Guild Wars 2

Hey Everyone,
So I keep getting atimagsys crashes, the most recent one being video_tdr_failure. But unfortunately have had other types of crashes with this card. It’s a brand new computer and the card doesn’t fail unless I am playing gw2. I have researched forums and although there are many possible solutions nothing seems to work.
Here are the specs.
i7 4760
16gb ddr3 ram
2 tb hd
amd radeon r9 270 2gb
win 8.1

So long and short what GPUs have you had success with that have more stable drivers or have worked with gw2?
Thanks!

Hace you tried alredy some of the fixes, like deinstalling drivers, reboot and reinstall ?

https://www.google.de/search?q=atikmpag.sys&oq=atikmpag.sys&gws_rd=cr&ei=jca0VYaOJMWfsAHXiJDIDQ#q=atikmdag.sys+fix

Yeah I have tried fully uninstalling drivers and reinstalling, checked BIOS, and updated other drivers. I have read that AMD has issues across the board.
If someone has found a definite solution I would definitely try it. I am hoping that AMD addresses it in future updates. Is there a more reliable option for a card?

I have the same card and same issue, sudden crashes with red screens and lots of lines.

I can only say that i don’t have any problems with my r9 280x and Win7.

Here with a r9 285 and no problems so far.

R7 260x with AMD 15.7 drivers and no issues here.

Discobizkit.6531:

Hey Everyone,
So I keep getting atimagsys crashes, the most recent one being video_tdr_failure. But unfortunately have had other types of crashes with this card. It’s a brand new computer and the card doesn’t fail unless I am playing gw2. I have researched forums and although there are many possible solutions nothing seems to work.
Here are the specs.
i7 4760
16gb ddr3 ram
2 tb hd
amd radeon r9 270 2gb
win 8.1

So long and short what GPUs have you had success with that have more stable drivers or have worked with gw2?
Thanks!

What power supply do you have?

I have an r9 290x and the game crashes after character selection. Just minimizes, stops responding, and prevents interaction with any other windows. As much as I really like the game and have played it since launch without issue, I’ve stopped even bothering opening it most of the time.

Discobizkit.6531:

Hey Everyone,
So I keep getting atimagsys crashes, the most recent one being video_tdr_failure. But unfortunately have had other types of crashes with this card. It’s a brand new computer and the card doesn’t fail unless I am playing gw2. I have researched forums and although there are many possible solutions nothing seems to work.
Here are the specs.
i7 4760
16gb ddr3 ram
2 tb hd
amd radeon r9 270 2gb
win 8.1

So long and short what GPUs have you had success with that have more stable drivers or have worked with gw2?
Thanks!

A 270 is a 7870/7850. its also a under clocked 270×. Its also now a 370/370x, once again. Its one of the oldest running cards that has been re-branded to date under the GCN 1.0 core.

I suggest looking at a GCN 1.1, 1.2 based cards (anything that’s a 300 series, that’s NOT a 370/x, and either a260x, 285, 290, 290x, or Fury/FuryX).

For Nvidia my only 2 recommendations are a 980 and 980ti. I cannot recommend a GTX970 due to how Nvidia decided to partition the ram on that card.

sirsquishy.8531:

Discobizkit.6531:

Hey Everyone,
So I keep getting atimagsys crashes, the most recent one being video_tdr_failure. But unfortunately have had other types of crashes with this card. It’s a brand new computer and the card doesn’t fail unless I am playing gw2. I have researched forums and although there are many possible solutions nothing seems to work.
Here are the specs.
i7 4760
16gb ddr3 ram
2 tb hd
amd radeon r9 270 2gb
win 8.1

So long and short what GPUs have you had success with that have more stable drivers or have worked with gw2?
Thanks!

A 270 is a 7870/7850. its also a under clocked 270×. Its also now a 370/370x, once again. Its one of the oldest running cards that has been re-branded to date under the GCN 1.0 core.

I suggest looking at a GCN 1.1, 1.2 based cards (anything that’s a 300 series, that’s NOT a 370/x, and either a260x, 285, 290, 290x, or Fury/FuryX).

For Nvidia my only 2 recommendations are a 980 and 980ti. I cannot recommend a GTX970 due to how Nvidia decided to partition the ram on that card.

I’ve recently got a GTX 970 – the 980’s are just too expensive. For a replacement card anyway (maybe on a new build). My well used 7970 was struggling, and the 970 (which I got on a good sale) has been a great replacement. I can agree with issues with AMD cards – the last few I’ve had have had various, consistent issues over a long while. Nothing disastrous, but always constant and annoying. I was fed up tbh. Haven’t had an issue with 970 so far. I did read about the memory issue before buying, but I’ve thrown a variety of games at the card and I’ve no issues. Performance has been excellent. Worth it if you can get one, and its definitely be a step up over your current card, and value for money – and no need to mortgage the house to get one lol.

I want to thank everyone for their feedback first and foremost. I will shopping for a new card it seems. I have Windows 10 now, all chipset, bios, and drivers updated and unfortunately the sudden freeze to black screen continues. I have a hard time believing its a heat issue because even in lower temp situations it seems to happen. Its random and unfortunately since it does freeze to black screen I cannot task manager and kill it. I have to basically restart my computer. I also do not see the event info so getting feedback is tough. I will check out the 980s and 970s as well as the other recommendations.
Thanks again!
@abomally my power source is 460w.

Update: I just did some more research, according to more than a few sites the recommended power supply for this card is 500w. Why the hell would Dell make configurations available and not put in the correct power supply?

Dell typically uses the cheapest power supply they can (I doubt that it can actually even handle the 460 watts) and pre-built PC’s often come with power supplies that are barely up to task.

There’s a good chance the issue is your power supply if it simply can’t handle the power required of it.