Computer is crashing with gfx card driver errors constantly. (nvidia)

[EDIT: just wanted to put this here first. I ended up not being able to fix the problems I was having with this card. I bought a new card, GTX 550 Ti, for $130 and everything seems to be running fine now. I still have no idea what exactly caused the problem my other card was having.]


Don't worry, I followed the guide and I have my helper and hijack logs ready.

I've seen this issue posted before but never with an actual solution found. I get constant errors with my graphics card, GTX 275, and I'm always seeing error messages related to windows timeout. I've tried editing the registry like a couple other posts have said to try but a longer timeout delay just means that I look at a frozen game for longer before it crashes.




I've done the new driver thing, thoroughly too; download new drivers, uninstall current ones, restart in safe mode, run the cleaner, install new drivers, restart normally. I still have the issue after all that. I've tried using every version of the Nvidia drivers that I could find online. None of them fix this, even the very brand new ones.

I've played with my settings as well. I've run CoH with everything maxed out and with everything turned as far down as possible. It didn't help.

here are my logs.

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at March 25, 2012 02:02 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 05/19/09 12:44:57 Ver: 08.00.15
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 6144MB
.Net Memory Report: 3135MB out of 6135MB available
Page File: 3257MB (3387MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 ATA Device) 149849MB out of 610477MB (24%) free
E Drive: (WD 5000AAV External USB Device) 169390MB out of 476937MB (35%) free
D Drive: (PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-218L ATA Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7601.17514 (64-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTX 275
Video Memory: 3684 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.12.9610
Driver Date: 2/29/2012 8:02:00 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.0002.6585
Driver Date: 4/12/2011 1:08:28 PM

Sound Device Description: SPDIF Interface (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.0002.6585
Driver Date: 4/12/2011 1:08:28 PM

Sound Device Description: Digital Output (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.0002.6585
Driver Date: 4/12/2011 1:08:28 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: P6T DELUXE V2
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 05/19/09 12:44:57 Ver: 08.00.15
BIOS Version: 051909 - 20090519
BIOS Release: 20090519000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1440x796
3D Resolution: 1440x796 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: Yes
Screen Position: 4, 2
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes


Physics Quality: High
Maximum Particles: 6773
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Ultra quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High


World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 2.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Shadow Mode: Unknown (4)
Shadow Map Shader: High quality
Environmental Reflections: High quality
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: High quality
Occlusion Strength: Strong
Blur: Trilateral
Ambient Resolution: Quality


Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.052
Music Sound Volume: 0.041

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 1.000
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 459467 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1950.201102230015.1
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
.\texture_library\GUI\Icons\Archetype has 19 files
.\texture_library\GUI\Icons\Enhancements has 38 files
.\texture_library\GUI\Icons\Inspirations has 51 files
.\texture_library\GUI\Icons\Pet_Command has 9 files
.\texture_library\GUI\Icons\Powers has 996 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 2 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\Dark_Astoria_makeover has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Midnight_Squad has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\NewPlayerTutorial has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 40 files
.\texture_library\P_MAPS has 2 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\City has 2 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files

And the hijack this log



Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 2:01:36 AM, on 3/25/2012
Platform: Windows 7 SP1 (WinNT 6.00.3505)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v9.00 (9.00.8112.16421)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\SoundMAX.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\TiVo\Desktop\TiVoTransfer.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\TiVo\Desktop\TiVoNotify.exe
C:\Users\Steve\Local Settings\Apps\F.lux\flux.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe
C:\Users\Steve\AppData\Local\Google\Update\1.3.21. 111\GoogleCrashHandler.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\BOINC\boinctray.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG2012\avgtray.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Analog Devices\Core\smax4pnp.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\DivX\DivX Update\DivXUpdate.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Epson Software\Event Manager\EEventManager.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe
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C:\Users\Steve\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Applica tion\chrome.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
C:\Users\Steve\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Applica tion\chrome.exe
C:\Users\Steve\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Applica tion\chrome.exe
C:\Users\Steve\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Applica tion\chrome.exe
C:\Users\Steve\Desktop\HijackThis.exe

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O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\Alg.exe,-112 (ALG) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe (file missing)
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Um, just a brief glance and I noticed your Swap File.

You have 6Gb (6144Mb) of physical ram and yet your swap file is set to a little over half that (3387Mb). Windows probably even suggests it, but you should change the Min/Max swap file setting to something closer to 9Gb (9216Mb) or you risk running into memory related errors.

Oh man I hate this one. That opengl timeout error is one that seems to crop up randomly for some users in opengl games and not for others. There seems to be no rhyme or reason. Some manage to fix the problem by changing to much older drivers (266.58). Others by changing task handling from the GPU to auto. But what works for one person often doesn't work for another.

Brink which also uses opengl has lost a lot of users because the problem is much more common when playing there.

One thing that springs to mind is you might want to try removing the babylon toolbar and see if that fixes anything. I don't have any idea if that actually causes any conflicts but somebody else who was recently having graphics problems also had the babylon toolbar installed.

I run a similar system, but with a GTX460, and while I didn't have this issue with COH, I did have a similar one with with World of Tanks, and LOTR. There doesn't seem to be any one good fix that applies to all.

Nvidia HD audio drivers, cheap memory, Adobe flash, and full moons, etc., have all been accused as culprits. I fixed mine by down clocking my memory and setting the nvidia global settings, to "prefer maximum performance". I also disabled Hardware Acceleration for "flash", as there were documented problems with it, and the newer drivers.

With the 295.73 drivers, I've been able to upclock my memory to normal settings again, but have left the other changes in place and still getting good results/no crashes. You might want to try some of these and see if you get any results.

I haven't tried the latest driver your running, and I think there is a just released driver, newer than yours, out now. I head over to guru3d.com for driver update information. I think the last best driver for most were the 275.33 or older, as nvidia changed something in how TDR is managed after that driver.

There are more suggestions on the 107 page long thread on nvidia's forum at, http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=187401

I would certainly turn off, ambient occlusion, as that will tax your fps pretty hard on that card and can't be helping the issue, and change the nvidia performance global setting. Also make sure your card isn't getting to hot. If your still getting a crash, try downclocking your memory if your able.

Make sure to keep us updated S_F so we know how this is going.

Okay, I've been futzing with everything and what with a new driver out today, I'd thought I'd update my drivers and this thread.

I checked out that thread from Terrashock. It's mostly for the 400 series but they had some interesting ideas. I'll be honest, I'm not exactly excited about some of the options they had there, which basically all dealt with the cards BIOS.

You guys have any thoughts on doing that?


Things that have been done that didn't do jack.

• removing that babylon toolbar. (thanks for the suggestion, I didn't remember even installing that. it's wasting space regardless)
• turn settings to minimum
• running windowed vs fullscreen
• changing the Windows time out limit. All this did was make me wait longer when me screen froze before the game crashed.
• changing the drivers to literally any available version. None fixed it.

Why are there so many Google Chrome processes open?
That's probably not good. Maybe you also have your browser set to "use hardware acceleration" which will make it take up some of your graphics card load when there are graphics on a website. You can disable that and it may help.


Edit:

Well, S_F I would see if you have any friend who can spare you a video card for testing. It can even be ATI.

If the game still crashes, we can eliminate the video card as the problem.

Just wanted to update this.

I ended up not buying another card. I got so frustrated with the game that I pretty much haven't played in since I last posted. Instead, I've been playing other games alot. And in the dozens of hours played, I've had maybe 2-3 crashes over two months.

I picked up CoH again because of the new issue. Just tonight, in the last 15 minutes, I've had 5 crashes and can not get through a single mission.

I understand not every card will be perfect, blah blah blah, but the problem here just really seems to be the game.

The game is unplayable and frankly, I don't know why I should spend money on a new card for one game when there are literally a dozen games that I could be playing that actually work.

Reviewing your information...


You were probably overheating.
I have a Nvidia GTX 465 and I overheat if I have my settings for reflections and shadows and occlusion as high as you do. I just outright turn those off and never run occlusion with shadows if I run any of it.

You should monitor your temperature(keep it below 70C, over 80C is begging for a crash) and get this program from Nvidia to manually set your graphics card fan speed higher: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia_...ools_6.06.html
That will keep your card cooler so you don't have video driver crashes, but your card probably isn't good enough to run the game that maxed out. City of Heroes doesn't run as good as it should with powerful hardware. We just have to accept it and turn down the settings.


Edit:
Also, how good is your internet. CoH tends to "lay a brick" when internet connections lose packets, at least sometimes. I know because my internet is not the greatest such that I sometimes crash while teaming, especially in AE missions. Comcast is an internet provider to avoid for gaming as well.

I've played with my settings in the past. Nothing gets rid of the crashes.

I'll try the monitoring program though.

My internet is verizon and generally pretty good.

have you tried killing this app during your tests?

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [boincmgr] "C:\Program Files (x86)\BOINC\boincmgr.exe" /a /s
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [boinctray] "C:\Program Files (x86)\BOINC\boinctray.exe"

have you tried running a drive sweeper to make sure the old driver is gone and ccleaner?? this might sound crazy but have you tried making a new user account in windows and in ms config turn everything off other then anti virus and see if coh crashes. if it not a hardware error you may have to do a nuke and pave to fix the issue.

Well, if a video card swap is too much trouble, how about a hard drive swap?

Buy a new HD, keep your old one handy....Install windows (don't activate it) and install CoH. Do you still get errors?

Try that.

I see you on Triumph Watch once in awhile, so you getting on with a different rig?