[hardwir3d]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I suspect your problems are coming from you vid card.

Yeah, so do I. I just don't have a clue what the exact problem is. Crysis crashes all the time too. And much quicker when all GFX settings are to max. Weird, cos it runs very smoothly even then. It's almost like Vista sees the GPU temp and just crashes when it gets high. Even tho I've read Radeon 4870's should be able to operate normally at 135C. Dunno if thats true tho. It's really noisy after it CTD'ed. And I suspect someone like Bill Gates is truly capable of releasing an OS that doesn't give my Radeon permission to operate at high temperatures, even if the Radeon is built to operate at extremely high temps. M$ Vista being that wonderful... Well, it wouldn't really wouldn't surprise me. This OS is an insult to one's intelligence.

"Bill Gates doesn't give your Radeon permission to operate at temperatures over 90C. Vista will now 'protect' your hardware. Click 'next' to continue, if you have permission to click 'next'."

It isn't anywhere near that noisy when SH4 crashes. But I don't know. Maybe Catalyst 8.12 really has ****ty drivers. Red Alert 3 runs like a dream tho.

Set your vid card up to the default values and see how it runs. If it runs like it should. Start your tweaking

Are you talking about GPU overclocking? All system settings are still default. There's an ASUS Triton 81 CPU cooler in my system, for future overclocking. Heard ~4Ghz should be possible with a good cooler. And the Radeon... well, maybe +8 or 10%? I just haven't gotten around to do that, as I'm still trying to figure out lotsa other new things that come with a new system and OS. (Like Vista refusing to install 64-bit codecs demmit) Besides, I haven't even been able to stretch this system to the max. (First Futuremark test still isn't performed :p) No matter what I do with it, it just happily complies while still picking it's nose.

I really hope I don't have to wait for a next driver release. Only to see the SH4 problem isn't fixed.


Are there other kaleuns here who have a Radeon 4870?

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Welcome Aboard Hardwir3d

Thank you. How very kind.

I have a dual boot XP Pro sp2 and Vista Ultimate 64 setup.

I just let SH4 UBM Gold install by default on Vista

I have installed it under Vista. Besides Crysis CTD's (which does run properly before it crashes, no stuttering and all) I dont have much problems with all other games I own.

and no problems.

I wish. SH4 is one of the most important games I wanna play on this system. Another one is the upcoming Cities XL. I'm already having nightmares CXL won't run properly either.

Try a reinstall first before fecking with everything.

Check. *stutter, hang, CTD*

What videocard do you have?

In the past once with XP I installed SH3 and didn't have any sound.

Swapped out sound card and almost bought new speakers.

Try the easy shet first. AND... Let us know when you get it going so as to help others.

If I get it running, I'm gonna hire a small biplane with a 'SH4 runs like a dream on my i7-920' banner. That's how happy it will make me.

Catch you later and enjoy SH4

I have... a bit. Freecam in the harbor in XP x64. For five minutes. Perhaps I should start playing it in XP and save it every 2 minutes. And only go to the interior when it's really needed. "I'll take the first, second, third and fourth watch!"