Just installed 6950, crysis crashes on boot

kinger8938 · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:14

hi guys!

just installed the graphics card and ran the disc that came with it, now when i click crysis 2, it shows the cryengine 3 logo then 'stops working' :S

any ideas? could it be a driver issue? first time ive used ati and the driver install part was a bit confusing compared to my nvidia one

thanks

Beerbaron · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:19

If you havent reinstalled the os since the nvidia card/software was installed the drivers might conflict. Always a good idea to do a fresh install first.

Have you rebooted since the drivers and game were installed?

kinger8938 · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:20

i did a fresh install at the weekend, didnt install any drivers myself for the nvidia card, then put this one in today

yea done a restart

confused ha!

kinger8938 · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:24

bfbc2 seems to run fine if that helps anything

Ashfield · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:26

tried a different driver?

kinger8938 · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:28

What one should i be using? I webt through atis site and it gave me a driver but mentioned the catalyst stuff everywhere and not sure if i got the right one!

kinger8938 · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:29

Another game tried crysis warhead, seems to run fine too

MCMLX · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:30

I had this problem with 11.4 preview drivers,went back to 11.2 reinstalled Crysis 2 and worked fine.
What version is on your driver disc,could be out of date already.

Beerbaron · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:31

what os are you using?

Tried running crysis as administrator?

MCMLX · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:33

http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-64.aspx

Win7 64,use the above drivers,d/l top of the list

kinger8938 · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:37

so do you download all them drivers as a pack?

i did install the one at the top of the 'individual drivers' tab earlier!

its win7 64bit, tried as admin just then with no luck

MCMLX · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:40

yep,the catalyst package, it's 93.5mb,

kinger8938 · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:41

ok ill give that a go! thx be bk in a tick!

Elevon · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:44

Btw what PSU are you using with your 6950 card?....I hope its a quality PSU.

brigzilla · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:47

i'm using catalyst 1.4 preview on mine and they seem stable, something could be contradicting it in your system possibly. Also have you patched crysis 2? Mine had some graphical fails before the day 0 patch

kinger8938 · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:53

just installed the driver package, still no luck after that

crysis is patched yea! got a new psu with the card, XFX 650W

kinger8938 · 28 Mar 2011 at 22:00

i didnt try the game on the fresh install but did before i did that, should i try reinstalling the game?

MCMLX · 28 Mar 2011 at 22:03

I had to,you have nothing to lose,anything's worth a try.

kinger8938 · 28 Mar 2011 at 22:05

ok mate will do! does crysis 2 have an activation limit like warhead and crysis 1 did?

brigzilla · 28 Mar 2011 at 22:06

kinger8938 said:
ok mate will do! does crysis 2 have an activation limit like warhead and crysis 1 did?

If it does then probably 5 or so, and as I recall crysis 1 didn't have an activation limit, I have installed it about 100+ times (no really) on my machines using the same key after various formatting and hardware upgrades...