Crash to desktop

[Gregoshi]

caravel, I'm not sure I see why video drivers would cause such a lag on the near-static load screen and then give me no problems in the graphics intensive battlefield. I think I'd rather mess with other things before I start screwing around with video drivers.

I think one of the things I'm going to do is uninstall my Norton's security suite and install some free security software. Norton's is such a pig with system resources and I suspect it to be the root cause of a couple of other annoyances I've been experiencing (such as here at the Org).

[caravel]

caravel, I'm not sure I see why video drivers would cause such a lag on the near-static load screen and then give me no problems in the graphics intensive battlefield. I think I'd rather mess with other things before I start screwing around with video drivers.

It seems strange but it is the case. It's up to you of course whether you mess with the drivers or not.

I think one of the things I'm going to do is uninstall my Norton's security suite and install some free security software. Norton's is such a pig with system resources and I suspect it to be the root cause of a couple of other annoyances I've been experiencing (such as here at the Org).

A wise move.

[Puzz3D]

I'm using the free AVG 7.5. I'm seriously thinking about buying the full AVG 8.0 version for $55, but after a year you have to renew for additional cost.

[Tomisama]

Echoing in the back of my mind there is a memory of someone saying “I wish I could get this to work with my X1300” I thought it was Tosa, but could have been R’as or George.

Unless there is anyone here who is currently having success with one of these 1300s, you need a new card.

Just my opinion, but don't waste time fighting this (as I have with the 8800).

[TosaInu]

Hello Tomisama,

I struggled to get it to work with a 9700 pro years ago (STW, WE and MTW).
After a few minutes it just froze, as if the memory was exhausted. No other game did this with that card.

A pity as it was a great card.


The lastest 'wish I could this get to work with MTW' by me, was the GF8800.

I'ld also recommend the 7600GT, there are 512 MB ones. A very nice card, both AGP and PCI-e.

[Gregoshi]

That is strange Tosa. I had a 9700TX (Dell's version) and I recall having no problems what-so-ever with MTW/VI back in the day when they came out.

Tomisama, please don't say I need a new card. My X1300 is a new card! Playing with Samurai Warlords, I had to drop the display resolution to 1024x768 and that is all that seemed to be required to stop the CTD. My biggest concern at the moment is the 2 minute lag I get between the campaign and battlemaps.

I do have Nero 6 installed on my PC and I vaguely recall seeing some kind of an issue with it and MTW. I installed the latest patch for Nero 6, but I'll have to dig again and find out more detail on the specific problem it causes MTW.

After much gnashing of teeth, I finally managed to uninstall Norton's last night. There was no uninstaller that came with the ISP version I had. Nearly drove my head through the wall in frustration trying to find out from my ISP phone and web support how to uninstall it. I had to resort to Symantec's Norton Removal Tool to rid my PC of that plague.

I replaced Norton's with Avira's Anti Vir anti-virus software. I was inclined at first to go with AVG as my dad has that on his PC and it seems to be doing well. It also gets a lot of recommendations from others as well (Puzz, etc.) I was doing some checking around the web, and of the big three free AV programs (AVG, Avast! & Anti Vir), AVG seemed to have the most holes in its defenses in actually testing against various types of attacks. Aside from that, it seemed like a coin toss between the three...and Anti Vir won the toss.

I'll have to see is any of this impacts the MTW lag I have, but I doubt it will. Still, my PC feels (mentally) lighter with that hog Norton's off the hard drive.

[Puzz3D]

Installed MTW, then VI, then VI patch 2.01. Over this I downloaded and installed Beta 8.

You're aware that patch 2.01 is a replacement exe and not a patch that you run right?

I do have Nero 6 installed on my PC and I vaguely recall seeing some kind of an issue with it and MTW. I installed the latest patch for Nero 6, but I'll have to dig again and find out more detail on the specific problem it causes MTW.

Nero 6 was associated with causing CTD's in MTW/VI.