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Nvidia GPU - Occasionally blacks out

Posted: 2015-11-09 14:15
by Dude94
Description:
Every now and then, the screen goes unresponsive/black for some few seconds, even when I change the PRLauncher video settings and Nvidia Control Panel settings.

Previous PR versions didn't have those

No visual enhancer added, just vanilla PR running.

Happens in any game-mode, map & server.

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System Information
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  Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate  (6.1.7601)
      Architecture: 64-bit
   Current Culture: Danish (Denmark)
       Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5QL PRO
         Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          4400  @ 2.00GHz (Physical: 2, Logical: 2)
            Memory: 4,00 GB
      DIMM Modules: DIMM0: 2,00 GB @ 800 MHz
                    DIMM2: 2,00 GB @ 800 MHz
         Page File: 4,00 GB
    .NET Framework: 4.5.2, Runtime: 4.0.30319.34209

Display Information
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 Display Device(s): SyncMaster 205BW/204BW, SyncMaster Magic CX203BW/CX205BW(Analog) on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
                    Generic PnP Monitor on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
   Display Mode(s): 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) @ 59 Hz
                    1360 x 768 (32 bit) @ 60 Hz
    Driver Version: 10.18.13.5887 (358.87)
    Display Memory: 3,00 GB
     Multisampling: 2, 4, 8
               DPI: 96 (100%)

Audio Information
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  Primary Playback: MT5531-4 (NVIDIA High Definitio
 Primary Recording: Microphone (Realtek High Defini
  Open AL Renderer: Software
               EAX: True
           EAX 1.0: False
           EAX 2.0: True
           EAX 3.0: False
           EAX 4.0: False
           EAX 5.0: False
             X-RAM: False

Disk Information
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      Install Path: I:\FIX\Spil\Project Reality
                    Free: 92,12 GB, Total: 2,73 TB, FS: NTFS, SSD: Unknown
          Mod Path: I:\FIX\Spil\Project Reality\mods\pr
                    Free: 92,12 GB, Total: 2,73 TB, FS: NTFS, SSD: Unknown
     Profiles Path: C:\Users\Dude94\Documents\ProjectReality\Profiles
                    Free: 16,51 GB, Total: 260,19 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False
    Update DL Path: C:\Users\Dude94\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\Downloads
                    Free: 16,51 GB, Total: 260,19 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False
   Update Log Path: C:\Users\Dude94\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\UpdateLogs
                    Free: 16,51 GB, Total: 260,19 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False

Game Information
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    Installed Mods: pr
       Current Mod: pr
           Version: Standalone - 1.0
        PR Version: 1.3.7.0
          Language: english
   Debug Available: False
     Large Address: True
Supported Hardware: None

Profile Information
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      Profile 0001: miol94
              Type: Online
 Last Used Profile: True
        View Intro: True
        Fullscreen: True
      Display Mode: 1680x1050@60Hz
Display Mode Valid: True
   Graphics Scheme: Custom
     Multisampling: 4x
             VSync: False
   Terrain Quality: Low
   Effects Quality: High
  Geometry Quality: Low
   Texture Quality: Medium
  Lighting Quality: High
   Dynamic Shadows: Medium
    Dynamic Lights: Medium
 Texture Filtering: Medium
    Audio Provider: Software
    Provider Valid: True
     Audio Quality: Medium
               EAX: True

Re: Nvidia GPU - Occasionally blacks out

Posted: 2015-11-09 23:02
by Scubbo
--- check your GPU isnt overheating
--- your powersupply might not be able to supply full current when the card/system/cap's get hot from heavy use (have you overclocked it? this is number 1 cause)
--- also in nvidia profile for prbf2.exe make it's power profile "prefer maximum performance"

you can also enable Vsync (lock frames to 60fps of your monitor) to stop it over-rendering when it's not needed on the 10-year old engine

Re: Nvidia GPU - Occasionally blacks out

Posted: 2015-11-10 12:49
by Dude94
Thanks for the quick reply.

Seems it is fixed, when I updated the Nvidia driver... Nvidia driver version 358.87 was the one I had issues with :-?

Did some stress tests/benchmarks on the system with temp monitor (HWinfo), the GPU runs at max 54~56 Celsius, have a 700W PSU with small amount of hardware.
And no, the GPU is not overclocked.

But I'm not sure if it's entirely the drivers fault, will do some more testing in-game and some more stress/benchmarking.