Upgraded GTX1050ti problem with game

ajose2

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I recently upgraded my graphics card from a GTX 550ti to a GTX 1050ti, used driver sweeper to get rid of the old drivers before installing the new ones (so far so good). I then played a game, Dishonored 2, on PC via steam and it played fine (no issues). However, whenever I shutdown my computer or restart it, the game won't launch any more. It starts running, goes to a black screen for a few seconds, then kicks me back to my desktop and ends the game program without any error message or anything. It almost seems like its using the wrong GPU to run the game and fails? Furthermore, if i uninstall and reinstall my GPU driver to any recent version, the game will work again without problems for as long as I want, even if i save and exit the game and then re-load it, up until I restart or shutdown my computer (putting the computer in sleep mode there are no issues). No issues with any other programs or games on my computer. Any ideas on what the problem is and how to fix it?

Intel i5-2400
16 gb ram
Gtx1050ti (recently upgraded)
ASUS P8Z6-V MOBO
Windows 7

 
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GPU drivers can do funny things with certain games, id just wait a week or two for a new driver to come out. have you tried running the game on the previous driver? You may need to download an older one for it to work

notj0e

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Jan 7, 2015
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That's really strange, if its only that particular game then all I can suggest is to either verify the integrity of the game's cache (sometimes that works wonders) or just sit tight for an updated gpu driver
 

ajose2

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Yeah I tried to do that, I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game but didn't work. I swear it has something to do with how the game and the gpu driver communicate after a shutdown and reboot, but I don't know what the specific problem is or how to fix it.
 

notj0e

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GPU drivers can do funny things with certain games, id just wait a week or two for a new driver to come out. have you tried running the game on the previous driver? You may need to download an older one for it to work
 
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