There has to have been something more than this in that patch from last night. I've NEVER ever been able to get ETW to work any better than slideshow style, even though canyourunit insists I should be able to run it fast (meet/exceed all specs) and the Automatic setting puts me at high for most everything. Nothing, nada, zip. Tried it last week, still didn't work---in fact worse than before, it totally froze. But on a whim I tried it out after the patch finished downloading and wonder of wonders, I CAN FINALLY ACTUALLY PLAY THE GAME. I did a couple episodes of the Road to Independence to actually try out what looked like fifty wasted bucks. The movies are still boogered up (play for half a second, skips two second, plays half a second, etc.) but who needs those. Woo hoo!
I just hope the next patch doesn't break it again.
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