games. During this time I can still move my cursor. In TF2 I can during this time accidentally drag the cursor to the other monitor and click, causing me to alt+tab when it unfreezes. In Dota 2 I can still move around my cursor (stylised still as the Dota 2 one) during the time and it seems to just be the "actual" game that does it.

Anyone have any suggestions?[/quote]

Clean your PC, and make sure your temps aren't getting to high.

Update drivers.

All else fails, doing a reformat and fresh install should fix it.
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turn of overclock or some shit

turn of overclock or some shit
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I'm on a fresh install, my stuff is clean and my temps are fine :(
EDIT:
And I'm not overclocked.

I'm on a fresh install, my stuff is clean and my temps are fine :(
EDIT:
And I'm not overclocked.
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i'm having the same problem (one thing that might be different is pain markers still show up)
also on a fresh install of tf2 and not overclocked

i'm having the same problem (one thing that might be different is pain markers still show up)
also on a fresh install of tf2 and not overclocked
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Another thing that happens immediately after any of these freezes is that I get invisible players and have to do the demo record fix.

Another thing that happens immediately after any of these freezes is that I get invisible players and have to do the demo record fix.
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tried updating or rolling back your GFX card driver? I got similar freezes a while ago and it turned out to be my card driver choking. Had to remove it and roll back to a previous version cause my PC is crap.
just in case you need to do a clean driver install, this tool removes the video drivers completely (even the windows registry trees are wiped clean) http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

tried updating or rolling back your GFX card driver? I got similar freezes a while ago and it turned out to be my card driver choking. Had to remove it and roll back to a previous version cause my PC is crap.
just in case you need to do a clean driver install, this tool removes the video drivers completely (even the windows registry trees are wiped clean) http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html
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