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    Constant Direct X crashes

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by yosomith, Jan 22, 2018.

  1. yosomith

    yosomith Newbie

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    As the title says, I'm getting them while playing some heavier games. Main ones I get them on is Dark Souls 3, GTA V and Mass Effect Andromeda. Most other games are fine and will run for hours no issue. When I dropped Mass Effect down from 1980x1020 to 1280x720 I didn't get a crash for maybe two hours, still crashed though.

    Any ideas what could be causing it?

    http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/18/01/22/eq9.png is from GPU-Z if that helps
     
    yosomith, Jan 22, 2018
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  2. Vasudev

    Vasudev Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Definitely the driver is installed partially. You see CUDA is missing.
    Run DDU and reinstall the driver. After that install dx rediststs & VC++ runtimes
     
    Vasudev, Jan 22, 2018
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  3. Danishblunt

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    Post your notebook name, personally I think this is temp related.
     
    Danishblunt, Jan 22, 2018
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