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BF4 Crashes + overclock issues

Soldato
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Hi all, I'm having a little issue with BF4. If I have my CPU @ 4.6Ghz then BF4 seems to crash within the first 5-10mins, No blue screen errors just a BF4 crash.

But If I run with 4.4Ghz then It doesn't crash (at least not with frequency even managed 2h's non stop without a crash at 4.4)

Of course a lot of people are crashing right now and that makes it hard to determine what is going on and if my 4.6ghz is crashing it more than 4.4

No other game crashes when using 4.6ghz in fact Batman: Arkham origins LOVES it

any ideas or should I just leave it at 4.4 for a week or two until EA pull their fingers out?

just remembered it did this during the BETA too! had to drop down to 4.4 for that
 
Well it seems 4.6 helps it crash faster but 4.4 still crashes from time to time. Hopefully they fix it soon, gotta say yesterday was a bit better rarely had a crash but the servers kept going down lost a 22k score with multiple unlocks :( one of those rare rounds that would take 5 normal rounds to complete.
 
Run your machine at stock and if the crashes stop then it most definitely is overclock related, this is why you should stability test with Prime95 etc there is always new software around the corner which will push your system harder than all previous software. Why take the risk of stability issues for a few extra fps?

Even if a system is Prime stable it could still crash in things like BF4 due to the extra 300W load on the PSU and extra heat being pumped into the case.

If it's happening at stock then it's most likely to be software bugs, faulty memory or GPU related.

I must add that I'm totally prime stable @ 4.6 , ran an 8hour+ test and it passed absolutely fine my GPU is also stable and I dont get fluctuations with core clocks in BF4, Once they iron out the bugs because the game is pretty darn intensive I'll play around with vcore if 4.6 still crashes it.
 
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