Random/Consistent Freezing of 3D Rendering and Ambient Audio [PC]

[coldreactive]

Time: Since Patch 2.3 (on July 8th at 10:00 AM Central)

Frequency: Randomly and Consistent

World name: Ragnarok

Character name: Ian Carlson

NPC name: Not applicable. System/Technical Difficulty.

Monster name: Not applicable. System/Technical Difficulty.

Class/Level: Any Class, Any Level. System/Technical Difficulty.

Party or solo: Both.

In-game time: Any time.

Area and coordinates: All of Mor Dhona (Highest Rate of Reproduction), and all of Eorzea.

Steps:
0. Requires PC Platform. Have an AMD Radeon HD 7950 with Standard (Desktop) or higher settings. Cannot be mobile GPU. Have an Intel i5-4670K as a processor. (Stock Cooling, Not Overclocked.) Use Latest AMD Catalyst Drivers.

1. Login to the game. Travel to Mor Dhona.

2. Around Revanant's Toll, walk around or run around, use mounts if need be. After a while (Possibly after an hour or two) the game will start to freeze and lag engine-side. The in-game mouse cursor can still move, but the game's Ambient Sound Effects (IE: Crowd) freeze as well as the entirety of the 3D Rendering Engine. This will rectify itself after a few seconds, but sometimes will immediately re-apply. Sometimes, it can happen during teleport animation, at which point, the game will freeze for much longer.

3. After having done this, go to other areas, and continue about the day of your character... and eventually you will get an error stating that Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has encountered an error and must be closed/restarted. (As a pop-up dialog outside of the game) (With the Code (1) at the end of the error.) You can still play the game until the game forces the error to close the game when transitioning to other areas.

Connection Specs
- Type of internet connection/provider: Charter Communications
- Modem maker/model number: Motorola SURFboard (SB6120)

PC Specs

-=-=-=-=-=-=- FFXIV Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-

MyDocument	C:\Users\Ian\Documents
FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn	C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix
FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn	Language 1		Region 2
ProxyEnable 0
ProxyServer unspecified
ProxyOverride unspecified


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SYSTEM_OS	Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200) (9600.winblue_gdr.140330-1035)
SYSTEM_CPU	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4670K CPU @ 3.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
SYSTEM_CORE_NUM	SYSTEM_CORE_LOGIC 4  SYSTEM_CORE_PHYSICS 4
SYSTEM_BIOS	BIOS Date: 03/18/14 19:32:32 Ver: 04.06.05
SYSTEM_LANGUAGE	English (Regional Setting: English)
SYSTEM_MEMORY	16264.063MB
SYSTEM_VIRTUAL_MEMORY	2047.875MB
SYSTEM_PAGE_FILE	18696.063MB
SYSTEM_STORAGE	C:\    SYSTEM_HARDDISK_DRIVE    SYSTEM_TOTALDISC_SPACE 465.418GB    SYSTEM_FREEDISC_SPACE 314.499GB
SYSTEM_DIRECTX_VERSION	DirectX 11
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS	AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DEVICE	\\.\DISPLAY1
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_CHIP	ATI display adapter (0x679A)
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_MAKER	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_VRAM	3046.137 MB
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_SHARED_VRAM	1049.801 MB
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DAC	Internal DAC(400MHz)
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DISPLAY_MODE	1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER	aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
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SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_DATE	5/22/2014 9:28:04 PM
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_LANGUAGE	English
3.0
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_PIXEL_SHADER	3.0
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_VERTEX_TEXTURE	SYSTEM_SUPPORT
SYSTEM_SOUND	Speakers (Turtle Beach PX22)
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_ID	{633E6D04-2F91-49C8-8E32-939DEF6CB3D7}
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_NAME	USBAUDIO.sys
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_VERSION	6.03.9600.16490
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_LANGUAGE	English
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_DATE	12/13/2013 2:24:20 AM
SYSTEM_SOUND	1 - E2742 (AMD High Definition Audio Device)
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_ID	{FE0C2EC0-5086-4017-97F2-FA5C62D84EC9}
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_NAME	AtihdWB6.sys
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_VERSION	9.00.0000.9905
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_LANGUAGE	English
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_DATE	3/11/2014 9:20:04 AM
SYSTEM_INPUT	{6F1D2B60-D5A0-11CF-BFC7444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME	Mouse
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS	SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 3  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 5  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 0
SYSTEM_INPUT	{6F1D2B61-D5A0-11CF-BFC7444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME	Keyboard
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS	SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 0  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 128  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 0
SYSTEM_INPUT	{0BEF98E0-9C82-11E3-8001444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME	Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2013
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS	SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 0  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 1  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 0
SYSTEM_INPUT	{0BF230F0-9C82-11E3-8002444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME	Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2013
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS	SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 0  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 1  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 0
SYSTEM_INPUT	{0BF25800-9C82-11E3-8003444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME	Turtle Beach PX22
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS	SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 1  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 5  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 0
SYSTEM_INPUT	{0BF6C4D0-9C82-11E3-8004444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME	Razer Naga
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS	SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 0  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 573  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 0
SYSTEM_INPUT	{0BF73A00-9C82-11E3-8005444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME	Razer Naga
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS	SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 0  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 3  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 0
SYSTEM_INPUT	{0BF7AF30-9C82-11E3-8006444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME	HID-compliant consumer control device
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS	SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 0  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 573  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 0
SYSTEM_INPUT	{0BF7AF30-9C82-11E3-8007444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME	Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2013
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS	SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 0  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 3  SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 0


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Friends
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-=-=-=-=-=-=- Proccess Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-

C:\PROGRA~2\Raptr\raptr_im.exe	00001198
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe	00001344
C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe	000019EC
C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\boot\ffxivsysinfo.exe	0000186C
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe	000008A8

Browser Information
- Name and version of the browser currently in-use: Mozilla Firefox 30.0
- Internet Explorer Version: 11 (Windows 8.1)

Additional Notes
This is a different issue than camera panning, zooming and movement. The game will also freeze even if you stand completely still or the camera remains still. Only ambient and SFX audio is/are affected by the freezing, background music still plays. When these freezes occur, FFXIV uses up over 90% of the CPU.