Mobility Radeon 2600XT - Freezes (after hotfix)

[Njubish]

So I have a HP HDX 9050 (notebook) with a ATI HD 2600 XT card and I've been having problems like there's no tomorrow.

Issue #1
First I couldn't run the game in DX10 (fixed after removing tablet components off).

Issue #2
Missing textures, black floors in the lighthouse. Fixed, manually updated the display driver from device manager after extracting the hotfix
Note: Since Radeon mobility 2600 XT wasn't in the list, I used http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool/ on the hotfix files, and selected the regular ATI HD 2600 XT driver

Issue #3
Now the missing textures are fixed, I run down into the elevator, it starts moving (things start to get a bit choppy), then when the leather thingy comes up in front of the window, the game freezes every time.


Game works fine with DX9 though.... so, are we notebooks + ati card users screwed and bound to use DX9, or can this be fixed?

[Tech Richard]

Mobility cards in laptops have always been a cause for concern in the gaming world. However I would hope with some tweaking for your setup, we might be able to get this up and working in DX10 mode.

I assume you are using Windows Vista. Do you have the latest updates for this from the update page :

www.windowsupdate.com (http://www.windowsupdate.com)

Make sure to include the following two updates for Vista :

Windows Vista Performance Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938979
Windows Vista Reliability Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938194

DirectX updates

Do you have the latest update available from www.microsoft.com/directx (http://www.microsoft.com/directx)

The freezing issue

When the game freezes, is this the point right at the start of the game when the plane crash happens?
When testing this problem are you reloading a saved game, or starting a brand new game each time?

[Njubish]

The freezing issue

When the game freezes, is this the point right at the start of the game when the plane crash happens?
When testing this problem are you reloading a saved game, or starting a brand new game each time?

It's after I've entered the lighthouse and the elevator, the same problem as these guys are having actually: http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11220

I've tried starting a new game and a savegame, both times it crashes at the exact same spot (when the pre-recorded introduction of Rapture pops up inside the bathysphere).

[Tech John]

It's after I've entered the lighthouse and the elevator, the same problem as these guys are having actually: http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11220

I've tried starting a new game and a savegame, both times it crashes at the exact same spot (when the pre-recorded introduction of Rapture pops up inside the bathysphere).

Have you tried the previously suggested troubleshooting?

[methylbenzoate]

Would the 7.9 Catalyst drivers help maybe?