also MRV, if you cannot run it at all in 64 bit W7 - just get black screen and music after intro movie, go to Documents folder and find SH3 , open cfg and edit main via notepad to change the resolution from whatever it is to 1024 x 786. Save it and come out, and then see if that works. It did for me and I had tried EVERYTHING, including the direct x download. I am on a widescreen monitor and tried all the resolutions I thought it ought to work at, but 1024 x 786 was the one. Oh, and if you have nHancer, it won't work if you enable the global compatibility tag and have AA set to anything other than the default it wants, which is the one that includes Fallout and Oblivion. This is my experience.
Downside though, although I installed GWX3 it does not seem to have worked and the game plays in vanilla - but at least it plays!
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