Guild Wars 2

You’ve probably guessed it ; I’m talking about the infamous Black Screen issue.

I have the error, you have the error, most of GW2Guru has the error (and I didn’t even check the other fansites). How can there be no ETA yet? I’ve bought the game along a brand new laptop at launch and I seriously can’t play it yet? Yes I’ve read the Sticky thread and as you’ve probably noticed it didn’t fix the problem for most of us.

I’ve tried everything ; Reformatting, Driver Sweeping, Using different drivers, etc. Is it too much to ask to be able to play a game we’ve bought?

I hate to be the a.hole that has to call the issue out but it is indeed getting beyond ridiculous.

Core i7 3610QM @ 2.3 GHz
GeForce 660M GTX @ 2.0 GHz
8G of DDR3 RAM
Latest Beta Driver from Aug. 27th (Note that I’ve tried all the other ones too)
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https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Black-Screen-Issue-AMD-ATI/first#post3963

or

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Black-Screen-Issue-Nvidia/first#post3964

tried those?

Read my initial post, I’ve clearly said that I’ve read the Sticky thread.

have you updated your bios,graphics card drivers,chipset, etc.

Same as OP…

Windows 7 x64
i7 2600k – standard clock
2 x EVGA Nvidia GTX 560 ti (1GB)
16GB DDR3 1600

Have tried last 6 drivers with clean installs (and cleaned with Driver Fusion). Currently using 306.xx beta
Have disabled SLI – makes no difference
Have disabled Anti-aliasing (lowest settings – performance)
Have tried setting GFX card power settings to “Prefer Max Performance”
Have tried EVERY solution I can find around the net with no luck
Have logged a ticket 27/8, it was closed because I didn’t update it – resubmitted with all requested info, still awaiting reply

Game crashes and gets stuck in a crash-loop (crashes again when I reload game) whenever I:
- hit play
- I change zone
- take a screenshot
- type /bug
- change graphics settings in game
-alt tab

The only thing that works to get me playing again is:
Set resolution lower (1600×900 works but 1680×1050 is native and it doesn’t)
Set GFX settings to min (except sample rate to native)
Log in on my laptop
Face my character to a wall (least detail visible on screen)
Log back in on my desktop.

PS: there is more than adequate cooling and I have checked CPU/GFX card temps with speedfan. Can’t remember off the top of my head but they were well within acceptable ranges.

Did the same as Mencae..

I had this issue. I found a way to fix it. Let me know if it works for you.

I turned off application profiles and set my graphics drivers to DEFAULT settings. Then the game worked fine. It was an issue with the graphics control panel trying to force Sample rates and Anti-Aliasing.

Creaky.8596:

I had this issue. I found a way to fix it. Let me know if it works for you.

I turned off application profiles and set my graphics drivers to DEFAULT settings. Then the game worked fine. It was an issue with the graphics control panel trying to force Sample rates and Anti-Aliasing.

What do you mean “turn off application profiles”? Is that in the nVidia Control Panel? I’ll look around though thanks.