Help Installing RTW and EB for a Vista Newb

[Red_Russian13]

So I installed it in C:\Games\Activision\RTW. I only bothered to get up to EB 1.1. I'll mess with EB 1.2 at a later time. I've been itching to play for so long, I just want to play. Except...

Now I've another problem. The battle mini-map flickers like a strobe light. It's exceptionally annoying. I'm sure it has something to do with my video card or something like that. Of course.

I'm running dual ATI Radeon HD 4850s.

PS: I searched on the forums here and on Google; I found exactly what I was looking for on through Google, but when I clicked on it, it took me to the RTW main forum page, not the thread page.

Thanks in advance.

[bovi]

So, you probably need to upgrade, or downgrade, your video drivers.

[Red_Russian13]

So, you probably need to upgrade, or downgrade, your video drivers.

That actually almost makes me laugh out loud at the absurdity of it all, because you're probably right. I probably need to DOWNGRADE them or something! Man, it's sorta funny actually.

Thanks for your help, Bovi. I'll probably just stick with the seizure inducing mini-map.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Perhaps this info may prove useful:

Driver Packaging Version	8.53-080820a-068908C-ATI	
Catalyst® Version	08.9	
Provider	ATI Technologies Inc.	
2D Driver Version	7.01.01.821	
(...)	
Direct3D Version	7.14.10.0612	
OpenGL Version	6.14.10.7976	
Catalyst® Control Center Version	2008.0820.2135.36847

My HD4870 (same driver as the HD4950, same chipset: the RVX770 IIRC) doesn't yield a flickering minimap on screen. I should note that I have my CCC override the application settings, and that I have (naturally) opted for the highest settings available.