jkletellier

I had this problem as well. For me, it was related to the SafeDisk check that it does everytime you load to make sure your disk is authentic. Some DVD/CD drives are incompatible with this software. It is likely that this is your problem. To fix it either contact obsidian for a workaround...or do what I did and get the no CD crack. www.gamecopyworld. com.

Yeah and i think there is a bigger picture. I think some cards are better in certain computers with certian chipsets etc. My current pc has had 2 Nvidia cards and 2 ATI cards over the course of about 4 years, and I greatly prefer the ATI becuase on my system they are more stable and allow me to play more games. So, I think its on a per-case basis. Addtionally, I will admit that there are qualities of each card that the other does not posses. Moreoever, in my experience the compatablility of cards seems to change on a yearly basis. One year ATI is heralded as the best becuase it is more stable, effecient, etc, and then a couple years later, its NVidia for the same reasons. LOL, its kinda interesting actually.

I don't know if this bug has yet been posted, but I posted a temporary solution to it in the solution forum. Heres the post: ----------------------- I dont know if this has been posted yet, but I have a temporary solution to all those suffering from VERY poor FPS after loading new areas (which means pretty much all the time). After EVERY load, go into options, then advanced settings, and then TRICK the game into thinking you made a change. For example, I set my AF down one level, then back to its orginal level, and then apply. The game will apply the "new" settings. Why do this? I used FRAPS to test it on citadel station and this is what I found: After a new load: 8-10 FPS (horrible) After a new load and 'faking' and graphic change: 20-25+ FPS (very playable) These results were consistently reproducable for several hours of gameplay. Now I know these are bad fps in general, but i have a crappy system--the point is the difference I hope that the patch fixes this bug becuase it gets REALLY annoying to have to do this after EVERY load, but at least its a temporary fix. I wish I knew what the TRUE source of this bug was because obviously this not fixing the true problem. Hope this helps anybody with the same problems. :D AMD Athlon 1000+ ATI Radeon 9600 XT 512 ram SB Audigy 2 zs ------------------------- I dont know what the actual bug is, but it sounds kinda like after every load the game is not applying graphic settings correctly--forcing the user to have to reapply them after every load. Or it could be that the game is not taking full advantage of the video card untill settings are reapplied...no idea but very annoying. <_<

I dont know if this has been posted yet, but I have a temporary solution to all those suffering from VERY poor FPS after loading new areas (which means pretty much all the time). After EVERY load, go into options, then advanced settings, and then TRICK the game into thinking you made a change. For example, I set my AF down one level, then back to its orginal level, and then apply. The game will apply the "new" settings. Why do this? I used FRAPS to test it on citadel station and this is what I found: After a new load: 8-10 FPS (horrible) After a new load and 'faking' and graphic change: 20-25+ FPS (very playable) These results were consistently reproducable for several hours of gameplay. Now I know these are bad fps in general, but i have a crappy system--the point is the difference I hope that the patch fixes this bug becuase it gets REALLY annoying to have to do this after EVERY load, but at least its a temporary fix. I wish I knew what the TRUE source of this bug was because obviously this not fixing the true problem. Hope this helps anybody with the same problems. :D AMD Athlon 1000+ ATI Radeon 9600 XT 512 ram SB Audigy 2 zs