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Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles

Are you a coder? Do you have proof it's an ATI driver issue and not a 1c issue? If so, then share it. If not, then you're just flexing your moderator muscle to win an online argument.

Fault is in how ATI detects 2D/3D applications, and how it chooses power saving/performance modes. ATI uses low performance mode for intro movie (correct behavior), but it does not switch to higher once in a GUI/3D world (incorrect behavior). If you remove intro movie, game skips its playback, and ATI does not enter that low performance mode at start of the game.