Windows 8.1 & IL 2 COD...What?

[ramstein]

sorry, just wasn't specific, mostly I can get a good connection and fly for a minute, then the artifacts take over, ctd, back to desktop. Honestly, a while back I could fly with everything on high... but I went awhile without fly COD, and had some problems, reformatted, put new video card in, new power supply... and COD just refuses to go after a minute with the artifacts al over, and then ctd. I have al new software, new drivers... DCS and IL-2 1946 al work fine. I fly a lot of DCS so I know that there is nothing major wrong. Every driver I have is the latest for everything in the computer. Same with my Saitek stick.