Display driver stopped working and has recovered, BF4, Win 8, AMD
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hindemith
February 18, 2014 8:53:26 PM
So I just got my new R9 280X Toxic from Sapphire thinking "Hey, time to play BF4 with real life graphics"
Oh, boy, how wrong I was. First, it was the artifacting, fixed after several attempts with a clean install of the Beta Drivers (you have to use Driver Fusion in Safe Mode for it to work completely).
Then, along came the Directx errors, fixed with a user.cfg file in Battlefield's main dir, which I suspect only replaced one error by another.
Now I randomly get the "Display dirver stopped responded and has recovered" error while in game (I mean really randomly, this could be with 30min into a map, or as soon as it finishes loading).
I've tried
-Running in Window Mode
-Rolling back to older drivers (many)
-Increasing power limit in CCC
-Underclocking
-Increasing VDDC to 1300mV
-Checking for overheating
-Creating the TdrDelay entry in the registry
-Reinstalling Windows
-Testing in another PC (same error on BF 4)
-Testing in stress test programs (no crashes)
My specs
CPU: AMD FX 8320 3.5GHz (125W)
MB: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (970/SB950 Chipset)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 2x4GB
HDDs: Samsung 250GB SATA II
Maxtor 150GB SATA II
Seagate 500GB SATA III (Windows drive)
GPU: Sapphire AMD R9 280X TOXIC
PSU: Corsair TX650
Memtest says my memory is OK
chkdsk says no driver errors, but Speccy says the Samsung has a S.M.A.R.T. warning status
There is one detail, though, I switched to this MB from a M4A89GTD PRO/USB3, which had integrated graphics, when the M5A97 EVO does not and I didn't uninstall the previous MB drivers (couldn't find how to do it because everyone said it's too hard and formating is easier)
I really don't know what to do anymore...
Oh, boy, how wrong I was. First, it was the artifacting, fixed after several attempts with a clean install of the Beta Drivers (you have to use Driver Fusion in Safe Mode for it to work completely).
Then, along came the Directx errors, fixed with a user.cfg file in Battlefield's main dir, which I suspect only replaced one error by another.
Now I randomly get the "Display dirver stopped responded and has recovered" error while in game (I mean really randomly, this could be with 30min into a map, or as soon as it finishes loading).
I've tried
-Running in Window Mode
-Rolling back to older drivers (many)
-Increasing power limit in CCC
-Underclocking
-Increasing VDDC to 1300mV
-Checking for overheating
-Creating the TdrDelay entry in the registry
-Reinstalling Windows
-Testing in another PC (same error on BF 4)
-Testing in stress test programs (no crashes)
My specs
CPU: AMD FX 8320 3.5GHz (125W)
MB: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 (970/SB950 Chipset)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 2x4GB
HDDs: Samsung 250GB SATA II
Maxtor 150GB SATA II
Seagate 500GB SATA III (Windows drive)
GPU: Sapphire AMD R9 280X TOXIC
PSU: Corsair TX650
Memtest says my memory is OK
chkdsk says no driver errors, but Speccy says the Samsung has a S.M.A.R.T. warning status
There is one detail, though, I switched to this MB from a M4A89GTD PRO/USB3, which had integrated graphics, when the M5A97 EVO does not and I didn't uninstall the previous MB drivers (couldn't find how to do it because everyone said it's too hard and formating is easier)
I really don't know what to do anymore...
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hindemith
February 18, 2014 9:23:05 PM
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hindemith
February 18, 2014 10:11:22 PM
hindemith
February 18, 2014 10:52:38 PM
OK, anytime you replace the motherboard with a different model you need to do a fresh install of the OS. from the sounds of it, Please correct me if I'm wrong, you did not do this. this could be ,and most likely is, the cause of all your issues. It is not unheard of that the OS will work after changing the motherboard to a different model but most times the OS will not boot.
I strongly suggest (if my above assumption was correct) that you do a fresh install of the OS. the left over drivers and settings can cause major headache's.
I strongly suggest (if my above assumption was correct) that you do a fresh install of the OS. the left over drivers and settings can cause major headache's.
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hindemith
February 18, 2014 11:15:39 PM
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Let me make sure i understand correctly. the artifacting happened on both systems? If so then the OS and old drivers are not the issue. that leaves the GPU being bad.
I still recommend a refresh of the OS when you can backup your information. The old drivers and setting could cause issues down the line, But you could have no issues with them either. It is safer to reinstall the OS when you have the chance.
I still recommend a refresh of the OS when you can backup your information. The old drivers and setting could cause issues down the line, But you could have no issues with them either. It is safer to reinstall the OS when you have the chance.
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hindemith
February 18, 2014 11:58:04 PM
hindemith
February 19, 2014 6:25:19 PM
have you tried any other driver besides the BETA driver? The error means that the Driver has crashed for what ever reason.
we have ruled out an unstable OC.
we have ruled out an OS issue.
either the driver is bad, Not enough power to GPU (which your PSU should be way more than enough) or a bad card.
we have ruled out an unstable OC.
we have ruled out an OS issue.
either the driver is bad, Not enough power to GPU (which your PSU should be way more than enough) or a bad card.
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hindemith
February 23, 2014 7:28:16 PM
bgunner said:
have you tried any other driver besides the BETA driver? The error means that the Driver has crashed for what ever reason. we have ruled out an unstable OC.
we have ruled out an OS issue.
either the driver is bad, Not enough power to GPU (which your PSU should be way more than enough) or a bad card.
Yes, I used older drivers too and am currently with the most updated version of my driver, downloaded directly from Sapphire's site.
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hindemith
February 23, 2014 7:33:14 PM
nikoli707 said:
is it only doing this in battlefield 4?Yes, but I don't know if that is because BF 4 is the only really demanding game I play. I tested it on Skyrim too, since some people that had this problem had it on Skyrim also, put absolutely EVERYTHING maxed out and got no problems. Any chance this is a BF 4 or driver problem?
I tested it on a friend's PC (with way more powerful specs) and got exactly the same error, the same crash in a very similar situation (in BF 4), so I'm checking off everything else besides game, driver or a rather unlikely memory compatibility issue (my friend has Corsair Vengeance memories also, but 16GB and 1866Hz)
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hindemith
February 23, 2014 7:35:05 PM
Also, Unigine's Valley and Furmark run with no problems for much longer than BF 4 with no crashes or instabilities at all
Edit: I switched to 32-bit version of BF 4 and disabled ambient occlusion and it seems to work for all maps but one now... I'm starting to think this is a driver-program compatibility issue, which makes AMD look very lazy in my opinion...
Edit: I switched to 32-bit version of BF 4 and disabled ambient occlusion and it seems to work for all maps but one now... I'm starting to think this is a driver-program compatibility issue, which makes AMD look very lazy in my opinion...
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have you tried the new BETA version of driver that AMD has released? It is designed to help improve the performance in BF4. It is catalyst 14.1 and is downloaded strait from AMD's web site, which is where you should always get your drivers from.
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
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hindemith
February 24, 2014 6:14:37 PM
bgunner said:
have you tried the new BETA version of driver that AMD has released? It is designed to help improve the performance in BF4. It is catalyst 14.1 and is downloaded strait from AMD's web site, which is where you should always get your drivers from. http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
I was using it before... I'm thinking more and more that this isn't card problem, but rather drive-board problem. I will try installing the BETA driver again and see what happens
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Melendez
February 24, 2014 7:40:46 PM
hindemith
February 24, 2014 7:55:18 PM
hindemith
February 24, 2014 9:32:55 PM
hindemith
February 26, 2014 3:29:55 PM
I returned the card for a full refund and got an gtx770. Tired of dealing with AMD's problems.
For anyone consulting this thread in the future, I still believe there is a serious problem between the 280x series and AMD's current display driver, since many 280x owners, including from other brands other than Sapphire had the same problem as me.
For anyone consulting this thread in the future, I still believe there is a serious problem between the 280x series and AMD's current display driver, since many 280x owners, including from other brands other than Sapphire had the same problem as me.
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hindemith
February 26, 2014 5:26:11 PM
grantrichard22
September 18, 2014 9:17:06 AM
kjewm
4 minutes ago
I have an ASUS Matrix 7970, and I have been playing BF4 since it came out, and tested all drivers along the way, and there has always been some problem appearing totally randomly:
1. Thin "walls" apperaing, that you cannot see through, that go away only by loading map/game again. (less frequently now after 2.0)
2. DirectX Mantle error crash. (every day, the last month)
Soulution: skip 7970 / 280 and go GTX?
1. Thin "walls" apperaing, that you cannot see through, that go away only by loading map/game again. (less frequently now after 2.0)
2. DirectX Mantle error crash. (every day, the last month)
Soulution: skip 7970 / 280 and go GTX?
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