ed paasch

I played the open test for AC:ToD shortly before it went live to retail. I
had problems with the new client on my PC. The game engine would lose sound
and start to exhibit weird mouse pointer and graphic issues right before the
client would "break apart" graphically and I'd have to Alt+F4 to restart the
game.

Now that AC:ToD has been released, I've skipped the expansion so far. I did
of course have to upgrade to the new graphic engine in order to keep
playing. The problems persist, and I'm experiencing the same kinds of
client crashes that I experienced during open testing of the expansion pack.

Is anybody else out there suffering from the same kinds of issues? Has
anybody found a fix or a workaround for these kinds of issues? Help!