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Gamer extraordiaire
"Dave" wrote:
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> "Kaindog" <Kaindog@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:312E19C7-BF2A-48FB-906D-D41A87AA123A@xxxxxx Quote:
> > When I play "The Witcher" in Vista it crashes to desktop stating
> > "<program>
> > has stopped working". i have all the latest drivers for my machine, and it
> > is
> > as cool as a PC can get, 6 X fans in total for cooling. i have heard of
> > RAM
> > getting full and not empting before it needs to be used for the next
> > graphics
> > hit or other bit of data. has anyone else come across the same issue?
> > --
> > Gamer extraordiaire
>
> Yes the game doesn't run well under Vista 32 (there are major issues with
> the game and Vista 32 virtual memory address space) there are a few fixes
> you can try here.
>
> http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=4965.0
>
> But before you try all those make sure you have the 1.2 patch for the game
> and just run it in window mode. after I attempeted all the so called fixes
> none of them worked so I just reset my system to all it's defaults and
> reinstalled the game and now run in a window (1680 x1050 and graphics
> setting maxed) and can play for 2 hours without a crash.
>
> If you can play for an hour or more consider yourself lucky and don't
> attempt anymore fixes.
>
> Hopefully the game will come out with another patch to address this issue. Hey Dave,
oops...i forgot to mention.......YES i have the latest patch for the game :-)
the longest i have been able to play was for 25 mins....and that was with
every thing reset and with all my background apps closed off :-(