I have a new Vista computer. It was not bought with games in mind, but CoH was a present.
I get irregular total computer crashes. The screen freezes, sound goes into a loop and then black screen. Not even an error message. Seems graphics related, but last time, wasn't really doing much. Any ideas?
---System information gathered by
CoH Helper version 0.1.1.7---
DxDiag gathered at May 13, 2009 21:43 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Basic (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_ldr.090302-1506)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Vostro 220s Series
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Central Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
Memory: 2012MB
.Net Memory Report: 1182MB out of 2012MB available
Page File: 3154MB (1113MB currently in use)
C Drive: (Hitachi HDP725025GLA380) 173013MB out of 223377MB (77%) free
D Drive: (Hitachi HDP725025GLA380) 10268MB out of 14999MB (68%) free
E Drive: (HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GH30N) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 10
DirectX Diag version: 6.00.6001.18000 (32-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: Intel(R) G45/G43 Express Chipset
Manufacturer / Chip: Intel Corporation / Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Video Memory: 782 MB
Driver Version: 7.15.0010.1545
Driver Date: 8/26/2008 12:54:42 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHDA.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5678
Driver Date: 8/19/2008 1:19:42 AM
Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHDA.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5678
Driver Date: 8/19/2008 1:19:42 AM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 0P301D
Motherboard Version: A00
BIOS Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
BIOS Name: Default System BIOS
BIOS Version: DELL - 20081024
BIOS Release: 20081024000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1680x1050
3D Resolution: 1680x1050 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: No
Physics Quality: None
Maximum Particles: 100
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: None
Anisotropic Filtering: None
Texture LOD Bias: Crisp
Water Effects: None
Bloom: 1.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
Shader Detail: Lowest
World Texture Level: Low
Character Texture Level: Medium
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.500
Entity Detail Level: 0.500
Shadows Enabled: No
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.600
Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.000
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 137894 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 18.20090422.5T
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found