I picked up Civ IV and Civ IV Warlords when they came out. Both had previously worked fine on my laptop (Acer Aspire 3002lci). It was slow, and the video was a little choppy, but the game would run. I haven't played since Sept of 2006, but with the new release, it got my interest going again.
When I tried again this weekend with both Civ IV and Civ IV Warlords, the game would lockup with vertical bars completely freezing the machine after 15-20 minutes. City information (name, number of citizens, etc..) is garbled when looking from the globe view, but other text displays normally. I updated to the latest SiS M760GX video drivers, and now it will last 30-40 minutes before locking up. If I restart the game before it freezes, I can keep going. So basically, I have to save and restart the game every 30 minutes if I want to play.
Is this a known issue? I figure something has updated (windows update?) since last september, and now I'm having trouble getting my Civ fix.
When I tried again this weekend with both Civ IV and Civ IV Warlords, the game would lockup with vertical bars completely freezing the machine after 15-20 minutes. City information (name, number of citizens, etc..) is garbled when looking from the globe view, but other text displays normally. I updated to the latest SiS M760GX video drivers, and now it will last 30-40 minutes before locking up. If I restart the game before it freezes, I can keep going. So basically, I have to save and restart the game every 30 minutes if I want to play.
Is this a known issue? I figure something has updated (windows update?) since last september, and now I'm having trouble getting my Civ fix.