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JeremiahJK

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Hello, I have a problem with my PC that I built.
This is my build.
Frequently my PC will freeze up (everything, but the cursor). After about 5-10 seconds it shows a brief black screen followed by a recovery with the message: "The display driver has stopped working and successfully recovered." The weird thing is this never happens when I play video games witch is when the display driver works the hardest. I would appreciate any help with this.

While I am here I have another question. I have heard of people maxing out Crysis 1 settings with a much weaker GPU with 30 FPS or more, but I only get 6 FPS. On lowest settings I get 40-50 FPS. Is this because of my CPU? If so what should I upgrade to? If not, what is wrong?! This is extremely frustrating especially because it is such an older game.

Thanks.
 
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aznricepuff

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Go here.

Sometimes display drivers can cause problems even when they are "up to date". It just depends on interactions with a particular machine, operating system, and settings.
 
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JeremiahJK

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Does this website work for AMD?
I am using mobile to post this. I can't see if it works right now. Thanks for the help. Any ideas on the Crysis problem?
 
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aznricepuff

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The website is only for Nvidia. Your build indicates you have a GTX 660. If you are looking for AMD drivers go here.

EDIT:
I'm not sure why Crysis is giving you such low framerates. Both your CPU and GPU should be enough to get you higher performance than 6 FPS.
 
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JeremiahJK

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Oops, that was the build that I was considering not the build I ended up getting. I updated the OP with the correct build. Maybe that will clear up the Crysis problem too.
 
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aznricepuff

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Well, it's not your GPU. The 7790 can run even Crysis 3 on medium settings at 30+ FPS.

Your CPU is a bit weak. I'm not too familiar with it, though, so I can't say for sure if it is responsible for the poor performance in Crysis.
 
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JeremiahJK

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It turns out the whole Crysis problem is just because of a corrupted save that with my luck I loaded right after I set the settings to high which made me think that was the issue. Now I maxed out all the settings except for the AA (I use 2x AA) and resolution (I play on TV with a resolution of 1280x720). I get an average of 50 FPS. :D

As for the driver failing, I updated my drivers, but I am not sure if it worked because I do not know what made the crashes happen before. I will post back here if I get another crash or if I do not get any crashes after plenty of use.
 
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JeremiahJK

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Just happened again today. I updated the drivers and everything. I thought after so long it was fixed, but it was probably because I haven't done anything on this PC, but game lately. I just did some browsing the internet and got it again.
 
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