Vampires The Masquerade - Bloodlines + GTX295 + Vista

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[megadeth600]

I am still having issues with VTMB. Here are my system specs:

Core 2 Duo E6400 1.8 ghz (not overclocked)
gforce 9600gt 512 (by Zotac)
4 gigs of 667 Ram
Creative soundblaster x-fi extreme gamer
Windows 7 ultimate 64bit (yes it's activated and registered)
500 Watt 32Amp psu
22" LCD

All drivers are updated, save for maybe the bios.

My computer is clean and very free of dust. Also have 185 gigs of free space.
I have installed VTMB in programfiles x86 and so far have tried compatibilty with windows xp service pack 2 , windows 98 and vista service pack 2. I have also removed 1 cpu in the set affinity option. Set it to cpu1.
Have updated to patch 1.2 and then to 6.0 with the plus option. Graphics are alot better than with 1.2 patch. I have deleted all save games and restarted a new one.

My issue is the game will crash by shutting down my screen. It goes black and says no signal. The pc will then no longer respond. Acts as if the gpu over heats, which it doesn't. The only solution is a reboot by pressing the power down button and turning the pc back on. Also have this issue with Godfather 2.
Another weird issue is once i start the game, i must do alt+tab to exit the laoding screen and then i return to the loading screen, otherwise the game wont boot. The screen will stay black.

I play other games with no issues at all, like need for speed shift, wolfenstein and resident evil 5.  Run em easily on high settings with 1680x1050 for hours on end. If nothing helps, a fresh reinstall and update to 6.0 may be my next option.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank u in advance.

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Much obliged megadeth600.

On the update on VTMB in my case:

The unofficial patch 6.0 didn't solve the, "My vamp can't feed in HUB areas" problem, as well as the visions of death not making anyone in HUB die. More like, visions of, "what's that? I'm bored and walk away and will not die."

Methinks I am doomed to re-play VTMB as Malkavian from the start, if I am to use the unofficial patches. Or I can continue playing with the 1.2 official patch only, and suffer through all the ugly low-res 2D elements in the game.

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