Running the pc in my sig- it has been suffering crashes to the desktop (win7 64) with ("The video card has been physically removed from the system, or a driver upgrade for the video card has ocured. ") the last few days when playing the new Mass Effect.
The game had been running okay before then - it came up with the error out of the blue and since then, I cannot run the game for more than 2-3 mins before it occurs again. Sometimes it even does it on the main menu before I've started doing anything. Usually there is some mild visual corruption before the crash.
I've tried a variety of drivers between catalyst 15.10 beta (which seems the most stable) up to the most current 17.3 which doesn't crash to desktop, but outright BSODs (Atikmdag.sys). (Been removing drivers with DDU too, just to see). Cleaned/rebuilt as much of the pc as I can, noticed nothing unusual. Even tried repasting the card in case it was temps (although they seemed okay and still seem to be).
Since the errors occurred in ME, I've been getting them in Battlefront too, which has never happened before. Wasn't sure if it's because they're both frostbite (although I'm not sure what has changed), or whether it's because they're the most graphically demanding games I have. Not seeing any problems in city skylines or SWTOR.
Is my 390 dying? It was a warranty replacement not too long ago (of course it's completely out of warranty now..). I'm not sure what else to try, thanks for any suggestions.
The game had been running okay before then - it came up with the error out of the blue and since then, I cannot run the game for more than 2-3 mins before it occurs again. Sometimes it even does it on the main menu before I've started doing anything. Usually there is some mild visual corruption before the crash.
I've tried a variety of drivers between catalyst 15.10 beta (which seems the most stable) up to the most current 17.3 which doesn't crash to desktop, but outright BSODs (Atikmdag.sys). (Been removing drivers with DDU too, just to see). Cleaned/rebuilt as much of the pc as I can, noticed nothing unusual. Even tried repasting the card in case it was temps (although they seemed okay and still seem to be).
Since the errors occurred in ME, I've been getting them in Battlefront too, which has never happened before. Wasn't sure if it's because they're both frostbite (although I'm not sure what has changed), or whether it's because they're the most graphically demanding games I have. Not seeing any problems in city skylines or SWTOR.
Is my 390 dying? It was a warranty replacement not too long ago (of course it's completely out of warranty now..). I'm not sure what else to try, thanks for any suggestions.
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