Counter Strike:GO Freezing Between Maps and During Load Screens

AngryGoldfish · October 3, 2014

I installed CS:GO last night on my SSD and tried playing bots for a while to get back into the swing of things as I haven't touched this game in over six years. I was only average in the first place, but I loved it so I didn't care. Anyway, I've been experiencing some freezing and audio loops/bugs. In-game seems to be fine, but navigating the menus and waiting for maps load causes freezing and audio loops. I haven't checked my FPS yet, but I have everything set to full at 1080p with an overclocked 770 2GB and 4670K. It feels pretty smooth until the end of the round, whereupon all the bots automatically get dropped and the game freezes. I still can exit the game, but I have to rejoin to play another match.

I've read this is a common problem, but I can't find a resolution that doesn't involve turning off my audio device. I watched a YouTube video of something very simliar happening—it appeared even worse for him than it was for me—and he turned off his audio device and the game ran perfectly. He then turned it back on and the game almost immediatley began freezing. I have no idea whether a more suitable resolution was found as I can't find the thread he posted to Steam. Any thoughts? I've checked the cache integrity. My drivers should be all up to date. I haven't updated via Realtek.com yet as I haven't tested whether that will affect something else in a negative way yet.

askmax · October 3, 2014

CSGO came out less than 3 years ago.

virtualTune · October 3, 2014

Are you sure you installed CS:GO? Because it is only 2 years old

I installed CS:GO last night on my SSD and tried playing bots for a while to get back into the swing of things as I haven't touched this game in over six years.