Mass Effect 2 Stuttering Freezing Issue PC

Minor random freezing / stutter that happens in my retail Mass Effect 2. This problem happened everytime I play it and so far nothing can be done to fix it, lowering graphics, turn off anti - virus, update sound and graphics and so on. All of these failed to fix it. Patch v1.01 fail to overcome this problem too. Everything runs smooth on first installation but somehow when I play it further the game starts to stutter randomly at certain duration and for a short time like 0.5 - 1 second. This problem keep continues during the gameplay. Here is PC specs:
Windows XP SP3
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core +4600 2.4Ghz
Realtek HD onboard sound
2.5GB of RAM
512MB Pixel Shader 3.0 GeForce 9500GT

*This is an old video, problem has been fixed so no need to send me PM or recommend me to upgrade. However, you can help other people who commented in this video that have this kind of problem.*

Now this is my game settings:
Resolution : 1280x960
High Quality Bloom : On
Film Grain : On
Motion Blur : On
Dynamic Shadows : On
Light Environment Shadows : On
Number of Cinematic Lights : 3
Use Spherical Harmonic Lighting : Off
Anisotropic Filtering : 2x

PS : Quick save and quick load tricks didn't help too.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• EA
• Electronic
• Arts
• Bioware
• Mass
• Effect
• PC
• Stutter
• Stuttering
• Freeze
• Freezing
• Problem
• Nvidia
• 9500GT
• 512MB
• AMD
• Athlon
• 64
• X2
• 2.4Ghz
• +4600

[GhostKiller85]

good Resolution i play it on that one to and its better than the highes on then lag is soo fucking bad some time i hope they fix it soon

PS what is High Quality Bloom and do i put it on or off

[TheCopperwire]

@GhostKiller85 It is special effects for the graphics to make it more lovely. You can turn it off via Launcher > Configuration > Video. Anyway, this is old video, the problem solved now. Didn't remember how I fix it though.

[GhostKiller85]

@TheCopperwire dude come on i need the fix please!!!try hard

PS did you have lag whan new member comes on and you speak in Communications Room or when you go to your cabin i or stuff like that i need a fix please!!!

[TheCopperwire]

@GhostKiller85 Did you try the quick load method like everyone suggested in Bioware social forums? I think I did that to make the game run smooth. Like start load game, quick save then quick load.

[sttubel]

fucking exagerated

[unsc109]

hey I need you to answer this, how can you max out the game with playable fps?? mine got playable fps but not close to high everything on except 1280x720, did you download any patch?

[runeinscapable]

do you get achievements on ME 2 on the pc?

[Demidekidasu]

Stuttering/mini-freezing is usually caused by low memory. ME2 is not too heavy on RAM usage though as it is only a 32-bit app (and not LAA), so the cause is most likely due to not having enough video memory on your GFX card. On my GTX 470's I have observed ME2 using 700-800MB of VRAM quite often...

You can pick up a GTX 260 (896MB) these days for a stupidly low price that will run ME2 completely stutter-free with 50-60fps at 1280x1024 and 8xAA (I know this from personal experience!)

[DJayFreeDoo]

i know i reply a bit late. but that stuttering you got there is due to slow hardware. your graphicscard is slow, your cpu is slow and your amount of ram is low and probably too slow aswell. you shoud not play this game on a computer cheaper than the game itself. may i suggest you get a way faster cpu. get atleats 4gb ram and a gtx460 or better.

[LogicNYC]

This game run perfectly on my pc except for dialogue audio. The dialogue sounds like they are talking out of a tin can.

Can someone help me out?

Talk to me people.

[malaysianmetalhead]

@pumaile use Task manager to lower the processor affinity of the "MassEffect2.exe".

Open your savegame,wait the game load until you see your Shepard then press Ctrl+Tab should skip to your desktop then press again Ctrl+Alt+Del, click on Process tab, right click "MassEffect2.exe" then go to "Set Priority" and set it to the lowest settings,if it's not working go to Bioware's tech support forum,single core computers always bugging much for newer PC games...

[pumaile]

I have the same stuttering problem on all of my games and I have a pretty good PC, you can check my PC specs on my channel. :(

[WkDLk]

the game is loading textures, freezes only occure when walking long distances without any cutscenes in the middle, during cutscenes the game is streaming in textures too