Why does SC4 constantly crash with Vista?

[RON-E 0]

this is a really annoying problem. I had no issues when I had XP, but now that I have Vista, it is almost unplayable having to re-launch the game. The pc is 10 times as good as the xp one, but seems a lot worse during gameplay though.... anyone know what the deal is?

[Patricius Maximus 236]

I've noticed Vista to be a little worse with crashing than XP, but I don't think that Vista can cause all that. What are your computer stats, your plugins, and your version of Vista?

[crazymodder 0]

installing to many plugins in vista home basic may cause many crashes. so i recommended you using vista ultimate or home premium. btw, i want to know your OS.

[tungston 19]

I found Vista to be more stable with SC4 than with XP, but I don't use any radical plugins.

[RON-E 0]

heres my stats :

http://support.gateway.com/s/PC/R/1015005R/1015005Rsp3.shtml

i bought it like this, havent added or removed anything

thats a damn good computer, i dont understand

[MrCinatit 30]

Originally posted by: tungston I found Vista to be more stable with SC4 than with XP, but I don't use any radical plugins.quote>

I do use radical plug ins and very rarely have had a crash. Reason might be, I have created a different user when playing the game where I have drastically minimalized my system to such an extent, the only things running are Vista and SC4. Runs flawlessly for me.

[RON-E 0]

i did this, it crashed.... ugh.... almost unplayable!

[crazymodder 0]

umh, you are using AMD Phenom, which has lots of error on it. thats why! AMD Phenom sucks like hell, which is more sucker than AMD Athlon versions. i recommended you change the motherboard and the processor. say no to Phenom.

[tungston 19]

Try the AMD Dual Core Optimizer [link].

[crazymodder 0]

Originally posted by: tungston Try the AMD Dual Core Optimizer [link].quote>

did you read what he posted? he is using AMD Phenom, which has faulty codings on the microprocessor.

to RON-E:

if you want to use AMD, please use dual core processors only. i dont recommended you to gaming with Phenom (more than 2 cores) microprocessors.

[tungston 19]

It was only a suggestion. I have no use for AMD, so I know very little about them, only that they have posted a dual core fix.

[yellowguy88 1]

Can someone please help me im having the same problem i bought a new PC with high enough stats and SC4 keeps crashing after about 20mins i thought i didn't have enough RAM so i bought more, now my stats are AMD dual core, 500G Hard drive and 3Gigs of memory, 128mb dedicated Nvidia Card, my plug-ins folder is at 1.34gigs this isn't massive and it used to run fine on my older slower laptop with XP, should i just give up and go back to XP?