Blue screen/crash to windows FIX!!!! (yes, it is possible!!)

[legacy-Skoundrel]

First, I want to appologize to Atari/SecuROM/ATi for being rude earlier and saying it was an unstable/buggy card/game. I was frustrated by all the constant crashes. It's not your fault there's so many different configurations, and it's not our fault the right settings is a mystery for each PC. I've tried so many things I became an expert at keeping track of every little tweak until I finaly got it RIGHT. Yes, you're reading correct, no more blue screen/crash to windows errors. Two days straight of solid gaming for hours and hours even on maps with the heaviest action. Ok here it goes:

My PC: ECS L7S7A2 mobo, AMD XP 2100+, 768 megs of 2100 DDR RAM and a Radeon 9800 Pro w/128 RAM. (This fix should also work on PC Chip M848ALU or possibly any other Amibios/SiS mobos. I don't know if it will work on other types).

Basic maintenance is a must before testing this fix:
Update your BIOS. After installing the game defrag your HD. Update your agp/sound/usb/catalyst drivers and install all the latest winxp patches.

Now, in your BIOS settings increase your AGP aperture to 256 megs. (I tested back and forth and for some reason increasing the apperture works. Whenever I set it to 128 aperture it gave me random blue screen crashes)

In your catalyst settings, switch to the Troubleshooting tab uncheck the "enable write combining" box.

That's it.. don't go nutty changing other stuff.

Bonus Advice: Keep your UT2k4 graphic details on normal, shadow: blob, dissable trilenear filtering, keep audio on safe mode for a few days and turn 3D Audio/EAX back on LATERRR if you're not getting any more crashes and keep norton autoscan disabled while you play.

Hope it works for you guys, I know how frustrating this whole ordeal is until a true patch comes out. Good luck! I'm off to frag some more noobs!! =)

[legacy-|-c2c-|BIG_JOHN]

Bro thanks for the reply I have the same system as you and I'm having the same concerns.
I will try this tonight when I get home and report back on the findings once again thanks pal and keep on fragging. :)

[legacy-Skoundrel]

I found another interesting solution. It seems that there's different ways to slay the crash beast. I found another way and it gave me solid gameplay. Set everything to your preffered settings, even turn back on the "enable write combining" in your troubleshooting settings.

Leave the agp aperture at 256 and simply lower your system clock. Like if it's at 133mhz just lower it to like 131mhz. You won't notice a difference besides your PC not crashing and instead giving you solid gameplay. I think it's in the BIOS advanced settings.

It seems the game realy does push the cpu to it's limit and you need to ease up a tiny bit. fortunately it's enough to cease the constant crashing. You can test this by increasing it a few mhz instead! You'll notice the blue screen/crashes happen twice as often as before. Good luck!