This is beyond frustrating.
Okay here is my issue. After about 15-20 minutes of playing BF3 my graphics driver stops responding. In the middle of battle I get a black screen then 3 seconds later im at my desktop. The game is still running but I cant maximize it and get back in. Im forced to end BF3.exe through the task manager and restart.
Things Ive tried that have failed:
1. Tried beta driver latest 290.36
2. Removed all Overclocks
3. Properly wiped graphics driver, everything Nvidia related and went back to 280.26 drivers (august 9th)
4. Went from Ultra settings down to Medium
5. Reinstalled BF3
6. Reinstalled Windows 7
7. Tested each stick of ram.
8. Reseated CPU with fresh ShinEtsu and reseated GFXcard.
9. OCCT'd my rig all night.
10. Set tried setting task priority level to, above normal, high, and realtime.
11. Tried 285.27, 285.38, 285.62, and 285.79 drivers.
12. Tonight (12/4/2011) I formatted my drive, installed a fresh copy of windows again, downloaded a new copy of BF3, and driver still crashes...
Im lost. Graphics card temps are in the 50-60 loaded and CPU is around 50's at stock clock.
Every other game is fine. Even stress testing the whole system is stable but as soon as I start playing BF3 20 minutes in the driver resets. While playing the game I used to get lock ups and BSOD's with code (BCCODE 124), but after I dismantled my system and reassembled it the BSOD's stopped and now its just the driver crashing.
What should I do next???
I feel like this is hardware related or something because my friend(aFive) has the exact same card as me and he never ever has problems.
Should I RMA my card? buy a new motherboard? HELP!!
Okay here is my issue. After about 15-20 minutes of playing BF3 my graphics driver stops responding. In the middle of battle I get a black screen then 3 seconds later im at my desktop. The game is still running but I cant maximize it and get back in. Im forced to end BF3.exe through the task manager and restart.
Things Ive tried that have failed:
1. Tried beta driver latest 290.36
2. Removed all Overclocks
3. Properly wiped graphics driver, everything Nvidia related and went back to 280.26 drivers (august 9th)
4. Went from Ultra settings down to Medium
5. Reinstalled BF3
6. Reinstalled Windows 7
7. Tested each stick of ram.
8. Reseated CPU with fresh ShinEtsu and reseated GFXcard.
9. OCCT'd my rig all night.
10. Set tried setting task priority level to, above normal, high, and realtime.
11. Tried 285.27, 285.38, 285.62, and 285.79 drivers.
12. Tonight (12/4/2011) I formatted my drive, installed a fresh copy of windows again, downloaded a new copy of BF3, and driver still crashes...
Im lost. Graphics card temps are in the 50-60 loaded and CPU is around 50's at stock clock.
Every other game is fine. Even stress testing the whole system is stable but as soon as I start playing BF3 20 minutes in the driver resets. While playing the game I used to get lock ups and BSOD's with code (BCCODE 124), but after I dismantled my system and reassembled it the BSOD's stopped and now its just the driver crashing.
What should I do next???
I feel like this is hardware related or something because my friend(aFive) has the exact same card as me and he never ever has problems.
Should I RMA my card? buy a new motherboard? HELP!!
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