My installation of 1.06 ran fine (graphically), but since I updated to 1.07, framerates have dropped dramatically and with AA on the game crahses within minutes of starting a scenario. I managed to make the game playable by setting the graphics to the rock-bottom setting, but even then only barely. At least it didn't crash.
In trying to solve the issue I reverted my Nvidia 169 drivers back to the 163 drivers with which I had been playing 1.06, and voila it worked. I have no idea what the underlying issue is, but perhaps someone with a similar computer setup has experienced the same? In any case, it might be a good idea to make the next update compatible with the latest grapic drivers (not just Nvidia).
Bad thing is that I now have to play other games (Crysis) with inferior drivers, so if anyone knows a workaround such that I do not have to wait until the next CMSF update?
Setup:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.61 GHz
2 GHz mem
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT
Windows Vista Premium 32-bit