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My computer, which has a nividia gtx670 card, started to have these driver crashes recently. I stumbled upon this thread when looking for clues. It certainly sounds it could be related to the observations in this thread. That computer hasn’t been used to play any other games except GW2. And this started to happen around the time of the mentioned patch. The bad thing is, it seems that the card is now breaking down. There’s now artefacts appearing that shouldn’t be there and lowering settings will not stop drivers from crashing.
I’m going to RMA this card, and hopefully the same thing will not happen with a new one.
Rma takes time. I’d really make sure if the card is damaged for good before I RMA because if its not the card you will be sent exactly the same card but you will loose 1 week of your time. Try other games you can find them on the certain places if you dont wanna pay. Or try benchmarks.. Bios update might help. Also if you recently upgraded your GPU make sure its in the 16x slot in your motherboard. Try latest 3 drivers to see whether that makes any difference.
Also those artifacts might be due to overheating if the card is trying to boost itself on high temps for some odd reasons. Because it should only boost if there is a thermal headroom to prevent damage.
I tried Furmark as well and it certainly seemed it was broken, either the core/memory or the cooling itself. I took it to the shop that sold it and they said it might take up to 2 weeks. But the next day they contacted me and gave me a new card. So apparently they deemed it broken too :-). The new card works fine for now.
So in the end I’m not sure if it’s related to the recent engine changes. Or maybe it was just one factor in this. It also could just have been a coincidence that the card broke about a week after this thread was started.
My computer, which has a nividia gtx670 card, started to have these driver crashes recently. I stumbled upon this thread when looking for clues. It certainly sounds it could be related to the observations in this thread. That computer hasn’t been used to play any other games except GW2. And this started to happen around the time of the mentioned patch. The bad thing is, it seems that the card is now breaking down. There’s now artefacts appearing that shouldn’t be there and lowering settings will not stop drivers from crashing.
I’m going to RMA this card, and hopefully the same thing will not happen with a new one.