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d a v e -> frustration (9/24/2004 15:59:56)
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problem: can't play more than 2 stages of colin macrae 2 without computer crashing - either fully or the game crashing (it's NOT my driving :)
warcraft III demo similar experience, also CMR 3,4,5
having recently installed new hard drive, xp pro and updated to service pack 1, directx 9.0c and updated my graphics drivers and anything else i can think of i am still unable to play my game even on the lowest graphics detail for more than about 10 mins at a time.
what the f***
no viruses, adware, trojans, fluff, dead animals...
i have an ahtlon xp 2600 running at 1.9 GHz, 512 MB DDR ram, a club radeon 9200 128 mb stacks of free hd space, only installed everything last weekend. progs under windows run fine (winamp, dreamweaver, photoshop, office app, all that stuff)
my system should be more than capable of running these games and at higher res than i'm trying. oh doom III crashed as well, unsurprisingly.
why didn't i just buy some crappy hp mini thing that would run dw and fw just about and then buy an x-box? i'm so not going to buy a pc again. ever. a mac, or a games machine (x-box-PS2)
i spend all day learning how to building kayaks (just because i can't get a job as a designer here) and all i want to do is play a couple of games in between updating sites and proofreading finnish translations.
instead i spend hlaf my time rebooting or starting up CMR (colin macrae rally2) over and over again trying to get to a point where i can save.
if this carries on i'll have to take up yoga or something :(
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