its a gts 450 which is above the min spec of gfx card required and i run at 1240 res so i dont see the problem ill have a checks and see if i can find a solution

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ive tried everything i can think of but still this game does not want to lad im begining to think that this is just a peice of ****. i hat to say that because ive been a massive fan of the IL-2 serries ever since the release of IL-2 Sturmovik FB and this is just making me annoyed

I am having the same issue. Red box, no map, crash to desktop once I press fly but still can hear engine sound. I have no idea why it does that.

That is a Windows7/Vista error, "Display driver has stopped responding and has recovered" because windows thought it didn't respond fast enough.

There is a registry fix for that, just google for "Display driver has stopped responding and has recovered"

I have this error often with CoD and ArmA II

Just out of curiosity you dont have any overclocking done to your graphics card do you? I noticed similar issues if I overclocked my card too much, where other games would be fine, CoD would crash...

Nope i have not overclocked my gfx card, its and Asus EN GTS450 Direct CU with the factory defualt settings, no overclock. Im just going to wait until there is a new update which hopefully there will be next week (which will be great because all my exams are done by then and i have 3 weeks off wooohoooo) :)

Mate I think possibly although I could be wrong that your GPU is the same card my friend has who I've mentioned has the same problem. I will check and get back.

Here is a bugtracker issue http://www.il2bugtracker.com/issues/278
Please vote.

Here is comparison of gts450 to gts250 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/300154-15-pros-cons

gts450 has some limitations.

What is the exact number of the driver? 301.24 for old cards, the 301.10 for 680 only.

but my card still works on other games, i made sure of it. So it cant possibly be the drivers, ill reinstalle the old ones and give it a try but i dont think itll make a difference

hey guys im just about to finish downloading the nvidia 296.XXX drivers, restoring from the 301.xxx so hopefully this will work, but im doubtful

my mate have a same issue, but he install the 301.10 driver.