Bioshock demo question

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#1 stumunro
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Ok, so i've installed the demo etc and it runs the menu fine but as soon as i hit the play demo button it hangs and stops responding? any ideas what could be wrong?

stu

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#2 fireandcloud
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what are your system specs?

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#3 stumunro
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more than adequate, 2x2ghz cpu 2gb ram geforce 8600gt
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#4 drgoth2006
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downloaded all the latest drivers?

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#5 stumunro
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yup
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#6 fireandcloud
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try downloading again? i dunno. where'd you download from? i downloaded my demo from gamespot, and it worked just fine. try defrag? try restarting your pc and running it again?
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#7 stumunro
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got it from gamershell. i'm gonna try an uninstall-reinstal
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#8 fireandcloud
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got it from gamershell. i'm gonna try an uninstall-reinstalstumunro

download from gamespot. at least you know that someone with similar specs as yours (a little worse, mine is) got it to run using that download.

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#9 stumunro
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Still not working! my laptop will run crysis for **** sake, why not bioshock?
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#10 greatmax1
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Still not working! my laptop will run crysis for **** sake, why not bioshock?stumunro
make sure you have the right laptop gpu drivers.
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#11 stumunro
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i have thee latest drivers, i've checked. i can run crysis at 800x600 on medium specs with around 25fps