Full Screen and AMD Raedon HD 7800 Series

[Jimmyson 1]

I'm currently borrowing a friend's computer, and wanted to launch into SimCity 4, and the game was crashing in Full-Screen mode. I am able to play in windowed mode, but I'd rather play in full screen mode.

The card I am using is a Raedon HD 7800 Series, which my be too powerful for the game (but that shouldn't stop it from running in full screen)

I previously used a Raedon HD 5450 without any problems. Is there a solution to this problem?
I've tried running with the CPUCount:1 flag and also installed the DX9.0c libraries with no success in solving the issue.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Try turning off all the 3D features of the GPU.

[Whte_rbt 1,431]

You may need to run through and make sure the graphics card isn't triggering a responce from the game.

[Jimmyson 1]

I was getting a response from the game in Windowed Mode. It was just loading the game in Full Screen Mode was causing the game to crash upon opening...

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

We've been taking shots in the dark.  We need to know some more about the machine you are running on:

 

What operating system and version are you running on?

What is the build level of the game?  (find the SimCity 4.exe and look at the version tab (right click)).

 

Does the game open to the initial splash screen then just quit?  This is a symptom of no proper sound configuration.

 

Does the game open to the region screen then crash when opening a city?

[skylar15 3]

If you run the game at your native resolution in Windowed, and force Windowed Borderless, then you can have a full screen experience, just as long as you are fine with the game being in your resolution. (It won't work well with smaller resolutions than your monitor.)

 

I have a HD 7480D, and this fixed an issue with lag. I used a program called Borderless Gaming.