Curse

Sam6555 · Aug 15, 2012, 10:07 PM // 22:07

So I thought I'd log on to GWars after not playing it for 2-3 years. See what's going on, see if 600/smite is still nerfed to hell. (>_>)

I keep getting graphic driver failures after 5 mins or so of GW being open. I saw a lot of people had problems with integrated graphics. I use a HD 6870, so I don't think any of the other fixes would help me.

Would there be any solutions already in place, or perhaps an error log I could locate on my PC. I think I have the most up-to-date drivers. It auto updates them.

Quaker · Aug 17, 2012, 01:01 AM // 01:01

Sounds like it could be an overheating problem - the card can overheat and cause the driver to crash.
It could also be that the power supply overheats and glitches the power to the video card.

Make sure that the fan(s) on the video card is running and clean any dust, pet hair, etc, out of the heatsink. (Do that for all the fans and heatsinks in the computer while you're at it.

Sam6555 · Aug 19, 2012, 11:30 AM // 11:30

Did all that, but it was unsuccessful. :<

akelarumi · Aug 19, 2012, 12:34 PM // 12:34

The term driver failure sin't only referring to you vga drivers. So you migth want to add what other chips and drivers your using (im specially interested in your sound chip).

You might want to try and install the latest drivers for both your sound and VGA. Also tweaking the sample rate to another amount of Hz has helped me in the past with a simular issue.

Sam6555 · Aug 19, 2012, 06:04 PM // 18:04

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Originally Posted by akelarumi

The term driver failure sin't only referring to you vga drivers. So you migth want to add what other chips and drivers your using (im specially interested in your sound chip).

You might want to try and install the latest drivers for both your sound and VGA. Also tweaking the sample rate to another amount of Hz has helped me in the past with a simular issue.

My sound is just the standard jack from the board. Speccy says Realtek HD Audio.

The error that popped up was Display drivers, so I would only assume it's to do with my GPU. The drivers are up to date for my GPU, double checked that yesterday.

Vascansi · Aug 19, 2012, 08:44 PM // 20:44

I have the same problem. When I started playing the game I kept getting "graphics driver error" when I went into certain parts of Nightfall and EOTN. Then I got a new graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce 3 series) which resolved absolutely nothing. Now I can't even finish Nightfall on most of my characters or even EOTN. It really sucks and I'm contemplating just buying a new computer altogether because I have a feeling the graphics driver isn't the problem.

akelarumi · Aug 20, 2012, 12:38 AM // 00:38

hmmm, The OP's problem is clearly not hardware with too low specs. Did you try playing other (heavier) games? It might be a defect in the hardware, but if it runs heavier games then that problem is ruled out.

I think there are two options to try. First off all try different drivers (not only the newest, but also the newer beta driver and maybe one or two older versions). Nvidea is known for goofing things up. The other thing I read when googling is a unsolved problem that pops now and then and was only fixed with reinstalling windows (very likely a damaged file when windows was installed).

Sam6555 · Aug 20, 2012, 08:11 PM // 20:11

Yes I have played other, heavier games including Saints Row The Third and Borderlands. I also play Minecraft a lot, using a pretty big modset (Tekkit) as well as a 512x Texture Pack, which is the biggest size TP afaik. It handles the games pretty well. Though I can't run MC on extreme render distance. Which to be honest is perfectly acceptable. It's a very detailed TP.

Here's my full PC innards. ;D http://speccy.piriform.com/results/I...7em2UXisQPiZRK

Maybe you could figure something out from that. Didn't realise it displayed quite so much info ^^

Vascansi mentioned they had the problem in EotN/NF, I was just stood in Ascalon post when it was happening. /=

Drivers....This kinda stuff I have no clue with. All I ever do is update when the software tells there's a new version. Which happened a couple days ago.

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OH! I could also mention I Overclocked my GPU a month or two ago. Followed a little tutorial thing with the Kombustor software. Haven't any problems apart from playing GW though.

akelarumi · Aug 21, 2012, 12:12 AM // 00:12

hmmmm, my first thought is that if you don't know how to find and install the newest driver (windows update is kinda slow in installing the newest) you shouldn't overclock. overclocking is in my opinion for very experienced people and even then they should understand they are taking a (hopefully calculated) risk.

You might want to try and manually upgrade the drivers though. I always used nvidea so not sure whats the best place to go for amd hd cards.

if that fails I still advise reinstalling windows., and if that fails.....well i suspect the overclocking then. graphic cards can lean heavily on the cpu for support at their tasks. so if something went wrong with the overclocking that might be the cause. sometimes overclocking can be undone, but it what I know bout it, it is hard.

But I might be missing something so maybe wait if someone else with more experience with your hardware combo has an aswer.