The solution for this very common problem really does not seem to be well known in many forums but it is available.
This is why I am posting this. This would make a useful sticky in this gaming forum?
Anywho, it usually occurs due to a bug in memory management with large RAM graphics cards (ie Nvidia 8800 series) in Vista and less so in XP.
MS has patches for these, but they are not autoupdate patches. Full patching will be in SP1 Vista.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/windows_vista_hotfixes.html
Also you can consider changing settings for dynamic lighting to medium - Visually, you'll hardly notice, but this cuts crashes hugely.
This is why I am posting this. This would make a useful sticky in this gaming forum?
Anywho, it usually occurs due to a bug in memory management with large RAM graphics cards (ie Nvidia 8800 series) in Vista and less so in XP.
MS has patches for these, but they are not autoupdate patches. Full patching will be in SP1 Vista.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/windows_vista_hotfixes.html
Also you can consider changing settings for dynamic lighting to medium - Visually, you'll hardly notice, but this cuts crashes hugely.
Be nice if my vista had[[/quote][/quote]Nvidia card but mine is the older one chipfamily so I am havinf major trouble with it. will not find my d3dx9_30.dll and yes I did download it, thanks Brenna