This game is unplayable for me too, the stuttering is worse on my more powerful machine, I've tried enabling/disabling all the graphics options, setting everything to low with acceleration off. Safe mode is just a nice button which makes the screen flicker.
Main Rig:
Intel Core i7 2600K
16GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 590
Windows 8
FPS roughly 0.25
HTPC:
Intel Core2Quad Q9450
4GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5700
Windows 8
FPS roughly 1 (in 1024x786, when reduced to 800x600 frame rate increases slightly)
These were both installed using the version 2 installer and when trying to run the patch it says invalid version, since I noticed those who claim it now works are also running win7/8 and used the patch after using the v1 installer, I'm wondering whether its a problem with just the v2 installer?
I've been trying for years to be able to play this again. Can those who've managed to get it up and running pls give their system configurations, I'm on the verge of looking on ebay for an agp motherboard, pentium 4, a voodoo graphics card and a copy of win 98.
Thanks,
ise
Update to above:
After reading:
http://www.gog.com/forum/dungeon_keeper_series/windows_8 I tried running the game in 640x480 and it's very smooth and very fast but very low res...
ise