Ubereil;
Have you tried checking your memory (Memtest86 / MS Windows Memory Diagnostic), hard drive (the manufacturer should have a diagnostic program available on their site), etc?

Do you have 2 video cards in SLI / crossfire mode, or a single card? I have not used or done any troubleshooting with dual video card systems, but at least the issue having half the screen black sounds like it might be a problem with one card of a pair.


Do you have a spare hard drive, or partition (drive would be better), you could do a clean reinstall of Windows on? A series of progressively worsening weird problems could just be bit-rot, which a clean install should fix. A spare drive would be better to check this on, though, in case it is a hardware problem (if a clean install fixes the problems you can then work on moving over all your data, changing settings, re-installing programs, etc; if not you can just wipe the new install and not have to waste too much time reconfiguring everything the way you want it).



Alrik / Twoheadedragon

With the latest version of DD, a configuration file edit (see here) means you only need the Play CD in the drive for the blessing ceremony and end game videos.