I tried to Ctrl+Alt+Del out of the game to quit it, but it crashed to desktop with an error "Game Memory Error.
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This is also why I haven't tried the other fix I saw of adding a -novid tag to the steam command line for Max Payne 3. I haven't tried leaving this to see if the game starts up afterwards, but even if it does it means the cutscenes, a good bit of the game as I understand, are unwatchable. If I press the Esc key, I can hear it pause and a menu open, then if I hit Esc again the intro sound resumes. However the sound keeps playing in the background. Now the intro video appears for a split second, then it all goes black.
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I did go into the Catalyst Pro Control Centre and disabled Crossfire, and that did change things slightly. Started the game, Alt-Tabbed out and set the core affinity to only 0 and 1 rather than all. Was on ATi 12.4 drivers, now on 12.6, no difference whatsoever.
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I googled the issue and it seems to be fairly common, and I've tried the following fixes to no avail, If I leave the computer for about 30 seconds, it starts crashing to desktop but never quite manages it, so I have to hold down the power button and totally power down the laptop. The intro starts, plays for maybe 3-4 seconds, then it just hangs. I can launch the game, and I get to the Press Enter screen, I go through the brightness screen, but then when it gets to the intro video I get all kinds of problems. So I've finally finished downloading Max Payne 3 from Steam and now I'm having issues getting it started.