Please post hardware compatibility issues here

[wceend]

Having same issues I had with the bio shock demo opens up then black screen and closes down your pc. Nivida driver nv4_dll error tryed latest drivers no joy.Running the ET quake wars demo and game without a hitch but bio shock and ut3 demo just crash.
Win xp /Geforce 6600 le /Pent 4 cpu 3.00ghz/1.00gb ram.
Want to play this game soo much but cant be hassed with kakky demos.Any suggetions that work?

exactly the same problem , the bioshock demo did the same!
same as with the previous post too!

[fishwish]

I have all the ut games and have made loads of map and models for it I love it and I am sitting here grumpy as hell because I just keep getting the black screen of death.In fact Im so miffed off I am going to find a pc nerd and hold him at gunpoint untill he fixes the nv4_disp problem for me.Excuse me while I bang my head on the wall for an hour.

[Serendipity]

Operating System: Windows XP
Video Card: 512MB NIVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7950 GTX
Video Driver Version: 6.14.0011.94422
Display Resolution: 1440*900
Processor: Intel ® Core™ Duo Processor T2600 (2.16 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB)
Memory: 2048MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)
HD: 120GB (7,200 rpm) SATA Hard Drive

TextureDetail= Level3
WorldDetail= Level3

For the most part the game runs ultrasmooth (locked at 60 fps)

The problem:

When i start a new game (offline/online) the game hangs for the first 5-10 secs and is totally unplayable. Then it start to run smooth but somehow I keep getting random framedrops to 20-30 fps. It doesn't seem to have a pattern, it may be in heavy combat or not.

Am I expecting to much from my laptop or is this maybe a driver issue?

[Seraphiel]

After approximately 1 minute in-game, it crushes to the Desktop informing me that the Video Card did not respond to the graphics accelerator, and thus has been restarted.
I can get back into the game though it still happens all the time.

I've updated the drivers and still...

Any suggestions?

[fishwish]

From my research it is a driver issue with the nvidia memory but I cant find the cure and im not a witch doctor.

[Gunner063]

I double click the shortcut, I get the splash screen. The machine 'thinks' about it for maybe 30 sec. or so and then pops up a black screen. About 2 seconds later my monitors turn themselves off. If I turn them back on, there's nothing there. UT ate my vid card! Hehehe.
I waited for a while and listened to hear if anything would come up since the machine was still actively processesing something but I never heard any menu music or anything. About 5 min later I gave up and had to reboot.
I did this 3 times, except for the listenting for the music.

Well, here's the info you need:

Operating System: XP Home SP2
Video Card: PCI, GeForce 6800 GS 256RAM
Video Driver Version: Latest from nvidia; 163.71
Display Resolution: Desktop is 1280x1024 per monitor, dual-view monitors.
Processor: P4 3.2 MHz
Memory: 2x512 DDR 3200
Directx Version: 9.0c

And here's the end of the launch.log:

Init: SceneCaptureStreamingMultiplier=1.000
Init: FoliageDrawRadiusMultiplier=0.500
Init: ShadowTexelsPerPixel=2.000
Log: TEXTUREGROUP_World: (MinLODSize= 256,MaxLODSize=1024,LODBias=1)
Log: TEXTUREGROUP_WorldNormalMap: (MinLODSize= 256,MaxLODSize=1024,LODBias=2)
Log: TEXTUREGROUP_WorldSpecular: (MinLODSize= 256,MaxLODSize=1024,LODBias=1)
Log: TEXTUREGROUP_Character: (MinLODSize= 256,MaxLODSize=1024,LODBias=1)
Log: TEXTUREGROUP_CharacterNormalMap: (MinLODSize= 256,MaxLODSize=1024,LODBias=1)
Log: TEXTUREGROUP_CharacterSpecular: (MinLODSize= 256,MaxLODSize=1024,LODBias=1)
Log: TEXTUREGROUP_Weapon: (MinLODSize= 256,MaxLODSize=1024,LODBias=1)
Log: TEXTUREGROUP_WeaponNormalMap: (MinLODSize= 256,MaxLODSize=1024,LODBias=2)
Log: TEXTUREGROUP_WeaponSpecular: (MinLODSize= 256,MaxLODSize=1024,LODBias=1)
Log: TEXTUREGROUP_Vehicle: (MinLODSize= 512,MaxLODSize=2048,LODBias=1)
Log: TEXTUREGROUP_VehicleNormalMap: (MinLODSize= 512,MaxLODSize=2048,LODBias=1)
Log: TEXTUREGROUP_VehicleSpecular: (MinLODSize= 512,MaxLODSize=2048,LODBias=1)
Log: TEXTUREGROUP_Effects: (MinLODSize= 256,MaxLODSize=1024,LODBias=1)
Log: TEXTUREGROUP_Skybox: (MinLODSize= 512,MaxLODSize=2048,LODBias=0)
Log: TEXTUREGROUP_UI: (MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
Log: TEXTUREGROUP_LightAndShadowMap: (MinLODSize= 512,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
Log: TEXTUREGROUP_RenderTarget: (MinLODSize= 1,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
Init: Friendly System Settings:
Init: TextureDetail=Level3
Init: WorldDetail=Level1
Init: bUseVSync=0
Init: bUseMSAA=0
Init: ScreenPercentage= 50
Init: UpscaleScreenPercentage=1
Init: ResX= 640
Init: ResY= 480
Init: Fullscreen=1
Init: OS stats:
Init


I hope that helps. Right now it eats my machine. I hope to see some UT on my PC soon.
Thanks!

-ArcadiaVincennes

mine does the same exact thing but it doesnt leave a log file
heres my pc specs
3.06ghz p4 oced to 3.5 ghz
1gb ram
7900GS

[MemphiS]

I have huge fps drops, i've tried hightest and lowest settings and it doesnt care at all!

fps drops under 20 when i fly in the middle of the china map

AMD Athlon 4400+ X2
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
2GB RAM Corsair CL 2,5
MSI GeForce 8800GTX OC-HD
used 2 drivers: 175 Beta & 169 whql
System: Vista Ultimate 64bit
Installed all packs for vista

on alle configs the fps drops are huge

my files:

dxdiag
UTEngine

Hope someone can help alot, atm its impossible to play this game smoothly. what a pitty for me as an ut player and fan

[fishwish]

well Im going to wait till the game come out and go play quake wars but epic have my feed back which is the demo crashes my pc and I am going to cry.
But I love UT and will remain a loyal fan forever.

[fishwish]

well I'm going to wait till the game comes out and go play quake wars but epic have my feed back which is the demo crashes my pc and I am going to cry.
But I love UT and will remain a loyal fan forever. just dont bug me man.

[[LX7][Dezoris]]

Any hope for those of us who can't even get the game to open? I still get BSOD after or before all the company splash screens (post #116) and I'll admit, it's frustrating just doing little .ini tweaks because I have to keep rebooting everytime as opposed to just crashing to my desktop.
Already tried all the suggested tweaks like noSound and shadersOnDemand =(

[wceend]

I have all the ut games and have made loads of map and models for it I love it and I am sitting here grumpy as hell because I just keep getting the black screen of death.In fact Im so miffed off I am going to find a pc nerd and hold him at gunpoint untill he fixes the nv4_disp problem for me.Excuse me while I bang my head on the wall for an hour.

it gives me that when i hit the shut-down button myself before it reboots, tell me when that nerd finally breaks.

[Paincakes]

I have huge fps drops, i've tried hightest and lowest settings and it doesnt care at all!

fps drops under 20 when i fly in the middle of the china map

AMD Athlon 4400+ X2
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
2GB RAM Corsair CL 2,5
MSI GeForce 8800GTX OC-HD
used 2 drivers: 175 Beta & 169 whql
System: Vista Ultimate 64bit
Installed all packs for vista

on alle configs the fps drops are huge

my files:

dxdiag
BaseEngine

Hope someone can help alot, atm its impossible to play this game smoothly. what a pitty for me as an ut player and fan

I have the same problem...

Quad Core 6600, 2GB ram and 8600gt 512mb and Vista home premium 32.

Also I'm experiencing very bad hitches even when the fps is over 60.

Wtf is causing these terrible hitches!? Its totally unplayable.

I tried on my friends pc. He has windows XP AMD athlon x2 3800+, Radeon 1600xt and 2gb ram.

He can play this game fine on medium and even HIGH! Why the **** can a Quad Core not run this at even low settings!

Serious optimization issues I am having...

[Serendipity]

I have huge fps drops, i've tried hightest and lowest settings and it doesnt care at all!

fps drops under 20 when i fly in the middle of the china map

AMD Athlon 4400+ X2
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
2GB RAM Corsair CL 2,5
MSI GeForce 8800GTX OC-HD
used 2 drivers: 175 Beta & 169 whql
System: Vista Ultimate 64bit
Installed all packs for vista

on alle configs the fps drops are huge

my files:

dxdiag
BaseEngine

Hope someone can help alot, atm its impossible to play this game smoothly. what a pitty for me as an ut player and fan

Our systems are very different (mine is posted a bit above) but we seem to have the same problem with our gfx card underperforming somehow...

[Alkot]

Audio bug :
bUseSounds must be disabled with Realtek AC'97, otherwise the game crashes at launch without giving data about the reason of the crash in the log.

[Boksha]

Ouch. Good thing I don't use onboard sound anymore.