Freeze/Crash & BSOD issues

[gteemo]

Hi Guys,

I have been having this issue for over 2 weeks. I just bought a cheap ATI card because it appears that most people having the issue are using nvidia products.

It seems almost completely random to me.... I have tried everything I know off and more. I have scoured the internet for hours upon hours. I have thought I solved this problem so many times. Sometimes one of my fixes would work for days, and sometimes would not help at all

What I have tried and still have the issue (Note sometimes one of the fixes would work for days, and sometimes would not help at all):

1. Installed on both my SSD and 2 normal harddrives
   Installed Every Nvidia Driver between 314.22-331.40
   Reformatted my Hard Drive with a fresh Install
   Ran Extensive Stress Testing on CPU, RAM, and GPU without issue
   Temps are all fine
   Uninstalled and Installed fresh Sound Drivers
   Lowered all graphics settings
   Disabled Framerate Limiter
   Disabled the Cinematic stuff
   Disabled all Overclocking
   Disabled all Turbo Boost on Video Card, CPU, RAM, etc.
   Undervolted my Video Card, CPU, RAM, etc.
   Disabled my second Monitor
   and much more...

What I have figured out.
The issue can be duplicated, by starting the game and running the Windows Experience Index
Issue seems to happen more frequently when I have Netflix running as well as the game.
Frequency - happens immediately upon login sometimes and sometimes can play 15+ hours.
With Graphics completely turned down seems to happen less frequently, but still happens.


Well I hope my new ATI video card solves the issue. I will keep you updated.

**I have played for over 6 hours now without issue - Fingers Crossed

Alright so here is an update. I just wanted to once again confirm it was a nvidia problem. I reinstalled my old card with fresh drivers, and bam within 15 minutes my computer locks up and I have to restart.

I have been watching my GPU usage on my second monitor to help troubleshoot, and it seems like its a nvidia driver issue (which baffles me because I have rolled back to versions I know are stable like 314.22)

Turning your Graphics All the Up will cause the issue to happen more frequently (it seems)

I am still trying to figure it out exactly. It seems there is a Video Memory Leak between SE and the Nvidia Drivers; If I figure anything else out I will let you know.

My new ATI 7790 works amazing and am still have no crashes.

SOLUTION: Go ATI -- It is a Nvidia Issue