BTW I posted the same issue on Tom's Hardware's forums and you guys have given me far more answers...I didn't get one response on their forums.

Go Egosoft community!

Well I restarted it again and now iTunes is working. I swear my PC has a poltergeist or something in it...I was thinking while making a very hot cuppa do you think my surge protector might be an issue? Its going on for a good decade or more old...is it possible when the card needs a spurt of power m...

I would power down and then open up the case and remove and reinsert all obvious cable connections and card edge-connections as the upgrade process may have left a connection in a suspect state that fails intermittently, or might have partially-unseated something else nearby. Take static discharge ...

Installed the new Audio drivers as suggested by Terre. Now iTunes completely locks up requiring a restart and Media Player produces errors. Also the file produced a Trojan alert in McAfee.

http://home.mcafee.com/VirusInfo/VirusP ... ey=2132929

Driver update found no new drivers

I have a brand new XFX 550 Watt PSU I got specifically so I could run the GTX970. Its 80+ Bronze cert. I have had nothing but problems since the 'upgrade'. Games freezing needing a restart, the screen completely randomly going black with no video input etc... Just now I was browsing the net...cursor...

Here's DxDiag ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 3/23/2015, 02:07:56 Machine name: Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.150202-1526) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufactu...

And now I get a hard crash between 5 minutes and 30 minutes in requiring a complete system reboot.

This is playing X3:TC

I've just downloaded the latest game ready Nvidia drivers and I am hoping this might help.

Anyone else had issues with this card?

I tried with my old setup but it just couldn't handle it. Now I'm in glorious 4K with a GTX970 and....the game looks absolutely amazing but... How on earth are you supposed to play it? I flew around for a bit with no clue what I was supposed to do. Watched a ship get blown up, which left me on 40% h...

I'd rather they fix their company and forget the game. The game is a write off before it was even released.

Get the company in shape, start dev of X4, run public betas and stop wasting dev time on a game beyond rescue I think.

But it does seem Bernd is oblivious to the amount of trust Ego has lost.

Might also be too much for modders to do.

God if only they had done a public beta...sigh

I would but only if Ego show that they have knocked their heads together and put the company in shape. Its all very well being small, enthusiastic and full of ideas but you also need a head for projects, deadlines and realistic goals. That's whats lacking. Too much blue sky. Not enough down to earth...

Chose the last option. Too many things are broken in the game really. I think they have a good solid space engine they can really build a full-on X4 around but I honestly would be surprised if Egosoft survive as an independent company much longer. They need to fix the company first before starting a...

There's a starting Rahana in the sandbox?

They got one thing right - the space engine is very good despite being obsolete tech. On my very average machine I get pretty good framerates and it still looks next gen I think. The TC engine was ok but everything was way too shiny.

The one in X:R is ok if you do without the big bulge in the middle which is the major obstruction in the view.

However an option to turn it off entirely would go a long way to mitigating any issues with the cockpit.

Edited.

Is there anything in the pipeline to address the crates issue? Really that's all I wanted to know because there isn't actually any game at the moment. There's space and collecting crates. Space is pretty and IMHO the engine is actually pretty awesome (might consider making some money licensing it?) ...

How is it modders can fix the game in a few weeks working alone yet Ego cant do the same thing with an entire company behind them?

Seriously, this is one broken company.

Not played since release - is it anywhere near remotely playable yet? I mean is there an actual game instead of just collecting millions upon millions of credits just by collecting crates?