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[Kerouac101]

Just purchased Mass Effect 1 yesterday from a friends reco...DL'd the digital version from eb games and install went fine.  When I go to actually start the game at the "press any key" screen the stutter is horrible.  The screen will barely move and I have to force a ctrl alt del in order to kill the program.  Here are a couple things I have tried.

Started in windowed mode with firefox running in the front of it.  I can see the start up screen moving beautifully in the background but when i swith to bring ME to the front it stalls and stutters and the original problem persists.

I have tried playing in every resolution possible and same issue always occurs at start up menu

I have tried disabling my HD realtek sound from device manager and same stutter issue at start menu persists

Not sure what else to do.  I do run with a GeFOrce 8800 GTX and I have researched extensively about the problems with ME 1 and the 8 series card but to no available fix.

Here are my specs btw...

  Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.100216-1514)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc
       System Model: XPS 630i
               BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
          Processor: Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU    Q6600  @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs)
             Memory: 3326MB RAM
          Page File: 370MB used, 4838MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\\\\\\\\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

  Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
     Manufacturer: NVIDIA
        Chip type: GeForce 8800 GTX
         DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
       Device Key: Enum\\\\\\\\PCI\\\\\\\\VEN_10DE&DEV_0191&SUBSYS_039C10DE&REV_A2
   Display Memory: 768.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
          Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
  Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
      Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
   Driver Version: 6.14.0012.5896 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 7/9/2010 18:38:00, 6343040 bytes


Any help would be great...please I need something to do until Cataclysm hits...

Modifié par Kerouac101, 29 juillet 2010 - 11:37 .

[Gorath Alpha]

All of the earliest 8800s are in the same boat as the rest of their generation.  Defects in firmware that are correctable in software, with the right drivers, but not all of those end up working correctly, so you have to keep trying different ones.  The later 8800s are much less of a problem, but I'm not enough of a model number memorizer to remember which one is the right one, and which one is not. 

Just keep uninstalling / reinstalling a different driver -- it may take several.  My own 8800 is just a GT, not a GTX, and I went all the way back to the CD that came with it from BFG (I'm pretty sure that's where I got the CD that I used). 

Modifié par Gorath Alpha, 30 juillet 2010 - 02:58 .