wnxmajor on 8/2/2006 at 18:49

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I know the video drivers say 56.72 and up for my video card are good for running T3. Why do I have this problem?

When starting Thief: Deadly Shadows a grayish textured border appears at the top of the screen with the rest of the screen from top to bottom fading to black. Then I hear a jerky audio sound.. nothing is recognizeable as far as the audio. It just sounds like a popping. After which the graphics change and I get a different grayish screen fading to black. I hit the windows button to task out to the desktop. After the game tasked out I could hear the intro audio just prefectly. As if the game would run fine as long as I didn't view it.

I ended both t3 game processes after end-tasking to windows and then restarted the game and let it run its course. After several minutes I got the main start screen but when I moved the mouse to a new location the pointer would not move right away but jerk across the screen after several seconds. Once in a sub menu such as options, etc.. the mouse moved just fine. Returning to the main menu the graphics were slowed once again and the mouse jerked across the screen once again.

Don't know exactly what to do as I have updated everything as far as windows, graphics, monitor, and audio drivers. My system specs are as follows:

System Summary
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer INC.
System Model A7N8X-X
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~2079 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A7N8X-X ACPI BIOS Rev 1009, 2/3/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.2
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
Total Physical Memory 1,536.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 948.64 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB

Audio
Name NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio
Manufacturer NVIDIA Corporation
Status OK
PNP Device ID NVAX\NFORCE_VAD\4&30255A3&2&0000
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nvapu.sys (6.14.0442.30 built by: NVIDIA, 386.75 KB (396,032 bytes), 5/25/2004 4:58 PM)

Name Creative EMU10K1 Audio Processor (WDM)
Manufacturer Creative Technology, Ltd.
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80641102&REV_07\4&3B1D9AB8&0&3840
I/O Port 0x0000C000-0x0000CFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 19
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ctaud2k.sys (5.12.01.0252-1.31.0120, 817.92 KB (837,548 bytes), 12/25/2005 7:44 PM)

Video
Name NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0281&SUBSYS_89431462&REV_A1\4&102AC5BC&0&00F0
Adapter Type GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
Adapter RAM 128.00 MB (134,217,728 bytes)
Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.8198
INF File oem0.inf (nv4 section)
Resolution 1024 x 768 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
IRQ Channel IRQ 19
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nv4_mini.sys (6.14.10.8198, 3.37 MB (3,536,768 bytes), 3/3/2004 9:29 AM)

So to sum it up, I cant play the game. Dont know what the problem is and If anyone has had this same or similar problem please enlighten me.

Thanks

wnxmajor on 16/2/2006 at 15:07

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Noone else has had problems with the 8.1.9.8 drivers and TDS? Really wish i could play this game.