Good idea on FFD, totally forgot about that. I already have the latest drive for my card. Most of these problems I am just chalking up to R*'s ineptitude; I would understand them being able to shift the blame to hardware and software vendors if it were only a few problems... but this is just ridiculous. Now I just need to figure out how to remove the Display setting restictions.

Before you say anything, yes I have already tried: -norestrictions -nomemrestricts

Assuming that e-mail is genuine I do agree with what he said. The average cost for a DVD movie or music CD is $20. As long as I have working hardware it runs. It doesn't matter if the people who made it are still doing that kind of work or even alive. I think it is more than fair to expect the same from a $50 video game. Its hard to say that with all this activation crud going on. However, Mr. Newell's statements seem hypocritical to me. Doesn't steam require you to install a 3rd party client, download part of the game, and activate it? That doesn't sound all that user friendly to me.Drosa

You would think so, but no. Steam is just about as seamless as it gets. Select which game you want to install, it DLs the components and once it's done you play. The only major problem is that you can't play offline for extended periods of time(up to three weeks). But who would want to live without the internet?

Let's get this out of the way:

Windows XP SP3

Nvidia 8800 GT

Creative X-fi Elite Pro

Corsiar XMS 4400 DDR 2x1 GB

DFI Lanparty NF4 Ut Expert

3x Samsung SP2514N (250 GB)

1x WD Caviar 320 GB AAKS

1X WD Caviar 640 GB AAKS

Alright, my problem is that I am getting really bad audio popping. On top of that I am getting really bad shuttering with the audio(some where in the neighborhood of 100ms) Has anyone had this issue or know of a fix?

I have yet to find a resolution option in F3. Am I correct in stating that there is no such option or am I a blind retard I have checked the ingame menus and the .ini files and have yet to find anything pertaining to res. Does Bethesda believe PC gamers ahve become too retarded to have a res option?

If I am right, has anyone found a way to change it?