Suddenly taking 10+ minutes to load

[PieceOfDust 11]

PROBLEM SOLVED - IT FIXED ITSELF

*Which version of the game did you purchase? STEAM or RETAIL or MIXED:

Steam

*Are you running an Arma 2 OA beta patch? If so what version?:

Yes, 102591

*Which method are you using to launch the game? I.E Sixupdater/steam/batch file:

DayZ Commander

*What is the Error/Problem you're having? Please provide screenshots if possible:

As of this morning (March 29th), the game now takes at least 10 minutes to load in from the server lobby. After loading in, almost none of the textures are loaded, and it takes another 3 minutes to load the textures and models. During this time, my framerate is shit. After all loading is complete, the game runs well.

YES, I HAVE UPDATED MY GRAPHICS DRIVER

The only thing that was changed between the last normal run and the first time this problem started happening was an OS update.

*Your PC specs:

CPU: AMD Phenom II 955

GPU: Nvidia GeForce 560ti

RAM: 8GB DDR2

HDD: Western Digital 500GB Caviar Black

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3

*Your Operating System:

Windows 7 Home Premium x64

Edited April 5, 2013 by PieceOfDust

[h3retic 224]

Try defragmenting ur hard drive

seems like the problem lies in that

gl

-if its os update, try also updating bios

i believe a lot of amd cpus need good vios version to run well

Edited March 30, 2013 by h3retic

[PieceOfDust 11]

I defragged my HDD two days ago. I'll update my BIOS and see if that helps.

[PieceOfDust 11]

OK. I decided to not update the BIOS since that a) isn't a potential cause of my problem, and B) is potentially risky.

I still haven't been able to figure out what's causing it.