2008-10-22 04:08:02 UTC
Sorry to reply to my own post but this happens on new builds at higher resolutions as well.
I'm getting past it by running a custom test with 3 iterations, and selecting all but the metaball test.
Very weird. Old Vista installation seems to be OK.
Brand spanking new ones are dying on that test.
All patches and hotfixes applied on new and old boxes.
weird!
Ed.