I have discovered a fix for the annoying graphics card driver crash that mass effect 2 in known for.
The problem is that the game will just kill your graphic card driver randomly or at set events, your screen goes black, the system becomes unresponsive. Lowering settings to min only changed the black screen to blocks.
The only solution past this is a system reboot.. not ideal.. considering the problem is consistant, my first hours of the game were 4 crashes (not an ideal name but..) then 2 hours researching fixes.
The fix is some what odd.... i simply uninstalled k-lite codec pack. I have a new codec pack from k-lite ready to replace the old one i was using, perhaps installing it would not let the crashing restart. But for now i can do without it while I enjoy Mass Effect 2, which is an amazing game.
I have had no more crashes since i uninstalled k-lite codec pack, i discovered the fix on a random forum thread and was sceptical it would work. I was surprised to discover it fixed it a 100%.
While I have heard this has not worked for everyone, i would suggest running ccleaner after uninstalling, for added confirmation on successful removal of the codec packs.
Hope this helps fix the issue for people as Mass Effect 2 should be enjoyed by all.
