just what i have discovered from my own experience..
i have two similar machines
abit ax8 mobo.. amd 64 3700.. ati x19000xtx.. 2 gig memory
abit ax8 mobo.. amd 64 3000.. ati c850 xtpe.. 1 gig memory..
both running windows xp pro..
the game behaves exactly the same on both machines..
its not affected or altered by hardware speeds in the slightest..
game settings dont affect or alter the problem..
it happens with onboard sound or soundcard..
i have found three basic crash to desktop situations..
the most common by far is when moving to a new map location.. passing thru a door or simply loading a game save.. instead of seeing the little loading screen i get instant desktop.. it seems to be worse in the country than in caverns or towns.. this could be pure coincidence thow..
the second incidence is when in third person view simple trotting thru the countyside on horse back.. every so often its instant desktop..
the third and the one that seems unconnected with the other two.. is a simple single animal sword slash.. as the sword comes down to mid screen its instant desktop.. this again seems to be a country side thing and dosnt happen often in towns..
overall the game seems less stable in the country side settings than anywhere else..
the time interval between crashes seems completely random.. two hours apart or it can happen again as soon i reload the game.. system reboots do not affect things..
the fact i have it happening exactly the same on two similar machines tells me for definite its a game problem.. whilst the game might play okay on some systems its quite clearly unstable on others.. mine being among the others..
my common denominators are.. abit via chipset mobo.. amd 64 bit cpu.. ati grfx card.. none exotic memory..
both my machines are well set up.. have all the latest drivers and handle all other recent games without a problem.. they are also pretty new..
i make this post to emphasis the fact that the problem is with the game itself and needs a fix or at least an admision and promise from besthesda..
as it is the game could be considered unplayable and not worth the money payed for it.. it needs fixing and fixing fast..
having said that.. i like the game and have managed to play it by regular use of the quick save function.. i shouldnt have to be doing this thow..
trog
i have two similar machines
abit ax8 mobo.. amd 64 3700.. ati x19000xtx.. 2 gig memory
abit ax8 mobo.. amd 64 3000.. ati c850 xtpe.. 1 gig memory..
both running windows xp pro..
the game behaves exactly the same on both machines..
its not affected or altered by hardware speeds in the slightest..
game settings dont affect or alter the problem..
it happens with onboard sound or soundcard..
i have found three basic crash to desktop situations..
the most common by far is when moving to a new map location.. passing thru a door or simply loading a game save.. instead of seeing the little loading screen i get instant desktop.. it seems to be worse in the country than in caverns or towns.. this could be pure coincidence thow..
the second incidence is when in third person view simple trotting thru the countyside on horse back.. every so often its instant desktop..
the third and the one that seems unconnected with the other two.. is a simple single animal sword slash.. as the sword comes down to mid screen its instant desktop.. this again seems to be a country side thing and dosnt happen often in towns..
overall the game seems less stable in the country side settings than anywhere else..
the time interval between crashes seems completely random.. two hours apart or it can happen again as soon i reload the game.. system reboots do not affect things..
the fact i have it happening exactly the same on two similar machines tells me for definite its a game problem.. whilst the game might play okay on some systems its quite clearly unstable on others.. mine being among the others..
my common denominators are.. abit via chipset mobo.. amd 64 bit cpu.. ati grfx card.. none exotic memory..
both my machines are well set up.. have all the latest drivers and handle all other recent games without a problem.. they are also pretty new..
i make this post to emphasis the fact that the problem is with the game itself and needs a fix or at least an admision and promise from besthesda..
as it is the game could be considered unplayable and not worth the money payed for it.. it needs fixing and fixing fast..
having said that.. i like the game and have managed to play it by regular use of the quick save function.. i shouldnt have to be doing this thow..
trog