Vice City Crashes - Start the Fix
Sometimes Vice City crashes while starting the game or in the middle of the gameplay which is very irritating.
There are various reasons behind this problem such as outdated drivers, incorrect Windows settings and low RAM etc.
To prevent game crashes and other game related errors, you need to do little maintenance with your PC.
Steps given below are helpful.
Internet Speed: First thing before trying to search a fix for Vice City crashing problem, check whether you have enough Internet speed to play the game.
In order to play game online you may need to upgrade your service plan.
Best thing to do is talk to your ISP.
Alternatively you can use some good system utility software that has the capability to optimize your internet speed automatically.
Increase RAM: If Vice City crashes on the start up or in the middle of the game then RAM can be a reason behind this problem.
Check your system requirement.
The game works well under following system requirements.
Intel Pentium IV or AMD Athlon XP 256 MB of RAM 16X speed CD/DVD drive 1.
55 GB of free disk space (+ 635 MB if video card does NOT support DirectX Texture Compression) 64(+) MB video card with DirectX 9.
0 compatible drivers DirectX 9.
0 compatible sound card with surround sound Keyboard Mouse Gamepad (USB or Joystick Port) Clean Windows Registry: Each game stores files in the registry of computer.
If entries in the registry database are corrupted or damaged then Vice City crashes either on the startup or in the middle of the game depending on which registry key is missing.
Also fragmented registry often leads to a problem similar to game crash.
To fix this problem, you need to defrag registry using some reliable registry cleaner and PC optimizer software.
Update Video Card Driver: Updating video card driver can resolve many game related problems including Vice City crashes.
Follow these steps: 1.
Right click on My Computer and go to Properties.
2.
Click on Hardware Tab and then Device Manager.
3.
Click on Video Card Adapter.
4.
Right down the name Vender.
5.
Uninstall it.
Search your driver and save on your computer.
Windows 7 and Vista will automatically update drivers on restart.
There are various reasons behind this problem such as outdated drivers, incorrect Windows settings and low RAM etc.
To prevent game crashes and other game related errors, you need to do little maintenance with your PC.
Steps given below are helpful.
Internet Speed: First thing before trying to search a fix for Vice City crashing problem, check whether you have enough Internet speed to play the game.
In order to play game online you may need to upgrade your service plan.
Best thing to do is talk to your ISP.
Alternatively you can use some good system utility software that has the capability to optimize your internet speed automatically.
Increase RAM: If Vice City crashes on the start up or in the middle of the game then RAM can be a reason behind this problem.
Check your system requirement.
The game works well under following system requirements.
Intel Pentium IV or AMD Athlon XP 256 MB of RAM 16X speed CD/DVD drive 1.
55 GB of free disk space (+ 635 MB if video card does NOT support DirectX Texture Compression) 64(+) MB video card with DirectX 9.
0 compatible drivers DirectX 9.
0 compatible sound card with surround sound Keyboard Mouse Gamepad (USB or Joystick Port) Clean Windows Registry: Each game stores files in the registry of computer.
If entries in the registry database are corrupted or damaged then Vice City crashes either on the startup or in the middle of the game depending on which registry key is missing.
Also fragmented registry often leads to a problem similar to game crash.
To fix this problem, you need to defrag registry using some reliable registry cleaner and PC optimizer software.
Update Video Card Driver: Updating video card driver can resolve many game related problems including Vice City crashes.
Follow these steps: 1.
Right click on My Computer and go to Properties.
2.
Click on Hardware Tab and then Device Manager.
3.
Click on Video Card Adapter.
4.
Right down the name Vender.
5.
Uninstall it.
Search your driver and save on your computer.
Windows 7 and Vista will automatically update drivers on restart.