Graphics card crashing in certain area

[Rhindas]

I posted a similar report way back in October:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...8BlueScreen%29

and then after the next patch after that, it stopped pretty much completely or at least I don't remember it happening again. Well it's back, and I don't know if it's because of the new NVIDIA drivers or because of something in the game, but because this happened in one of the exact same positions as the last time I posted about this, something is weird.



This is Upper Limsa Lominsa, right outside the Maelstrom HQ behind the Aftcastle aetheryte. I turned the game to Maximum to take a picture of the new outfit against the scenery and the graphics card crashed within 5 seconds of taking that picture. As in the screen goes black and makes a horrible buzzing sound. I was able to ALT-Tab and get back in, but it crashed again in seconds. There is an alert on the taskbar that says the card recovered from a crash now. I had to force restart the computer when this happened in October, but that didn't happen this time.

The game also crashed again tonight in The Navel (Extreme), but I was on Standard (Desktop) at the time because graphics lag is not helpful in there.

Note that in neither of these cases am I disconnected as the client itself is not crashing. It's simply the graphics card. I can run the game on Maximum in most areas with 50-60 FPS (towns/FATEs are of course exceptions and thusly I do not typically use Maximum in those situations/places) but has only crashed in these places so far. Before, in October, it crashed in a lot more areas. I also was not able to replicate this in similar conditions unlike in October where turning the game to Maximum in the areas was sufficient to crash the graphics card on command.

If it matters, just like in October, it is only FFXIV that is doing this. I've played Skyrim and Fallout New Vegas, both on the maximum settings, on this computer recently and neither have ever caused this problem. But of course those are different graphical setups.


World name: Sargatanas
Character name: Selawyn Kludra
Class/Level: That was Monk 50 in the picture, was 50 Bard in The Navel
Party or solo: That was solo in the picture, 8 person party in The Navel
In-game time: That was around 8AM Eorzea time in the picture, and has only happened then, during the daytime and sunny so far. I am standing in the same area right now, an hour later, maximum settings, and it won't crash. I do not recall the time for The Navel.
Area and coordinates: Right beside the Aftcastle aetheryte outside the Maelstrom HQ, and in The Navel, it was, well, behind Titan. Right after the heart spawned so..whatever those coordinates are.


Connection Specs
- Type of internet connection/provider: Cable, Armstrong (local)
- Modem maker/model number: Aerris TM, model number TM 602G

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