after seeing this post i tracked down my copy of far cry because i remembered it ran in x64 but this is the first time i have had a x64 OS installed it and ran the x64 patches it loads ok menus everything else but as soon as i start playing i end up with a black and white screen the compass think is showing but nothing else i tried running it at a lower setting and its the same.
so i installed need for speed underground 2 instead and that works fine even if it is my 200th time of playing it.
also i finally got to play halo 2 bought it ages ago thinking i could play it on my mrs laptop(it has vista) but it was pretty ****ty trying to play it on there so its been on the shelf gathering dust till now.