Fallout 3 - crashes...

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I've just spent a fair while downloading FO3 GoTY and launched it and it keeps crashing in cutscenes.

Minor Spoiler: I got as far as the party and saved it. Got to the reactor and shot the Radroach. Crashed mid cutscene and there wasn't a save to load?!

Can anyone help me? Someone in the SGifts Steam Group Chat mentioned that Quad Core CPUs can cause crashes if you don't alter the config, but I'm using a dual core, could that be it? And if so could someone point me to what needs correcting and how to correct it?

Specs:

Win7 x64 (The same person said they have played a LOT on Win7 with no problems
Intel Core i5 2410M @ 2.3 GHz
6GB of RAM
nVidia GT520M, with 1GB VRAM

The default graphic settings are 'High' for both FO3 and Skyrim (which runs fine) so I doubt that it is a conflict with the game engine / Bethesda files.

Thanks.

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shardival

On Steam there is info that Fallout 3 is not optimized for Windows 7. I was going to buy it also, but if it's crashing....

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PhantomLord

As I mentioned, someone else said that they'd put many hours in on 7 64bit. It's not a case of 'not compatible'.

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AvidWriter

I played Fallout 3 GOTY on Windows 7 64 bit. It crashed occasionally but I put in 60+ hours with no major crashes or problems. It could be lots of factors. Update your video drivers first.

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k37123

Turn off 4 cores support in config file. Worked for me. Your CPU has HyperThreading doesn't it?

http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/20199-fallout-3-windows-7-w-quad-core.html

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PhantomLord

Yep I think so. I think there is something called that, and I think there is 2 physical but 4 virtual cores ...?

That looks like it could well be a fix, thankyou very much :D