Guild Wars 2

Twice so far today, I’ve had my computer crash randomly while playing. Once while running towards the dominator boss in Ember Bay, once while running down the steps in the lobby of WvW. Total system lock, screen goes black, Ctrl+Alt+del or similar functions do nothing. Had to restart.

Update: I checked my GPU drivers, and realized they hadn’t been updated in a while. I downloaded and installed the latest ones (I have an Nvidia GTX 970). So far no crashes, but my frame rate has absolutely tanked. I went from having ~50fps in Lion’s Arch to less than 20.

DO NOT load the latest NVidia driver – they have been reported to be totally bug ridden.

http://forums.mmorpg.com/discussion/458225/nvidia-375-86-driver-warning

The last stable driver is 375.50.

I’ve had a simmilar issue before and it turned out to be thermal throttling. Check your CPU and GPU temps while playing. Some driver versions had issues and it’s especially common on laptops. If either CPU or GPU makes it into 90+c even if it’s for a fraction of a second then this is likely a contributing factor.

As it turns out, both of you were correct, both the new driver and overheating were the problem. Rolled back the driver, blew out my CPU fan with compressed air, and it runs like a dream. Thanks!