Thank you for the response. I re-downloaded all the drivers and switched to windowed mode and had no issues. I'll try normal mode again at some point, but I'm having too much just playing the game without crashes to bother. Thank you all for the help.
HiddenMissive
Thank you all for your responses. I was ready to write it off as an inherent issue with a 32-bit program. However, here is the latest chapter in my bizarre little issue. I gifted the game to my brother via Steam because I figured he would enjoy it, as well. I told him to turn the detail down to Medium on the planets and ships, just to help avoid any freezes. I tried hosting a game for the two of us vs the AI. The game repeatedly froze, to the poi
(Just froze again) Looks like my CPU usage is hovering between 30% and 35%, with 25-30% of that coming from Sins. Hope that helps.
It freezes completely, to the point where my only recourse is to reboot the computer. I haven't looked at the CPU utilization. I will next time, as I'm sure it will be soon. (frozen three times in the last half hour)
I'm brand new to the game, and I really love it so far. One problem, the game freezes on me several times a session. All of my drivers of up to date, and I've tried turning the planet and ship detail down to medium. It still freezes. It seems to happen consistently when scrolling down closer to the planets. Not every time, of course, but enough to be extremely annoying. I'm playing on a brand new computer, with 20 gigs of RAM, so the fact that I