[markhoutx]

Issue: The Game is VERY Choppy when played in either single player or multiplayer games. So choppy it is virtually unplayable - at least, not enjoyable.

I had a hard drive fail. Replaced it, fresh install of XP Home and all updates. Fresh install of BHD with its updates. The problem did not occur before the hard drive replacement.

From the knowledge base on Novalogic.com, I saw where I should try lowering video settings on Object Detail and Texture Quality - no improvement, I lowered other video settings - no improvement.

I tried a fresh install of BHD on ANOTHER computer, got same result -games are slow and choppy. That indicates it's probably a problem with the CD itself - I think?

Tried Disk Doctor twice - no improvement, and no worsening.

Before the hard drive failure I was running both Zone Alarm firewall and Norton AV and playing the game with no problems. After the recovery, I have NOT installed Zone Alarm nor Norton AV.

I am setting behind a router and I have Cable for Internet access, but remember this happens on Single Player games too, so it's not internet related.

I am running:
Athlon XP 2.0
1 gig of RAM
60 gig Hard Drive with 40 gig free
XP Home

Any thoughts? Thinks its a ruined game CD?