Video / Graphics Problems

[mohsinsumar]

Hi, I got this game, Hitman 2 and when I run it on my desktop machine which has Windows XP Professional with 256 MB RAM and 16MB Graphics.. works great if I reduce the graphics in the game setting up.

Now when I run it on my Laptop that has Windows XP Home Edition with 32 MB RAM.. whenever a cutscene or a video comes along in the game... at some point.. the machine reboots automatically...

How can I fix that problem?

[LooseChippings]

Is that 32 MB System RAM or Graphics RAM?

32 MB is very very low for System RAM on any sort of NT Machine.

[mohsinsumar]

Sorry to forget mentioning wat RAM it was...

its 512 MB System RAM with 32 MB Graphics RAM seperate

[LooseChippings]

Are you using the same game settings on the 2 machines?

Have you installed any patches for the game on one machine but not the other?

If possible can you try the game on another machine with a comparable spec to the laptop?

By design laptops are not great games machines because of heat dissipation problems.

When a game goes into complex 3d / video work the gaphics card is working at max power which equates to high temperature, this is very probably the root cause of your problem.

[mohsinsumar]

i have same settings on both the desktop and the laptop.. unfortunately i cant try it on another machine as i dont own any more.. so i guess i will have to play it on the desktop machine rather than the laptop according to your explanation of heat etc..

Thanks anyways