I'm having the same problems... I've tried the 5.2 CAT, the Omega Drivers and a couple of others I had on my computer. Because I'm stuck at work, I can't finish what I started last night, which was upgrade to SP2, and try the 4.11 Cat's that I believe were recommended for KoToR when the problems arose in that title.
I can get to the video sequence, and I hear the game sounds for about 5 seconds. Sometimes I even get a cursor on the screen then it dumps me. I've changed sounds to Forced Software, Hardware EAX Disabled, EAX, EAX II, I've changed the refresh rates, resolutions and absolutely everything I can think of in the settings to no avail.
My specs are:
Athlon 2500+
512MB RAM
Radeon 7500 (I know, bottleneck, but still runs every new release to date that I've played)
120GB Hd
I don't understand how the game can launch up, play the first intro movie AFTER creating a character, then spits me out to the desktop. It's ludicrous and I'm already out $50 cause I can't return the game to EB now since it's opened..
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Yea looks like we're having the exact same problem, i got the game because i assumed that as the specs were more or less the same and the first one worked fine that the second would too, doh!!
But yea i've "heard" an upgrade to SP2 and 4.12 Cat may help. But i honestly don't know :'(
It is frustrating because as you said every other new game released in recent months has worked fine, so a bit of a pain. I hoping i can resolve this without having to buy a new Gcard.
I'm at college but i should be home in about 3-4 hrs. I'll try the SP2 and Cat 4.12 a go and give you an update bro.
Specs:
Athlon 2500+
786 RAM
Radeon 7500
80 Gb HD
Kiddo