I've also been suffering under the crash to desktop problem, but I just recently solved the problem. All I did was to install the 27.51 version of the detonator drivers, well actually I first installed the 27.42 drivers, but they sucked. The 27.51 drivers aren't too good though. I have to set the graphics resolution to 800x600 detail level medium to run the game smoothly, but none the less I am now able to actually play the game.