Microsoft and Nvidia with Gears 4 and 5 screw Nvidia 10 series cards users

[ScionRay]

Hello everyone, 

I have had issues with Gears of War 4 and 5 now with my GTX 1080 hybrid Evga FTW card. I have done all the things others have done for Gears 4 with using different drivers every time I want to play the game.  Everything seem ok when Gears 5 came out but recently all the old things that happen in Gears 4 is starting up again in Gears 5.  I am getting blue screens, the game is freezing and crashes. The game is freezing and closing by itself and kicking me to Windows.  

I haven't found anything to help improve my game play in Gears 5 like a certain driver to use but it has just started doing this the past couple of months.   All I am getting from calling into customer support is that I need to upgrade my card to a 20 series card but I don't have money just lying around to upgrade to a 2080?  I mean my 1080 is doing very well in everything else but this game.  Nvidia knows there is a problem for 10 series cards but there is no upgrade or rebate for 10 series owners.   I just feel I got screwed buying my 1080 for this game, Gears 4 was given away free if you bought a 1070 or 1080 as advertisement ( https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/20/12986240/gears-of-war-4-free-nvidia-gtx-1070-gtx-1080 ).  So I ask you guys what can I do?  

Thanks for looking at my post 

 

 

[Jurrunio]

Check for system stability? Drop the frequency of everything a bit for example, say 100MHz on GPU core and memory, also no more XMP profile if you use it

[johnt]

Sorry to hear this. I had no issues playing GOW4 at all on my 1070. It was smooth as silk. Maybe try reducing some of your game settings in hopes that it will be less taxing and give you a playable experience.