Bioshock 2 Start-up error

[whiteeey]

When I start Bioshock 2 I get a screen like this:

Before you ask, yes my drivers are updated to the latest.

My setup: GTX 670 FTW
Intel i5 3570k 3.4Ghz


I've tried installing Visual C ++ again but it didn't work, strangely I also get this on Metro 2033 and bioshock 1.

If I press enter it does skip to the menu, but the menu is the exact same but it's screen is like the image above


Any ideas?

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

That looks like your graphics card memory is failing...

How old is the card and did you overclock it at ANY time ?

All the best Brett

 

[whiteeey]

3 weeks old, no I have not overclocked it.


It seems to run fine on fallout new vegas, sims 3, etc...?

Just like to add it ran metro 2033 fine before I installed any new drivers


Evga precision shows the card is roughly at 33 degrees Celsius at 30% fan speed roughly


Voltage is 987 Mv

 

[Barritio]

My first instinct was the same as Brett - gpu memory.

Have you tried having a play with different resolutions / refresh rates? Can you force things like AA and AF to off from the gpu control panel?

How about running a gpu benchmark? Might highlight issues if it works on some tests, but not on others...

I think I'm just spouting generic rubbish now, perhaps I should just go to sleep.

 

[whiteeey]

I'll try a benchmark test.

Just to let you guys know, I can run Dragon age 2, boderlands 2, Fallout NV, Sleeping dogs, Sims 3, all maxed fine.

 

[whiteeey]

Got a score of 2571 points, 42 FPS on FurMark with 1920 x 1080 on fullscreen


On 1280 x 720, fullscreen, I got a score of 3668, keep in mind this was straight after the last test so the gpu hadn't cooled down, average fps was 61, GPU memory reaching 14% of 2GB VRAM

 

[whiteeey]

Anyone got any ideas? Just tested Shogun total war 2 and it runs fine on ultra settings

 

[Brett928S2]

I'll try a benchmark test.

Just to let you guys know, I can run Dragon age 2, boderlands 2, Fallout NV, Sleeping dogs, Sims 3, all maxed fine.

Hi

You DON'T NEED a benchmark test, you NEED a VIDEO MEMORY test.... there is one on the Hirens CD i think, from memory...

All the best Brett

 

[whiteeey]

Hi

You DON'T NEED a benchmark test, you NEED a VIDEO MEMORY test.... there is one on the Hirens CD i think, from memory...

All the best Brett

Getting this when I try to run it, any advice? Tried googling, no help, test didn't even go through

Trying 16bpp RGB:565 mode...OK
PATTERN NOT FOUND
Trying 16bpp RGB:555 mode...OK
PATTERN NOT FOUND
Trying 16bpp BGR:565 mode...NOT SUPPORTED (Code: 80004001)
Trying 32bpp RGB:888 mode...OK
PATTERN NOT FOUND
Trying 32bpp BGR:888 mode...NOT SUPPORTED (Code: 80004001)
NO PASS COMPLETED

 

[whiteeey]

Hi

You DON'T NEED a benchmark test, you NEED a VIDEO MEMORY test.... there is one on the Hirens CD i think, from memory...

All the best Brett

The only way for it to work is to only let it test 1024MB of vram, how do I increase this limit?

 

[whiteeey]

Hi

You DON'T NEED a benchmark test, you NEED a VIDEO MEMORY test.... there is one on the Hirens CD i think, from memory...

All the best Brett

[11/01/2013 01:13:11] Test started for "Primary Display Driver (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670)"...
Trying 16bpp RGB:565 mode...OK
Trying 16bpp RGB:555 mode...OK
Trying 16bpp BGR:565 mode...NOT SUPPORTED (Code: 80004001)
Trying 32bpp RGB:888 mode...OK
Trying 32bpp BGR:888 mode...NOT SUPPORTED (Code: 80004001)
[11/01/2013 01:24:12] Pass completed (0 errors found).


The program only allowed me to test a half of my vram, no idea on how to increase it, I saw the option but it then breaks


Edit: Been allowed to increase vram limit to 1800, if I go any higher I get:
Trying 16bpp RGB:565 mode...OK
PATTERN NOT FOUND
Trying 16bpp RGB:555 mode...OK
PATTERN NOT FOUND
Trying 16bpp BGR:565 mode...NOT SUPPORTED (Code: 80004001)
Trying 32bpp RGB:888 mode...OK
PATTERN NOT FOUND
Trying 32bpp BGR:888 mode...NOT SUPPORTED (Code: 80004001)
NO PASS COMPLETED



Going to test on 1.8GB of vram, will post back soon, no idea why I can't use more


[11/01/2013 07:48:41] Test started for "Primary Display Driver (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670)"...
Trying 16bpp RGB:565 mode...OK
Trying 16bpp RGB:555 mode...OK
Trying 16bpp BGR:565 mode...NOT SUPPORTED (Code: 80004001)
Trying 32bpp RGB:888 mode...OK
PATTERN NOT FOUND
Trying 32bpp BGR:888 mode...NOT SUPPORTED (Code: 80004001)
[11/01/2013 08:03:00] Pass completed (0 errors found).




That's 1850MB of vram tested just above