Crashes within minutes

[otter001]

This is my first post so please bear with me. I just bought Bioshock and made sure all my pc equipment/software/drivers were good enough to run it. It started crashing back to the desktop right after you first pick up Atlas and go to higher ground. The longest it has lasted is when Atlas is telling me to pick up a wrench or something. I spent 2 hours with technical support trying to figure out what was going on and tried everything they suggested but it just keeps crashing back to the desktop. The tech just couldn't figure out what was wrong. Thes best way I can describe it is that just when the game crashes the game make a loud stuttering sound. No error message comes up it just goes back to the desk top. Any ideas would be very welcome

[bigarte]

That's weird. I also just bought the game after purchasing a brand new PC. The game installed just fine and I have not had any problems with it. Hope you can sort your problems out quickly mate.

[yogibbear]

This is my first post so please bear with me. I just bought Bioshock and made sure all my pc equipment/software/drivers were good enough to run it. It started crashing back to the desktop right after you first pick up Atlas and go to higher ground. The longest it has lasted is when Atlas is telling me to pick up a wrench or something. I spent 2 hours with technical support trying to figure out what was going on and tried everything they suggested but it just keeps crashing back to the desktop. The tech just couldn't figure out what was wrong. Thes best way I can describe it is that just when the game crashes the game make a loud stuttering sound. No error message comes up it just goes back to the desk top. Any ideas would be very welcome

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Cheers.

[jkot]

Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 11/09/05 11:45:49 Ver: 08.00.12
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Page File: 459MB used, 4434MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

Card name: Radeon X1950 Pro
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor AGP (0x7280)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7280&SUBSYS_E190174B&REV_9A
Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6764 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 1/23/2008 05:43:41, 272384 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a

Game ran fine under Steam demo, un-loaded local steam content and game still crashes to desktop.

[headkase]

jkot: Your driver date for the X1950 says its from January, try to go to: Ati Catalyst Driver download page and get the latest, 8.4.

[jkot]

Headkase,

Updated the catalyst center and driver, no luck, still crashes straight to desktop when you get to the pipe wrench. Don't have problems with any other game/program installed. Re-formatted the HDD around the beginning of the year and do regular de-frags to keep the system regular.



Display Devices
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Card name: Radeon X1950 Pro
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor AGP (0x7280)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7280&SUBSYS_E190174B&REV_9A
Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6783 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 3/29/2008 13:04:32, 299008 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys