Vista - Bioshock help!

Help! I thought I would be ok with this game but can't get it to run. Have
Vista Premium 32 bit, Nvidia 8800gtx, 2mb ram etc etc. Downloaded all
patches and drivers, reinstalled directx but can only get to game start
screen. Can faintly see game loading screen but nothing loads. Any ideas
anyone???
Davo

try to lower the resolution.

right click the .exe file>properties>compatibility tab>run in compatibility mode windows XP SP2

Have you tried the latest Nvidia Beta drivers?

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_163.44.html

They state "Improved compatibility for Bioshock" in the Release Highlights.

Also download and install this hotfix, if you have not done so already:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940105

"Darkaub" <david.robinson6@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Alienware : The Best Custom Built Gaming PC for the Ultimate PC Gamer!

I have a similar system and tried to download demos for bioshock and for lost
planet and got missing dll warnings and no farther.

--
drew


"Darkaub" wrote:

"Darkaub" <david.robinson6@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:2A55AFC4-8FCE-4A05-96EA-80595D3044C0@xxxxxxAny error messages? What kind of processor, 2mb of ram is a bit low, I'll
assume you ment 2 GBytes instead of 128KBytes (2megabits = 256KBytes, sorry
that's just the Linux in me, he's not quite repressed and case sensitive).

Which patches did you download? Which drivers are you using exactly? 162.33
I think is the beta drivers for Bioshock, and there's a 163 version just
released. What kind of sound card? You said you can see something, but can
you hear anything? Any weird error messages? Does your system crash,
restart, shut down?

too many questions, next.

http://support.take2games.com/cgi-bi...p_new_search=1

ususally this is indeed frustrating. My Motherboard is an intel core duo
with a built in sound card by Sigmatel.. Bioshock's requirement is Creative
Xfi's. if i don't meet this sound card requirement the game continues to
crash. and or it does'nt even want to run...



"Darkaub" <david.robinson6@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"AJ Babao" <ajbabao@xxxxxx-manila.com.ph> wrote in message
news:7FFF4D27-CB8E-4674-A7FB-AF02EB7B2F94@xxxxxxBioshock does not require an X-Fi card, just like the nVidia logo next to
the X-Fi logo does NOT mean the game requires an nVidia card to run.

I've run Bioshock on an X-Fi and an integrated audio card, no problems with
both. The guys at Irrational "Recommend" a nice sound card like the Creative
Labs X-Fi, but the game will run on just about any Audio card with DirectX
supported drivers. (i.e. just about all of them).

If your game is not running, it's more than likely not the sound card, and
if it is, a driver update will fix the problem.

Try this......DirectX SDK - August 2007


With the demo it just would not load i got a blank screen and then a message saying "Bioshock is not working" reinstalled demo then installed this and it works fine on full settings on 1280 x 1024 resolution
with a xfx 8800 GTS xxx 320mb card


Hope this helps

ps This is 500mb plus in size...............you are warned.plus install every thing,

This link came from the bioshock forum and thanks must go to them