Guild Wars 2

Why hasn’t the “guild wars 2 has encountered an unrecoverable graphics driver error” been fixed since launch. I had no issues when this game was in beta weekends. Since launch it happens non stop.

System Specs Sager np8760 Laptop:
Intel i7 Q820m
Nivida GTX28m
4GB memory
Win7 64bit SP1
Steps taking to fix:
I have down graded my drivers to an older release (Started with 304.79 & down graded to 301.42)
I have dusted and cleaned
I have put all settings to low (This helps, yet just prolongs it sometimes)
I have set my GPU to max performance un the nvidia options
I have checked my GPU & CPU tempatures (GPU = 70c & CPU = 50c)
I have reformatted and installed just the basics for my laptop to run (drivers and fresh install of Guild Wars 2)
I have taken apart my Laptop to get to the GPU & CPU. (I reapplied Arctic Silver 5 Thermal paste on both, plus cleaned any and all dust around the heat sink and fans.)
I have checked new temps(after letting Arctic Silver 5 set in) GPU = 65c & CPU = 47c

I have installed a fresh set of the newest drivers (306.97)
With all of this the problem reproduces itself when it pleases. I hope that Arena Net can take a look into this problem ASAP and find out what the deal is and fix it for the whole community. Thank you

Update: Have the newest drivers 310.54 still happening. ANET we need answer more than what you have posted in the suppurt FAQ. That does not fix the problem.

So I have had this problem for a long time. I believe I have solved it for myself; however the fix is not a fix I like, yet it works. So what I did last night was downloaded MSI Afterburner. After that I down clocked the core 100mhz. I I played for 5hours straight in WvW(where I mostly black screen) and not a single crash. I then tried only a 10% down clock. For that was only 58mhz taken from 583mhz. I played for another 4 hours straight all in WvW with huge serfs from all 3 sides and no crash. I am glad that I can play now worry free, but this is not how it should be fixed. Anet still needs to look into this and find a 100% fix with making dumb changes to nvidia options or having to down clock the GPU.

I’m leaning towards the fact your GPU can’t handle the load requested by the game. Its a hardware stability issue and can degrade overtime.

This could be true; however, I play games such as Battle Field 3 with maxed out settings and do not get any issues. The crazy thing is during Beta testing I had no problems what so ever, yet when the game came out 8/2012 The problem started to happen.

I had this problem before and have solved it by entering my GPU Control Center > Gaming > 3D and adding Gw2.exe to the list then playing around the settings. I hope this solves the issue for others because I remember going through hell, and know that till now, this issue still occurs for many.