Spiderman 3...tech issues

[RX3]

Hey there,

I was wondering, is anyone having trouble launching the game? I installed everything correctly then tried to reinstall, and I just got an 8800 GTS so the graphics drivers are updated. Im pretty sure my sound drivers are too. I have windows xp media center 2005.

All my other games work flawlessly! However, when I go to hit the launch icon or PLAY on the autoplay menu for Spiderman it looks like it starts to load and flickers, then nothing...

Can anyone help here?

Thanks in advance

 

[stamsek]

I had similar issues. I found out it was my Saitek Eclipse 1 keyboard. Under Device Manager, there are 3 'Human Interface Devices' that relate to my keyboard. I had to disable 2 of the 3 leaving typing functionality.
I have also read that many people are having to physically unplug various USB devices prior to starting Spider-Man 3. Usually game pads of various sorts.
let me know if this helps.

Also, 1GB of RAM for this game under XP = choppy despite my 8800GTS. I through in another 512mb stick to put me at 1.5GB and it ran smooth. Only issue is, the timings on that 512mb stick does not have as good timings and I lost my 400mhz overclock. So now I'm upgrading my socket 939 to an AM2 system with 2GB's of RAM.

 

[RX3]

wow sorry for not replying to you on this topic!

Yeah it turned out that my microsoft racing wheel was the problem. I was frantically searching random forums and stumbled upon one from gamespot and found out what was happening with the usb devices

Yeah i have 2GB, with 939. Runs beautifully, just as well as a PS3 (of course) if not better

Thank you though for helping!