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Yes, this method is called downsampling (I think you meant 4k to 1080p)
It works wonders at removing aliasing and brings numerous other benefits in improving small details. It is however the most performance intensive as your game is being rendered at a higher resolution. 4K would cost four times the performance of running it at 1080p. So if you had 60fps in 1080p, 4k would mean you'd only have 15fps.
A big advantage is that this method can be used on any game. For Nvidia you can use DSR and for AMD you can use VSR.
VSR can be enabled on any GCN AMD card using this if you're curious. Download EnableVSR V1.2.0.1, run it and select your cards architecture. Now let it do it's thing, reboot and higher resolutions should be automatically added to your monitor, which when selected on either your desktop or in a game. You will downsample from (only works in fullscreen).
Please use a tool like DDU to cleanup when upgrading to new drivers/vendors. There are many other places where Nvidia, AMD and Intel leaves stuff behind and cleaning by hand on a live system could leave it in a bricked state.
or use this tool: TDR Manipulator and disable it completely
but! if you start seeing artifacting or freezing, something is wrong with the video card - TDR error is, very often, a symptom of a defective video card
1) Uninstall the driver from the control panel, removing everything.
2) Download the latest version of Display Driver Uninstaller, run it as Administrator. When it asks for you to restart in Safe Mode, do it.
3) In safe mode, run it again as Administrator, select AMD and complete removal of everything (including the C:\ folders and the audio bus).
4) After it cleans and restarts, try to install the new drivers again.
its not bricked when it reboots, try going into safe mode
- get into safemode http://www.digitalcitizen.life/4-ways-boot-safe-mode-windows-10
- run DDU http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
- install crimson driver (depening on your machine, if you have radeon 7970 or later then 15.11 WHQL, if not then 15.11 Beta)
case closed
On the topic of drivers. If you have a GCN card you can enable AMD VSR on it. (virtual super resolution, downsampling) even if it doesn't have official support.
http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
Just download "EnableVSR V1.2.0.1" and run it. Select the correct chipset and reboot. Under you display resolutions you should now see resolutions up to 2560x1440! (which when selected, it will downsample from to your actual resolution)
This isn't correct. I have always fully uninstalled old drivers and it works fine. Windows will use the standard VGA display driver that provides basic support until you install the full driver. If yours did not work, that's a problem with your specific machine.
The best way to install these is by using DDU. Download DDU from here: http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
Reboot to safe mode, fully clean all drivers, and then reboot to normal desktop and install these. Make sure you download the right version. Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 have different driver packages with this release!
another way to do it is using the ddu uninstaller http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/ what this does is uninstalls everything amd drivers etc and allows you to install from clean, im hoping people agree with me on this as ive always used it and i see it reccomended everywhere so if that doesnt work try this :)
If it’s just display driver problems, try running Display Driver Uninstaller, restart, and then run Windows Update to pull the latest drivers on default settings. I had problems with my Optimus laptop and this fixed it for me.
Re-install directx
If that doesn't work, use DDU to completely wipe out your old nvidia driver from safe mode. Then re-install it.
If that doesn't help, use DDU again to remove it, and install the previous revision of the drivers.
If that doesn't do it, run HWMonitor and report back with system temps.
Does the system run fine in windows?
It helps if you say what game you're playing, and hardware
>I rolled back to the driver before last and still no joy or improvement at all.
Chances are it's not the driver then. If you want to be absolutely sure then do a full clean out with DDU (guide) and go back to the last known good driver.
The guy on r/nvidia who benchmarks each new driver doesn't seem to think there's major differences, but for his Pascal card apparently 456.71 is the best unless you need specific fixes in drivers since then
What card do you have? AMDs drivers are waaaay better than they used to be.
I'm assuming you've also updated your drivers at some point. You should use DDU (in safe mode) to completely wipe any traces of drivers from your system, then install the latest beta drivers afterwards.
Trying to update drivers causes a ton of problems with both Nvidia and the AMD side of things. Another rig of mine had issues similar to yours (but not as drastic) til I used DDU to wipe drivers and fresh install.
Also, you don't need to install Raptr 'AMD Gaming Evolved', unless you really want it.
I have mine at 1150/1550(6.2GHz), and I get more than 10% performance than what most benchmarks give for the 280x, so I'm a happy panda.
Also a must are the Windows 10 modded drivers from AMD. The performance and (more importantly) smoothness improvements are real. Since Batman is basically recalled, the best driver for our cards is by far this one.
It is even digitally signed. Since I'm using MadVR+MPCHC for video playback, I didn't need the DXVA "fix", but your mileage might vary.
The procedure is the following:
1) Uninstall ALL AMD software from the Programs and Features, do not restart at the end of the uninstallation.
2) Run Wagnard's DDU, let it restart you in Safe Mode.
3) In Safe Mode, DDU will run by itself. Select AMD, and press "Clean and Restart".
4) Install the driver I linked.
You should now have a cleanly installed driver that should give you noticeable improvements. As an added bonus, you now get VSR that AMD is still insisting not to give officially to our cards (although their Windows 10 releases do). I'm downsampling the Witcher 3 from 2560x1440 to 1920x1080.
Don't think it is a cpu bottleneck with a 3770K, go into your nvidia control panel and set your global 3D settings to:
Then for program settings add gta5.exe and set multi-display/mixed-gpu acceleration to single display and threaded optimization to on.
I am on the latest driverset 353.30 and if need be use DDU to do a clean install with the latest drivers then apply the settings as show above.
edit: second image fix
I was having a lot of crashes myself, but managed to play for a few hours last night without major issues. What really helped was doing a clean uninstall/reinstall of Geforce driver 350.12 - Game ready driver for GTA V. That was the last stable version I used before the crashing started - always with a pop up saying the Display Driver crashed. This is on a 970, and I understand the latest patch was supposed to improve performance for the 7xx-gen cards but it's a tradeoff I suppose. So rolling back to the last known stable version is probably your best bet - you'll want to use this utility known as Display Driver Uninstaller - and make sure to restart in safe mode when it asks. I would consider this the nuclear option as it's fairly involved, but it's what worked best for me. You could also try overvolting your card with something like MSI Afterburner. I read that the latest versions of the Geforce drivers are actually undervolting cards, sometimes with catastrophic effects. Also there's an option buried within the Windows control panel - power management for PCI devices, which should be set to max performance. Would be causing a similar thing with underpowering the card, but that didn't seem to help my crashing problem which continued for a few days until I did a clean uninstall and reinstall of Geforce 350.12. Make sure you do a custom, clean install with just the display driver, physx, and the geforce experience utility/3D vision if you use those. Uncheck the HD Audio driver, as that's been reported as causing issues.
I've poured through many pages of forum bug reports to bring you this information, do with it what you will.
I'd say there's a really good chance the GPU is dead. Have you tried ripping the driver off and then installing from scratch? You can use a program called DDU to uninstall the current driver.
Did you use something like display driver uninstaller when testing different drivers?
Does the artifacting appear immediately? temps?
Do you have a different DP cable? try different DP port. Try DVI.
You said its happening in CoD, what about other games?
As far as I can tell it looks like memory corruption or a monitor/cable problem.
Use Display Driver Uninstaller to completely remove your drivers. You can rollback to the previous driver or use the new one that was just released through Windows, 347.90. There aren't any release notes on it through Nvidia yet though.
Your graphics card is failing. I had this exact issue when mine failed.
There's a way to test this. If you have an chip with Intel Integrated Graphics, download and run Display Driver Unisntaller and completely remove your graphics driver. If the PC boots and plays can play a weak game, say HL or Minecraft, without issue, then you main Graphics Card is dying.
Ah yes, that is your problem. The new 347.09 drivers have multiple problems with the rift. Hopefully nvidia will fix it with their next drivers.
For now you can use the 344.75 (most recent working drivers, were released in november) drivers, while the 347.09 drivers say the best experience for E:D it only really has added support for SLI users and a few other changes that do not effect gameplay for users on a single card.
I would uninstall those drivers using !!THIS!! program and installing the 344.75 drivers located !!HERE!!
After that try again and everything should work.
Your problem is the new nvidia drivers, they have issues with the DK2.
Backdate to the 344.75 drivers from a few weeks ago, you will have no issues.
Run DDU and do a clean install of the 344.75 drivers
Links, DDU
Sometimes even after uninstalling, you'll be left with remanence. I would try running Display Driver Uninstaller, then re-installing the drivers. http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
It takes a bit of time to run, but that will ensure that the graphics drivers have been entirely removed. If you still encounter a BSOD, I would try a different game and see if you have the same result, if you do, it may be a sign of a bad video card.
I had an issue with AMD Catalyst telling me I still had 14.9 installed even though I had just upgraded to 14.11.1. Doing a safe boot uninstall with Display Drive Uninstaller (http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/) and then installing 14.11.1 fixed the issue.
Display Driver Uninstaller has replaced driver sweeper, I recommend using that instead.
They can also use DDU to uninstall the old drivers instead of using nVidia's uninstaller as it tends to be more thorough. Other than me being a bit nitpicky though, everything you have suggested is good.
Run Display Driver Uninstaller. It should be pretty simple to use but if you have any questions feel free to ask. After that's done, try to reinstall the driver from AMD's website.
If that doesn't work, do this:
Download the latest driver from AMD's website and run it as administrator. Once it extracts and opens up to the first page of the installation, close the window. Navigate to C:/AMD (or ATI, I don't remember) and keep going until you find a folder called "config".
Open "installmanager.cfg" in notepad. Look for "WorkaroundInstall=false" and change it to true. Navigate back to the AMD folder and find the setup.exe file. Run that as admin and see if it works.
http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
This program is fantastic for obliterating all traces of display drivers, including ones it might rollback to when you uninstall (nvidia does this, idk if AMD does). It also stops windows from automatically installing drivers, so your computer doesn't try and stick radeon drivers back on before you swap the cards or whatever (you can re-enable windows auto-driver-install using the program when you're done upgrading).
I got really bad FPS drops first time I installed it. Removed old drivers and works great now (7850 2GB)
Remove ALL old amd ccc and amd graphics drivers using http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
Then try installing Mantle again.
Did you fully uninstall the old driver first?
DDU Download: Source 1 or Source 2
DDU Guide: Guide Here
Here is what I would do, but it is complicated, and if you are not comfortable doing this, DON'T. Because if done wrong, you may not have a functional screen. Just a disclaimer, before you accuse me of something.
These are instructions given to me by Nvidia support when I had issues.
In order to troubleshoot the issue, Uninstall all the NVIDIA components using DDU.(Display Driver Uninstaller is a driver removal utility that can help you completely uninstall the graphics drivers and packages from your system, without leaving leftovers behind (including registry keys, folders and files, driver store).
Please perform the DDU steps in safe mode only http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/downloads.html
Download and save the graphic card driver on the desktop by visiting the page at the following link. http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/78873/en-us
Once the download is completed, please perform the following steps in normal window:
- Run the set up.exe file
- Choose custom installation, and click next.
- Check all the boxes in the custom install options windows and also check the box which states "Perform clean install"..
- Restart your computer
> unfortunately, my TV does not have an overscan feature
Do you mean the opposite, that your TV only works in overscan and doesn't have the option to disable it?
As for the overscan option, it should exist in the GPU drivers as it's there for my AMD E-350 APU, but that uses the older GPU control panel so I can't quite help you on exactly where it's located. There apparently can be some funkiness though where, if you didn't run Display Driver Uninstaller before installing the AMD drivers, sometimes all the graphics drivers options won't be available.
You may need to change whether it's the GPU or the TV that's doing the scaling to make the option appear.
If worst comes to worst, you could actually cheat by setting the drivers to use the GPU (rather than the TV) for scaling, set the scaling method to "centered", make a custom resolution of a lower resolution (say, 1888x1048) and then use that instead of 1080p; in theory this should essentially result in an underscanned image which will counter-act your TV's overscan and therefore make everything visible.
If you need help doing the custom resolution thing, just say so and I can help you out (for example, sometimes it may result in audio over HDMI not working, but there's a way to fix that).
Have you tried turning off vsync yet? Other than that I can't think of anything else to do than mess with the input settings. As I said I can't replicate your issue, except for when I change the input type while the game is loading.
I'm not savy enough to understand the logs fully, so I think we need help from someone else to fix this.
Your specs and everything else looks fine though and so does your settings. Have you tried to do a fresh install of Cemu? If not, then try to download Cemu and extract it into a fresh folder, i.e. don't overwrite an old install.
Copy the game profile over if your log gives you the missing profile error again, but try to launch it without it first. It isn't really an error per se, it just points out that the emulator doesn't have a profile for the specific game id.
If none of that helps, it almost has to be your dump of TLoZ, although that would be weird since it worked before. You can also try to reinstall your GPU drivers completely with DDU: http://www.wagnardmobile.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=673 /// direct download link
EDIT:
Guide to use DDU:
Download DDU and the latest NVIDIA driver for your card ( http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us )
After extracting the archive, open the "Display Driver Uninstaller" exe.
Choose "Safe Mode" under launch options. Your PC will reboot.
Launch the DDU exe again, make sure that your graphics card type is selected on the right (NVIDIA)
Click "Remove and restart"
Install your NVIDIA driver after your PC has booted again.
Restart your PC
Open up DDU again and click the button on the right to apply standard settings for updating Windows drivers.
Done.
Display Driver Uninstaller. It does a clean sweep of all your old driver files for your video card so that you can do a fresh install free of conflicts.
At the bottom of the OP there you'll see "Official Download Here" (or click here for a direct download link: http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/download/DDU%20v17.0.2.1.exe )
DDU is a standard program for most when doing video card updates/installs.
Just looking at another post with similar problems on a Radeon R9.
Make sure you have the very latest drivers downloaded.
Download, install and run Display Driver Uninstaller to completely uninstall your existing drivers. Do this even if you have the latest drivers already installed.
Then install the latest drivers that you downloaded.
Test and report.
Good luck!
The best option is to use Display Driver Uninstaller to remove the AMD drivers completely before installing the new GPU and its drivers.
Edit: Link to DDU: http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/download/DDU%20v17.0.0.2.exe
What's the game that you're having trouble with? Have you tried any other games that you have the same issues? Have you tried running 3DMark or Unigine Valley?
You can try re-installing the drivers clean. Use the DDU application to clear out your drivers and settings, then install a recent version of the drivers.
Download DDU: http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
Run the clean and restart mode (it'll prompt you to go to safe mode first).
Once it's cleaned and booted back to normal windows mode reinstall the drivers from geforce.com/nvidia.com.
Is blur reduction actually working? Can you use it at the same time as freesync (you'll know if its working if things start looking really....really....weird....(in games).
Easiest way to get it working is to uninstall the AMD driver, download DDU, run DDU in safe mode, let it clean the driver, then reboot back to windows, then do a reset all/recall all in the monitor, then unplug the monitor from the wall for a few minutes afterwards, then plug it back in then install the AMD driver afterwards.
http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
(this also fixes the 60hz issue as well, although you don't need to uninstall the video driver).
> Display driver nvlddmkm
That's an nvidia driver crash. If you can boot into safe mode with networking, download DDU then after a restart on the default drivers install the latest Nvidia drivers.
The other error is explained here and I don't think it's something you need to worry about.
Just download the latest driver manually and clean install it over the old one. If you want an even cleaner install run DDU in safe mode first.
http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/?q=node/22
No need to uninstall anything before running it. It will do it anyway.
And as said before, unless you really must have shadowplay drop GeForce Experience and just install the driver.
GeForce Experience is just a resource hogging wizard for people that have no idea what all the in game setting do. Just set it up the way you like it yourself.
You really only need the regular Nvidia Control Panel and the in game setting to change all the visual settings you want.
Also don't think that shadowplay doesn't come without any performance hit. It will hurt your fps. It's constantly running and recording after all. Even if it's not much hit, sometimes even a couple of fps is the difference between smooth gaming and stutter fest.
If you have Nvidia graphics you need to uninstall them completely using a tool like DDU and then re install them to clear the issue. I had the same problem with my Windows 10 install on my laptop.
I talked to nvidia support about the same-ish issue. This is what they sent me to completely uninstall and reinstall the drivers.
"Please, reboot the computer to safe mode with networking and download NVIDIA Display Driver Uninstaller from the below link. http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/ under official download
How to go in safe mode with networking in windows 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnbi_bT2pE4
After the download, install it and follow the below steps. -> Select the Graphics Driver as NVIDIA on top -> Click on Clean and Restart
Once you download it. Run the tool and remove all the NVIDIA Files with the above steps and the computer will restart automatically.
Now download the drivers 353.62 from the below link with the same instructions and see if that works.
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/87789/en-us
a) Click on the link provided above. b) Click on "Download". On the next page click "Agree and Download". c) After the download has finished, install the file using custom installation. d) Tick mark "Perform Clean Install" and go ahead with the installation process. e) Restart the computer after finishing the installation."
Try DDU (http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/) and reinstall the driver completely after, disabling auto driver updates from Windows Update before, I had some glitches on my nVidia GTX770 that got solved that way.
Got it
Use DDU (http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU) to uninstall all graphic card drivers in SafeMode
Allow Windows to install the default graphics
Does the BSOD still happen in normal mode?
NOTES: Windows 8 Kernel Version 10240 MP (4 procs) Free x64
Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvlddmkm.sys, Win32 error 0n2 *** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for nvlddmkm.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for nvlddmkm.sys Probably caused by : nvlddmkm.sys ( nvlddmkm+154608 )
VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE (116)
Loaded symbol image file: nvlddmkm.sys Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvlddmkm.sys Image name: nvlddmkm.sys Timestamp: Mon Jun 29 15:13:29 2015 (559198D9)
If you ever have any gfx card driver issues in the future, I would recommend using Wagnards Display Driver Uninstaller, used it myself a few days ago. Handy bit of software. Alternative link
I'm pretty sure Windows picks up the gpu driver updates as "optional" and thus wouldn't be installed over whatever drivers you have anyway unless you told it to.
As for Windows automatically installing drivers when none are found, which is also present in 8.1 (not sure about 7), DDU disables this feature.
Got it. Can confirm that you do have DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION (133) as the crash, involving \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvlddmkm.sys
Confirmed BIOS is updated
Confirmed multiple drivers are Outdated
Steps to resolve:
- Download DDU from http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
- Run DDU in safemode
- Allow Windows to install Default video drivers.
- Boot into normal mode if possible.
- If possible, install latest NVIDIA drivers
- If not possible, download latest drivers in Safemode, use 7zip to extract contents, and manually update the drivers.
- Download Slimdrivers, decline optional software, and install updated drivers for remaining components.
Got it. The issue in this dump is from nvlddmkm.sys. The file is fairly old, from 2013, so I suggest you update your drivers. See below.
I'm not sure who makes your laptop, since the dump only provides me with this:
Manufacturer CLEVO
Product P15xEMx
Now, the dump is showing GRAPHICS_DRIVER_TDR_FAULT, VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE (116), which means that an attempt to reset the display driver and recover from a timeout failed.
Looking deeper, we can see DirectX involved in this crash.
Steps to fix the issue:
- If you happen to have a product called DisplayLink, uninstall it.
- Update your drivers by downloading Slimdrivers, decline the optional software, and allow it to update everything
- Update Windows
- Update the BIOS
- If the above fails, you'll need to uninstall the video card drivers by downloading http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU and then downloading the latest NVIDIA video card drivers.
The procedure should be like this: 1) Uninstall your driver from the Programs and Features. 2) Run DDU and let it restart you in Safe Mode. 3) Clean and restart. 4) Install the driver.
The greatest performance benefit is in Windows 8.1/10 with these drivers, as the newer WDDM model allows for much better CPU utilization than previously. I'm using them on fully upgraded Windows 8.1 x64.
You can try an in-place upgrade to fix any files that sfc could not fix by itself.
Also, do a clean install of the graphics drivers, as they may have gotten corrupted.
DDU is what I use to ensure the current driver is completely removed from the system.
Do the clean driver install first--if it doesn't change anything, do the in-place upgrade. Make sure you have your Windows Product Key handy, as you'll have to reactivate Windows once the upgrade completes.
Remove your AMD drivers by booting in safe mode and running Display Driver Uninstaller, then reinstall the latest driver from AMD. If you are using Windows 7, make Service Pack 1 (SP1) is installed first.
After that, use the Catalyst Control Center to set the overscan area.
Use Display Driver Uninstaller to wipe everything. The current drivers are broken enough as it is, it's best to have a clean slate for something as major as a GPU upgrade.
From what I recall. 'optimal settings" from Geforce Experience is supposed to net you between 40-60fps. What your getting is pretty low. Did you wipe the GPU drivers clean before upgrading to the GTX 970? You should try the Display Driver Uninstaller if you haven't already, found here http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
First, try messing around with the resolution settings from within the catalyst control center, desktop management -> desktop properties, if those are also blocked, try what this page says http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/GPU-10-SupportedResolutionsUnavailableforMonitor.aspx and look up this "edid" setting maybe it can help. If everything else fails, use display driver uninstaller or DDU http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/ reboot to safe mode when the program prompts you to, do a "clean & restart" reboot to normal mode and install the latest catalyst drivers again http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/latest-catalyst-windows-beta.aspx
TDR errors are a simptom of something not being quite right with the video card
by default, TDR will wait for 2 seconds before the video card responds, if it doesn't it will restart the display driver
you can use this: Tdr Manipulator to completely disable TDR, but .. if you encounter any kind of artifacting, my original statement stands
Don't do this. Clean wipe your drivers with DDU and update/downgrade as necessary.
Letting it "fix itself" or killing the "driver process" (which I assume you mean software associated with the card) is just asking for your system to be riddled with configuration errors.
I'd recommend installing "Display Driver Uninstaller", then reboot to Safe Mode, run DDU (Choose the "Clean and Restart").
Boot back into normal, install latest drivers.
Whenever you update drivers for AMD graphics and chipsets, -never- use the express uninstall option. I don't know why the Catalyst Uninstall Manager doesn't restore the Windows native USB drivers, but it never has for the two times that I have used the Express Uninstall.
Your best bet is to always use Display Driver Uninstaller any time that you want to do a clean sweep of your graphics card drivers. Especially so if you are using both AMD products for chipset and graphics.
DDU won't touch the chipset drivers (SATA and USB), but it will clean sweep the graphics and HD audio drivers.
yes, go into control panel, uninstall programs, find Catalyst Control Center iirc, uninstall (i choose express uninstall). then restart, download DDU (display driver uninstaller) and run the program, it will restart in safe mode and them you can remove any remaining files in the program. once you have finished that and restarted, install the new drivers. i do this for every driver update and ive not had an issue with driver since following this procedure.
Download DDU Clean your pc from the nvidia software,RESTART pc. Download new drivers via smart scan Set nvidia options for optimal performance and test it.
If you previously had an NVIDIA card and switched to the AMD, you need to find some driver-cleaning software. I had the same issues with my R9 270x, and I cleared my PC from the previous drivers, using a programm like this one http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/. Now I have 120-150 fps in my garrison and 60 in raids.
Okay, so you can boot into the OS by what you're saying...download DDU( http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/ ) and extract it to your desktop for easy access, then boot into safemode( http://www.7tutorials.com/5-ways-boot-safe-mode-windows-8-windows-81 ) and then open DDU and make sure DDU option is set to Nvidia. Click the "Clean and Reboot" button and then when you get out of safe mode download the newest WHQL drivers for your graphics card, during the install choose the "Custom Install" option and make sure the check box for "Clean Install" is checked. Finish the intall and then open the Geforce Experience program. From there go to "Preferences" tab, scroll down on the General Tab, check all the "Updates" check boxes and the "Beta Updates" options, in the General tab, click "Check for updates" and update, then you might need to rego into the settings and recheck those boxes again...do it. Then go to the drivers tab on Geforce Experience and click "Check for Updates", install them. This SHOULD fix your problem, reply back if it does or does not work. Thanks!
Try to re-seat your memory modules on your motherboard. Then uninstall the graphic card driver using DDU http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
Reboot and reinstall latest driver.
Also you can turn hardware acceleration off in Chrome.
I had the same problem about 6 months ago and thought it was my graphic card that was failing, but those artifacts only show up in Chrome. I think re-seating my memory modules was most helpful for me and also a newer driver seemed to fix the problem completely. I have turned hardware acceleration back on in Chrome and still no problems now.
You might not believe me, but if you upgraded to Windows 8.1 I'm very, very sure you would see a noticeable difference. I did, and its the only reason I'm still on 8.1
Out of all the games I play, for whatever messed up reason, BF4 has the weirdest most obscure performance issues, drives me up the wall sometimes. I'm on Nvidia drivers from April because anything newer then that gives me CPU stutter something crazy. I think since Dragons Teeth something went a little wonky and its been slightly wonky ever since. I also remember reading sometime earlier that there are some performance issues on Infiltration of Shanghai because of the new light sources or something like that, and it'll be fixed.
Incase you haven't, I would check out Display Driver Uninstaller(link at the bottom) and run that in safemode, and then do a reinstall of your drivers. Also, make sure that Origin in-game crap is turned off.
Wipe the video drivers before doing the install. Use something like Display Driver Uninstaller, let it run in Safe Mode, and do the Clean and Shut Down method. Then completely unplug the system, open up the case, and take out the old video card. Drop it and the other parts in, get it all connected up, and turn it on. Install the appropriate AMD Catalyst drivers and you should be good.
First I need you to run the uninstaller for your ATI software. Make sure to choose Express remove all ATI software. WHen you are finished, do not restart the computer.
Next download DDU Uninstaller. Run it, click on "Clean and REstart."
Once WIndows reboots, you need to run a chkdsk on your main drive.
- Open the "Computer" window
- Right-click on the drive in question
- Select the "Tools" tab
- In the Error-checking area, click <Check Now>.
Restart your computer again. This might take some time.
Next run a SFC. Click start, click run, type cmd and press enter. At the black box type: sfc: /scannow and press enter. This will take some time.
When finished reboot the PC.
Then download the chipset driver then restart the PC.
IMPORTANT DO NOT REDOWNLOAD CCC PACKAGE.
Start Windows updates and have it do a scan. It should download a display dirveer for you. Run all the updates and reboot.
Report back with your findings.
For the love of god don't ever pay for any of that bullcrap software that claims to "fix" things. Uninstall that right away.
Anyway, I'd recommend using Display Driver Uninstaller to completely remove your current graphics driver (and GeForce Experience). Boot into safe mode when it asks you and use the clean & reboot option.
Get the latest driver from the NVIDIA website and install it.
Hey I don't know about fixing yours in particular, but I fixed my graphical problems by uninstalling my display drivers using this tool, and then reinstalling the latest versions. Then I deleted the whole EU4 folder in My Documents, which got rebuilt the next time I started the game. Boom! Solved for me!
0x116 is actually a video card related error, in my experience the C000009A in BCP3 means there is a hardware problem, often a broken video card. It's puzzling this is occurring when you plug in a USB device though, especially because USB is 5V, while the video card is 12V.
Just to be sure it's a driver problem, try uninstalling the video driver with DDU from safe mode. Then install the latest driver for your card from the manufacturer's website (AMD, NVIDIA, Intel, etc).
If your system has integrated video, try removing the video card and use the onboard video. Does the problem still occur with that? If not, I'd definitely test the system with another video card, because in my experience the 0x116 with C000009A in BCP3 is caused by a defective video card. It could be from a bad motherboard or PSU though.
My apologies, I missed that line. Also, when it comes to BF performance....nothing surprises me anymore lol. I've heard from searching for fixes that, with certain people, unplugging the second monitor actually makes a noticeable difference. I'm gonna take a guess and say that your driver is the problem. I can't play BF on anything after 377.50(driver from April...) otherwise I get unplayable spikes. I have a 780ti
Heres to hoping Nvidia gets their shit together soon. Good luck!
Edit: I'd also suggest using this to remove the old drivers. Its a nightmare for me if I don't. http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
Have you tried the Display Driver Uninstaller then? I've always had a lot of issues with installing/updating CCC and AMD drivers over an old install. Haven't bothered checking if they've fixed their regular uninstaller these days, I just do a clean sweep before updating.
edit: uninstaller, not installer.
Have you tried removing the graphics drivers entirely? Display Driver Uninstaller is a good tool that can remove both amd and nvidia drivers. The program should be run in safe mode.
Once you have removed the drivers you can try installing the new card and see if it will boot. The computer will use generic windows graphics drivers and the resolution will be terrible but it will work.
I suspect it is a driver issue since both those cards are well into legacy support at this point and any drivers you have on it right now will be incredibly outdated.
Have you tried cleaning and reinstalling the graphics dirvers? Display Driver Uninstaller does a great job of removing all graphics driver files and registry entries (note this needs to be run in safe mode). Then you can download the latest drivers from nvidia and install them.
It's recommended to uninstall the previous drivers just to avoid any potential issues, but some people report success with just installing newer ones on-top of older drivers.
I'd say uninstall the previous drivers though. There's an excellent tool called Display Driver Uninstaller by Wagnard (DDU) that works well.
You'd download it, run it, and it should ask to reboot you to Safe Mode; allow it to, and when you reboot you'll be shown the interface. Just hit whichever option you need (in most cases the first one), and once it's complete, your computer will reboot back into the normal Windows environment, and from there you're free to install new drivers.
Here's the support thread for DDU also if you should need it or want more feedback about it.
Damn. Did you use Display Driver Uninstaller to do a complete uninstall before doing a clean install? Also I've personally been having issues with every single 344.XX driver (not input issues though) and had to roll all the way back to 337.88 to fix the crashes & problems with SLI.
Also this is probably a stupid question but have you rebooted or restarted origin since you disabled the overlay? Apparently disabling it doesn't fix anything until Origin is restarted.
Good luck man!
First off, did you install .NET 4.5.1?
If so, I'd go for a full driver reinstall. Boot into Safe Mode and run Display Driver Uninstaller for a full clear out after running the Catalyst Uninstaller.
Yes, absolutely. Use DDU to make sure you get it all. Also, make sure you download your new driver before uninstalling the old one to make it easier on yourself.
E. Missed the APU thing, I'll look in to it.
E2. Yes, uninstall your AMD driver if you have a discrete Nvidia GPU going in.
i only found out about this program earlier today while fixing a different issue i had with my nvidia GPU. http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/ try run that to completely remove any trace then try reinstall the driver
Try wiping them again, this time with this tool, I know the site doesn't look the most professional but it is the most thorough graphics cleaner I have found, even cleaning out old registry entries. You can then reinstall the latest drivers from Nvidia and see if it fixes it.
I would personally do an advanced install of the Nvidia drivers and get rid of the geforce experience but that is just me disliking that program.
I would also update your directX, .NET, and C++ redist just to be sure it isn't software related.
If you continue to run into issues like that you can try running a memtest to see if you have bad ram, as ram can also cause issues like that. The tools on the top left of this subreddit have a link to that program.
If it is neither of those things it may be the vram on the card itself which will mean an RMA is in order.
There are a whole host of problems that can cause issues like this though.
Download the 14.4 drivers http://filehippo.com/download_ati_catalyst_vista for ATI/AMD cards
and run http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/ this utility. After it has removed your display driver, reboot and install CCC 14.4 (14.9 has an acknowledged issue on some windows systems)
Sorry, heh, I should have elaborated. First thing you'll want to do is clean off your old drivers. You can use Display Driver Uninstaller here. It's a free program and I've been using it for years.
After extracting the program and running it as administrator, it'll create a restore point in the unlikely event that anything goes wrong.
It will then ask you to restart your system in safe mode. Click yes.
Your computer should then boot into safe mode. You'll know when its there because there will be watermarks on the desktop, your wallpaper will be a solid black, and the resolution will be very low.
DDU will open again and continue the process.
There will be 4 check boxes under the big AMD logo, makes sure all of them are checked except for the AMD Audio Bus
Click on "Clean and Restart". Your system should boot back into normal Windows. Once you're back, go to AMD's website and follow the prompts.
Let me know if you have an issue :)
The pooltag is MINI. This is said to be owned by the AMD display driver. I recommend completely erasing it from safe mode with DDU, rebooting and installing the latest non-beta driver. Like /u/equivocalcat says, do you have any software that draws overlays, or shares or records the screen, installed? Try removing software like that.
Things to try:
- remove any app that applies an overlay (Steam, Mumble, etc.)
- uninstall nvidia driver
- use DDU to ensure that the driver is fully removed (http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/downloads.html)
- reinstall nvidia driver with only video driver and physx (use custom install and remove 3Dvision and geforce experience)
- play FFXIV
It's not likely this is a PSU problem, when a PSU overloads it should simply shutdown. The 0xa0000001 error is an AMD specific error that can occur with defective video cards or a software problem.
I recommend first trying to completely wipe the drivers from safe mode with DDU. After that reboot and install the latest stable driver from AMD.
If that doesn't help, you can try to update the motherboard's BIOS, some motherboards need an update to work with the new generation AMD cards. If that also doesn't help, you will have to test the card in another PC.
I definitely do not recommend blindly replacing the PSU, because the symptoms do not match a typical PSU problem scenario, and adding up your hardware comes nowhere near the maximum load your PSU can handle (it's nowhere near 500 watt).
This happens to me sometimes on games with my Sapphire Toxic 270X. Most of the time it's a driver issue. A way to sometimes clear it on the fly is to lower the graphics settings until it goes away, and then bringing it back up to what you had before. - I had this issue with Metro:Last Light. I turned down the tessellation to low, screen flickered, and it was gone. Brought it back to very high, and it didn't come back.
If you are still on Catalyst 14.1, that's probably the issue as one person stated. Those drivers are old, even though I can't see why WoW would have issues like that. Make sure that when you are going to update the drivers to use Display Driver Uninstaller. AMD's Uninstaller package isn't as elegant as Nvidia's, and DDU ensures that you are getting a clean install.
http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/ If you had an AMD chipset, it becomes more important because CCC "Express" Uninstaller, pulls the USB driver filter too, and once you restart, you lose the ability to use your mouse or keyboard. (Well, in my experience, anyway.)
Another issue that might help is to check Catalyst Control Center, go into Gaming, 3D application settings, and make sure that the settings that have the option to let the application handle them. By default, most them are set to letting the application take control, except tessellation. There are times when a game will conflict with the driver's optimized or quality settings.
As I said before, it's generally the drivers more than hardware. Sometimes Catalyst is awesome, other times, it makes you want to kick puppies and kittens.
Max draw is 250W on the card itself and recommends 42A on the 12V. You should still be in the clear specification wise.
Don't think it's the power supply. But can't rule it out 100%.
Try unplugging the hdmi before you boot up and plugging it back in after you think Windows might have booted up already in the background. Guestimate.
If that works, it's a driver issue. Well, it could be a driver issue regardless.
Clean uninstall the nvidia driver by going into safe mode.
Use DDU http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
Remove GPU and use integrated if you have issues booting to safe mode, too.
After that shutdown and plug GPU back in and install the newest beta driver, or try an older driver not the latest stable release. I know you said you tried various, but make sure to use the clean uninstall tool above this time.
Also try plugging in the computer to a different power source than the one you are currently using.
Have you tried removing the drivers with DDU and installing the latest (non-beta) driver from AMD?
Since you've already (reasonably) eliminated the GPU, probably either your board or CPU is malfunctioning. Have you tried to update the BIOS?
Try Using DDU to clear anything remaining from the past driver installs. Then use the ones from nvidia's website (make sure you're getting the right driver version)
As an aside, you should look to move off windows xp, end-user support has ended and you are no longer getting updates.
I have a very similar rig (same Mobo, different RAM and PSU) and can't find stable drivers for my new Sapphire Radeon R9 290x Vapor-X.
AMD's uninstaller sucks. I suggest first downloading the last stable driver build, and then using Display Driver Uninstaller--this will get you a clean uninstall in safe mode, which should let you reinstall the known working drivers without further hassle of Catalyst's nonsense.
Good luck!
Press and hold F8 as the computer is booting, that will get you into the advanced startup options. I would personally boot into safemode with networking and download and use Display Driver Uninstaller which will actually wipe your drivers from the computer. Then you can restart and install the latest graphics drivers for your card.
If you just straight deleted driver files instead of using AMD's uninstall or a third party utility, you essentially just broke your display drivers and that would explain why it isn't working.
All sorts of things could be causing this.
Firstly, did you run a cleaner when you uninstalled the drivers? If not, I'd try it again, but running DDU in safe mode before re-installing them.
I'd also check your voltage to the card. I've seen the same issue before due to voltage problems.
edit:
The fact that it's making it into safe mode alright leans me more towards a corrupt driver install/voltage issue than any sort of physical issue with the card (not that it rules anything out, mind).
Things to try:
- Clean install of 337.88 using Display Driver Uninstaller
- Clean rollback to the previous driver version (again, I'd use DDU to remove the existing version of the drivers)
- Check your GPU temps, card could be overheating and throttling.
- Check the power to your GPU (bad power = sub-par performance and all other weird things)
- Contact EVGA's support. They're very good.
Try removing everything that has to do with nvidia.
Download display driver uninstaller.
Boot into safe mode, run the uninstaller and let it clean all the leftover files and settings.
Reboot and reinstall your drivers.
What OS? Not sure if needed, but I always install the AMD SDK files when setting up a rig with AMD cards. Did you installl those?
When in doubt, start from scratch. Use Display Driver Uninstaller from Safe Mode to fully remove all current drivers and registry settings. Then start over with the installation process making sure to get the current (non-Beta) drivers direct from AMD and the AMD SDK download. Perhaps it was just a faulty install the first time around.
First make sure that AHCI mode is turned on in the BIOS for the SSD as this could be the cause and the video card change is just a coincidence. I would also recommend a fresh install of the graphics drivers as keeping old drivers when upgrading cards can cause issues even when staying within the same manufacturer. Download the latest drivers for your card, the 337.50 beta drivers have some significant DirectX optimizations and I would recommend using it. After you have done that use Display Driver Uninstaller to completely wipe the old drivers, then install the new ones.
Do a fresh install of the graphics drivers to start, it won't hurt anything and only takes a little time to try. Download the latest nVidia drivers, use the Display Driver Uninstaller to completely wipe the graphics drivers, then install the new drivers. I would recommend using the 337.50 beta drivers (note that the link is for a 64bit OS) as they have some major DirectX optimizations. Also when you install the new drivers make sure that you turn on SLI again, I do not know if it still does it but nVidia always used to turn SLI off on me after each driver update.
Any tool to recommend to wipe the drivers?I know that plain uninstallation of them didn't clear them out properly, I knew of tools before but I can't seem to remember them now.I know one was outdated and one was newer-ish.
EDIT: Ah, nevermind.Found it.
Definitely open the case and clean any dust off the graphics card, the artifacting displayed there says heat issues to me. If you want to do a driver reinstall that won't hurt either. Use Display Driver Uninstaller. You will want to boot in safe mode, run the program, and select Clean + Restart. It will remove all traces of the driver and prevent windows from auto updating so you can install the driver you want.
3 should be ok. Try downloading the latest graphics drivers from AMD. Download the Display Driver Uninstaller, boot in safe mode and run the program, click on the clean and restart option, then install the new drivers and see if that helps. DDU will uninstall all traces of the driver including stuff in the registry and then prevent windows from auto updating the drivers so you can install the ones you want.
Yes, install everything that's offered. SDI doesn't guesstimate, it detects every device ID.
If any new problem arises after the drivers' updates, clean-uninstall the one that's bothering you and if it's videocard related use DDU.
- remove -novid -high -dxlevel 81 -heapsize 524288 !!!
- keep using -dx9 -nod3d9ex or try -dx11 -nod3d9ex
- set video mode to Borderless Window !!!
- disconnect external displays / make it primary
- lower all graphical options
- set max fps to 60 (or lower via console: fps_max 30)
- check Programs Which May Interfere with Steam
- don't run the game as administrator / with compatibility options
- using msi afterburner to overclock that notebook gpu could have permanently damaged it - might need to downclock / downvoltage if possible to regain stability. Also, disable / uninstall RivaTuner monitoring (bundled with afterburner)
- manipulating OS/DRIVER TDR values could help but it's risky so only attempt it as a last resort: get TDR Manipulator tool and adjust TdrDelay value from 2 to 10/20/30 (and the others to something like 9, 60, 9)
- fuck snag.gy, do you people haven't heard of clean image sharing like imgur?