Nvidia Windows Kernel crash ?

[MadManMarsBar]

Hi Everyone 

 

My Girlfreidn is having a weird problem with her PC 

 

we recently upgraded her PC so she could play games with me 

 

Specs 

 

Q6600 @2.4ghz

4gb DDR3 ram

EVGA gtx660 SC

EVGA 500w PSU

 

now onto the issue , so we have played borderlands 2 together for hours and it runs amazing , but then we tried to play BF4 .......

everytime she gets into a game (multiplayer) her drivers crash , more specifically it says the Nvidia kernel has crashed 

 

we use DDU to wipe the old drivers and we installed an older driver (344.11) but it still did it , so we wiped it again and installed the newest drivers (347.52) and it still does it , i have read some stuff about down clocking the GPU a little bit but is there anything else we can try ?

 

if you have any questions please ask thanks in advance  

 

 

[Firearm2112]

This happens in BF4 with an overclocked GPU. Make sure you arent OC or factory OCed

[MadManMarsBar]

This happens in BF4 with an overclocked GPU. Make sure you arent OC or factory OCed

its a factory OC'ed EVGA gtx660 , so do you think we should try downclocking the gpu a little bit ?

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its a factory OC'ed EVGA gtx660 , so do you think we should try downclocking the gpu a little bit ?

it is worth a try.

[MadManMarsBar]

it is worth a try.

so like 10mhz at a time ? 

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so like 10mhz at a time ? 

i would just drop it 50mhz or so and give it a try doing it 10 by 10 will just take up a load of time.

[MadManMarsBar]

i would just drop it 50mhz or so and give it a try doing it 10 by 10 will just take up a load of time.

Okay cool , we will sort it out later when she finishes work , i will report back soon thanks

[MadManMarsBar]

UPDATE 

 

We fixed it , we downclocked the GPU by -50 ,that worked and game was playable 

so out of curiosity we tried a very small OC of 10 mhz , and that worked too