Also having audio issues where sounds play randomly or not at all.

Hopefully it's an issue to be resolved.

I'm running 2x Xeon X5650, 12GB DDRs and 2x GTX 580's
I've just completely uninstalled the game and I'm currently re-downloading it, it's a bit annoying, but still playable.

Drakzon, exactly my issue too, we all have more than ample hardware requirements.

Hopefully something can be done soon.

Maybe try an older set of drivers and see if that helps? I know, it's a crappy suggestion, but maybe that'll work as a temporary fix..?

I'm not at home right now, so I can't check on one of the systems I used it beta. But, I also have a dual Xeon system I use as my workstation and I haven't upgraded the Nvidia drivers in several months and I didn't have this issue in beta.

Just an interjection, Looking at this thread and the ones @Drakzon‌ linked, the common link to this problem seems to be Xeon processors. Maybe I overlooked something, but that's what I saw.

From my own experience, I know there was a while (haven't tried in a long time) where a particular series of the AMD processors caused similar issues in Mass Effect 1. It is entirely possibly that the issue is related to the processors. It's highly unlikely they optimized anything for server/workstation processors.

As a side note, from all the benchmark tests I've seen, comparisons, and random articles. Xeon/server processors are not in the least designed for gaming. Yes they are designed to push large amounts of data, encryption, network packets, ect. But their core logic is designed to be geared towards those things specifically, not processing AI commands, passing graphics to the GPU, and other functions related to game processing.

In a similar manor, graphics cards like the Quatro are not designed to process game graphics. They are specifically designed to handle vector images, not rastor (png, bmp, jpeg, ect).

Now does this mean that they CAN'T handle it, certainly not. It just means they're not designed for it, the drivers won't be designed for it, and they won't handle it as well as a GPU/CPU that is designed for it. It would be like trying to trying to go off-roading in a Civic with street tires.

Has anyone found a fix? I am running a slightly older pc (Asus M4A79T Deluxe with AMD Phenom II x4 810) with a newer video card (EVGA Nvidia 650Ti Boost) and i had these purple textures during the first beta but they were gone in the more recent betas, and they have returned with live, my drivers are all up to date, and i've tried the different changes people have posted here on the forums but none have worked.

My bios allows me to disable the 2nd CPU, and unfortunately it worked. I no longer have purple textures while playing. I don't know why this computer has an issue and my other does not unless it is related to the chipset.

So my fix is to reboot, disable the 2nd CPU and reboot and enable when I am done playing.

Looks like you guys downloaded the Prince and the new power generation version of the game.

Roswell, Not sure that is what the issue is either. The system that I have never had an issue with has 32 cores. Disabling the 2nd CPU in the bios is the only way I can get it to work on the 24 core machine but I plan on trying your MsConfig way when I get home tonight, maybe I can set it up for a dual boot config instead of always going to the bios to swap it out.

Just an update, MsConfig and setting it to 16 cores worked great, no purple textures and a much better performance swing than disabling the 2nd CPU. I ran all night at a solid 60 FPS on Ultra High settings.

This is nothing, saw a screenshot of a guy who's ENTIRE SCREEN was doing this. Every player, terrain, object, everything. Crazy!