7850 Twin Frozr III

[LtMatt]

The plot thickens considerably.

Sounds like someone needs to run windows update several times and update his drivers.

 

[Hitman_UK]

service pack 1 maybe?

start/compter/system properties

 

[Spenty]

Okay so you already have service pack 1. Gotta love those windows errors that make no sense. Try using this for directx:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=35

 

[Hitman_UK]

 

[wazza300]

somethings up somewhere as direct x should install fine,try installing it as admin

 

[Hitman_UK]

somethings up somewhere as direct x should install fine,try installing it as admin

Tryed that says this and try other one and it don't work



bit baffled by it really

 

[Spenty]

Found this on another forum, strangely enough it came about from sleeping dogs as well:

Ya the thing with the service pack is what I was saying you need to right click the Direct X 11 file and go the advanced or compatibility tab and deselect the option that was running the file in windows vista compatibility or instead you need to select it to run as vista with service pack 2.

Try this as well:

For other Steam users, the file path is: program files/steam/steamapps/sleepingdogs/redist/dxredist/dxsetup.exe

 

[Hitman_UK]

Found this on another forum, strangely enough it came about from sleeping dogs as well:

Ya the thing with the service pack is what I was saying you need to right click the Direct X 11 file and go the advanced or compatibility tab and deselect the option that was running the file in windows vista compatibility or instead you need to select it to run as vista with service pack 2.

Try this as well:

For other Steam users, the file path is: program files/steam/steamapps/sleepingdogs/redist/dxredist/dxsetup.exe

it says it installed by the second option.

changing the compatility mode didn't do anything

game still crashes on high and extreme

 

[Spenty]

It's to do with the game not installing the right files for dx11 which high and extreme options need. I'm out of ideas mate.

 

[LtMatt]

It's to do with the game not installing the right files for dx11 which high and extreme options need. I'm out of ideas mate.

Reinstall driver time.

 

[Spenty]

Reinstall driver time.

He can all but try.

 

[Hitman_UK]

it wont let me install it or it says it's install when im guessing it isin't

other option is reinstalling windows and installing everything again

if it doesn't work I don't know what i can do.

** is this card capable of running it on extreme then?

 

[Spenty]

It will probably struggle on extreme but it should certainly run it without crashing. Do not reinstall windows. Someone tried that from the thread I found and it didn't work. It's do with the installer thinking it doesn't need to install certain directx 11 files. I'll do some more digging.

 

[LtMatt]

A reinstall of windows is always a solid option if all else fails.

 

[wazza300]

Have you disabled onboard graphics in the BIOS? I was thinking maybe its interfering with installing dx drivers as it could be detecting igpu and not graphic card?

 

[Hitman_UK]

Have you disabled onboard graphics in the BIOS? I was thinking maybe its interfering with installing dx drivers as it could be detecting igpu and not graphic card?

yep i already did that

 

[olivier renault]

The card is factory overclocked iirc.

You can either decrease the overclock, or bump the core voltage a little. MSI afterburner is a good tool to have for monitoring and tweaking your GPU, and also great at capturing game footage.

It's not unheard of that some factory overclocked cards need a little voltage bump to keep them stable.

Also, try running stress tests like Unigine and 3DMark. You can run in a window and run Afterburner side by side to monitor the card. Unigine will stress the card 100%.

The PSU you got should easily cope with your card. If you still have instability issues, try another PSU connector.

 

[NightSt@lk3r]

Sounds like the same issue i and many many many other people are having with this game, it just crashes on the loading screen, there is no fix for it you'll just have to wait for a patch if they ever fix it.

 

[Amatsubu]

Well, I can play this game on extreme settings (except SSAA ofc) on the same card as yours mate but I'd say there's still something wrong with it. During gameplay, the GPU usage often drops when cruising around the city which results in significant fps drop. It can go as low as 50 % making the FPS drop below 30. My guess is that this game is just poorly optimised with lots of software bugs (it also crashed to desktop a couple of times for me) as I can't see a reason why it wouldn't run on extreme on your card.

 

[Marine-RX179]

Have you patched the game to the latest? I recalled Sleeping Dogs has some performance problems with the initial release.