Game freezes at scenario load? Turn off HDR, model vis. and shadows

As of hotfix 2, turning off HDR, model visibility and shadows (just in case, I also force flat terrain shadows to On, not sure if that makes any difference), the game loads just fine. Enabling any one of these results in a freeze ("DCS has stopped responding") either before anything is rendered (the game hangs at the loading bar) or immediately after displaying the briefing.

I have an AMD system; FX-8350, R9 285, 8GB RAM.

Also, note that I am running the latest Catalyst drivers, but also dropped the older 15.5 beta .dll's in the appropriate folder as recommended by an ED tester in another thread.

EDIT: Tested with multiple instant action cold starts using Mig-21 (just downloaded; no fixes of any kind from the Leatherneck section of the forum) and TF-51.

As of hotfix 2, turning off HDR, model visibility and shadows (just in case, I also force flat terrain shadows to On, not sure if that makes any difference), the game loads just fine. Enabling any one of these results in a freeze ("DCS has stopped responding") either before anything is rendered (the game hangs at the loading bar) or immediately after displaying the briefing.

 

I have an AMD system; FX-8350, R9 285, 8GB RAM.

 

Also, note that I am running the latest Catalyst drivers, but also dropped the older 15.5 beta .dll's in the appropriate folder as recommended by an ED tester in another thread.

 

EDIT: Tested with multiple instant action cold starts using Mig-21 (just downloaded; no fixes of any kind from the Leatherneck section of the forum) and TF-51.

Can you please point me to that thread. I've been looking for ages and can't seem to find it.

I have a r9 270X and have been having an insane amount of display driver crashes

Can you please point me to that thread. I've been looking for ages and can't seem to find it.

I have a r9 270X and have been having an insane amount of display driver crashes

This one?

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=148742