Bioshock has stopped working..

[Noils]

Just finished the first level, after that it starts loading Neptune Bounty but when the game tries to save I get an error message from Windows "Bioshock.exe has stopped working" and crashes back to the desktop.

Specs:

CPU: C2Q Q6600
Mainboard: Asus P5B
Memory: 4GB Apacer DDR2-800
Graphics: Evga Geforce 8800GTS ACS3 320MB
Audio: Realtek HD Audio

[Noils]

Operating System: Vista Ultima x64

T.i.a.

[neildittmar]

Operating System: Vista Ultima x64

I'm running almost the exact same system (q6600, ASUS motherboard, 4GB RAM, eVGA 8800GTS, etc.) as you with no problems. However, there are a couple notable exceptions...

1. You're using Realtek integrated audio while I'm using a SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtremegamer sound card.

2. I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit while you're on Ultimate 64.

My first guess would be the Realtek audio drivers. It was reported on here quite a few times that the latest drivers (available from Realtek directly) have fixed similar crashing issues. You'll probably want to give those a go if you haven't already. Not sure of their availability for 64-bit Vista though. Which brings me to the reason why I didn't choose it as my OS... infancy of 64-bit Windows in the marketplace. Although it might sound a tad extreme, is there any chance you can get a 32-bit OS (either XP or Vista) up on that box?

[Noils]

The problem consists not only in Bioshock, basically every game I run seems to be experiencing the same problem. On both 64 bits boxes I have running. 32bits Window it is then, this thread can be locked :) Thanks for the help.