Are other GTX 970 owners getting crashes in Witcher 3?

[SteveGrabowski0]

GPU: EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 (2974-KR)

ASIC Quality: 69.8%

POWER: Antec Neo Eco 620C (rebranded Seasonic S12II 620)

OS: Windows 7 Pro (64-bit of course)

DRIVERS: 353.30

OTHER DETAILS:

. Core clock at stock 1165 MHz base / 1367 MHz boost

. power limit set at 100% TDP in MSI Afterburer

. fan curve set to keep core under 65C at all times (the default EVGA fan profile lets it get to 74C)

. playing Witcher 3 with patch 1.07

 

I get crashes requiring powering the system off sometimes when I step on the balcony at the very beginning of the game. This becomes almost automatic if I put any kind of overclock on the card or turn up the power limit past the default 100% TDP. At stock sometimes it crashes when I step out on the balcony, sometimes it doesn't.

 

Having got past that, I now get crashes to the desktop on average every say 4 hours of regular gameplay running everything at stock. These crashes aren't hard crashes like with the balcony, but crashes to the desktop where the audio will still play but I have to go kill the process in the task manager.

 

I have also gotten crashes in the past on Dragon Age Inquisition. They always happened when closing a rift and having to fight this one type of enemy that jumps around and shoots ice. I always wrote those crashes off as being the game's fault, but now that I'm getting the same crap in Witcher 3 I'm starting to wonder if the card is the problem instead.

 

I even got a crash to the desktop before running Unigine Valley at stock settings all the way (e.g., core, voltage, power limit, memory).

 

So not only is this card a crap overclocker (+51 MHz core, +0 MHz mem on +15 mv vcore), but even at stock I'm getting problems. Is anyone else here getting crashes on Witcher 3 with their GTX 970?

[othertomperson]

353.30 is an old driver that crashed constantly in everything. Try updating.

[colt92]

Not me. I started the game in 1.06 and actually played most of the game with 1.07 and the previous driver. No crashes at all. Try updating, as said othertomperson said.

[SteveGrabowski0]

353.30 is an old driver that crashed constantly in everything. Try updating.

 

Did you personally have crashes in 353.30? No problems in 353.62?

[SteveGrabowski0]

Not me. I started the game in 1.06 and actually played most of the game with 1.07 and the previous driver. No crashes at all. Try updating, as said othertomperson said.

 

I had these crashes on the balcony in 1.04, 1.06, and 1.07. I didn't want to try any of the older versions. Which specific driver were you running?

[othertomperson]

Did you personally have crashes in 353.30? No problems in 353.62?

I can't speak for The Witcher 3 specifically because I don't have it. What I can speak for is the general stability of 353.62 compared with 353.30. The new driver is much better.

[Sorfex0]

Have witcher 3 and nor old nor new driver crashed for me even once.

[SteveGrabowski0]

I'll try out 353.62 and see how Witcher 3 runs. Though this issue has been happening on older drivers like 352.86 also based on what people were saying on the EVGA forums. I'm really leery about Nvidia drivers lately ever since 352.86 and beyond have caused crashes in Chrome with hardware acceleration on (though they're a lot more stable than 352.86 when it comes to Chrome).

[don_svetlio]

So much for Nvidia drivers being better

[colt92]

I had these crashes on the balcony in 1.04, 1.06, and 1.07. I didn't want to try any of the older versions. Which specific driver were you running?

 

I was running 352.86

[Naberius]

I know I'm replying to an old topic - but was there a resolution to this issue? I"m running into it right now. I've read around the net and tried various different configurations from changing MEM/GPU clock offsets, temp targets settings, to disabling Nivida's auto stream, and V-Sync settings in game etc... 

 

I can't even start a new game - first time loading up the game and it crashes. 

[SteveGrabowski0]

I know I'm replying to an old topic - but was there a resolution to this issue? I"m running into it right now. I've read around the net and tried various different configurations from changing MEM/GPU clock offsets, temp targets settings, to disabling Nivida's auto stream, and V-Sync settings in game etc... 

 

I can't even start a new game - first time loading up the game and it crashes. 

 

Don't walk on that balcony at the beginning, whatever you do. That very beginning at Kaer Morhen is insanely buggy, but after you get through that section it's much more stable.

[don_svetlio]

Don't walk on that balcony at the beginning, whatever you do. That very beginning at Kaer Morhen is insanely buggy, but after you get through that section it's much more stable.

Balcony is fine for me

[buddy_boyo]

just sell it and get AMD 390