resolution/crash on startup or shortly after

[eclipso]

I cant get the program to launch or stay running more than 5 minutes or so. I have a widescreen LCD monitor and I have read there are some issues with this? I have the boxed version of the game and installed the latest patches. I am running Directx 10, and have the latest versions of my video dricers. The lowest setting I can run my display at is 1680x1050. I changed the settings in the ufo-et.ini file to these numbers and the program launched, made it through the introduction video, and i was able to start a new game for about a couple minutes before the monitor goes blank and eventually it sounds as if the pc resets itself. I have never had this problem running any other game with this setup. At this point I am pretty frustrated. My system specs are as follows

Pentium D 3ghz w/ asus mb
2GB ram
geforce 7900 GT/GTO 256mb (driver ver. 7.15.11.6375)
windows vista home premium 32bit
monitor is a Samsung Syncmaster 225bw

[bman654]

try running in window'ed mode.  If you are editing the .ini file, I think the field is called "format" and is set to 16 or 32.  Just change it to 0 (format=0) then change your height and width to a normal 4:3 ratio like 1024x768.  See if that helps any.