framerate drops to 1 in gwx3gold,help?

[Dohnutz]

specs
2.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Not hyper-threaded Board: MS-7093
Bus Clock: 199 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 02/15/2005
1152 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series [Display adapter]
Acer P191W [Monitor]

used to work fine, but pc crash, after reinstall, game loads, but view from bridge,deck gun, scope, frame rate drops to 1, then takes 5 mins to exit

1024x768 changing refresh does nothing, any help, tyvm

[Gargamel]

If you don't have latest video drivers, get them.

If you do, try an older one.

[Dohnutz]

used the oldest driver i could find, now playable, thanks for the suggestion..
now to find a convoy for the real test :) at first thought it was the 16k atmo mod, but in action vs single merchant under 1000 metres, fr dropped to unplayable
thanks again