I started having game crashes right after installing patch 6. I changed nothing hardware or software and the game has always been pretty stable up until patch 6. Now with patch I tried to play for an hour or so and the game crashed 3 times, twice to desktop and once blue screen so I had to restart computer. Makes me wish there was a way to roll back patches---I'd go back to 5 and I'd be playing now rather than spending time doing this. Also noticed graphics stutter for the first time with this patch...while in gv I had to turn off the bump mapping to remove detail from the ground, which fixed that stutter but trees still made the graphics look like a frame rate of 8-10 even though my actual framerate was close to 60. Dxdiag:
System Information
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Time of this report: 8/26/2009, 00:03:30
Machine name: OWNER-PC
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_ldr.090302-1506)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Acer
System Model: Aspire X1700
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2220 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4094MB RAM
Page File: 1264MB used, 7135MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode
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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)
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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce G100
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce G100
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_06E6&SUBSYS_9840174B&REV_A1
Display Memory: 2286 MB
Dedicated Memory: 495 MB
Shared Memory: 1791 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 720 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Acer X203H
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2um
Driver Version: 7.15.0011.7833 (English)
DDI Version: 10
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/16/2008 02:16:00, 8459264 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-45A6-11CF-626A-4BB801C2CA35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x06E6
SubSys ID: 0x9840174B
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
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Sound Devices
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Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0888&SUBSYS_10250158&REV_1002
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5688 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 8/19/2008 05:03:00, 1487776 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
