jnoake

What Sacred 2 are you running (e.g. base Fallen Angel, with Ice & Blood expansion, Sacred 2 Gold)? FYI, the only thing Sacred 2 and Sacred 3 have in common, is the word "Sacred" in the title. Sacred 2 Fallen Angel - no expansion packs Update : I just tested this game (patched to the same level) on Windows 7 32bit on a Dell E6430 ATG laptop with an Intel integrated display adaptor and 8Gb Ram (32bit OS only allows use of just under 4Gb but anyway..). Whilst idling at the menu screen with the waterfall, after a minute or so, the same stuttering of video and sound occurred but was not terminal, after a few seconds of this, the animation and ambient sound resumed. Both machines only show increased system memory use of about 500mb - certainly it does not MAX out the system memory. Point taken on Sacred 3... Unbended looks to be the preferred way forward, I need to read more...

Just looked at Sacred 3 on Amazon - it gets slammed in reviews, so I would really like to get the V2 working...

I upgraded from W7x64 to W10x64 - Sacred 2 (non-steam) now starts, but after a minute idling at the main menu with the waterfall (or if I am quick and start a game), it starts stuttering and less than a minute later will freeze. XPSP3 mpde, with admin rights, command line options: -skipopenal -nocpubinding updated Nvidia drivers for GTX275, uninstalled PhysX Any further suggestions welcome. I could upgrade to Sacred 3, but I don't want to be forced online to play network with my wife and this outcome has seriously made me think about purchasing the later version if I can't fix this one. 4Gb RAM 2.66Ghz Intel Duo E6750 ASUS P5N32-E SLI PLUS NVidia GeForce GTX275