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    GPU Crashes every few minutes on Windows 8, what to do?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by WaffleBoy, Jun 4, 2012.

  1. WaffleBoy

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    WaffleBoy, Jun 4, 2012
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    go back to windows 7 and wait for a later, more stable release of windows 8
     
    masterchef341, Jun 4, 2012
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  3. WaffleBoy

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    So its only me? or more people have it? (by the way, when it comes out?)
     
    WaffleBoy, Jun 4, 2012
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  4. Rob.In.AZ

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    I got terrible performance with the Win8 Nvidia drivers, turned BF3 into a slide show. The performance was better with the Win7 drivers (296.10) I originally used when I first installed Win8.

    Then even after I rolled back to those drivers, I still had problems. Haven't booted Win8 since.
     
    Rob.In.AZ, Jun 4, 2012
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    Lets hope you are not planing on using Win8 for business use. I quote John Dvorak: "No business will tolerate this software, let me assure you. As a productivity tool, it is unusable. "
     
    TreeTops Ranch, Jun 4, 2012
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    hockeymass that one guy

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    Truthfulness of the statement aside, this is completely irrelevant to the thread.
     
    hockeymass, Jun 4, 2012
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    The 301.42 nvidia driver works fine for me, better than the 296.65 Win 8 driver.
     
    coolguy, Jun 4, 2012
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    I found out that NVidia whql drivers are stable, 8 hours passed, not a single crash :)
     
    WaffleBoy, Jun 5, 2012
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    What version of the driver is that?
     
    Gandalf_The_Grey, Jun 5, 2012
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  11. WaffleBoy

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    Version 295.73 - WHQL (400M Win8 64Bit)
     
    WaffleBoy, Jun 6, 2012
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    The latest nvidia driver WHQL (302.42 if I recall), working perfectly for me.

    I had problems to install them, but after I made them run in compatibility mode for windows 7, and give them the right from administrator, I didn't experience any crash or issues, actually somehow my fan doesn't make any noise, temperature between 60/70 on gaming (before 65/75).

    I play with Skyrim and FIFA 11/12 normally.
     
    ExMM, Jun 12, 2012
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    SL2, Jun 15, 2012
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