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GRID crashing

Vertigo

Vertigo

Vertigo

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Hi guys,

Got a weird problem with GRID on one of my machines. Plays fine to start with but, after a random period of time, will crash hard. Symptoms are the screen goes blank and then into powersave mode and machine is totally unresponsive. Can hear bursts of sound from the game so it's not totally locked but can't even Ctrl-Alt-Del and have to reach for the big red button.

Only seems to be GRID that does this so don't think it's a general power/overheating stability issue but think it is related to the graphics card in some way. This is a 4870 1GB with Catalyst 9.7. Are there any known compatibility issues with this game and these drivers or the 4870 in general?

BTW, am using the Windows 7 RC, build 7100.

Any advice appreciated :)
 
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baked188 said:
Few thigns they advise is making sure speedstep is disabled in bios (grid doesnt like multiple clock speeds)
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We might be on to something here! Have disabled speedstep and so far so good! Will need to play a fair bit more to be sure but looks promising, thanks!

Thanks also to everyone else who replied :)
 
Spoke too soon, it went again :(

Even tried turning off audio acceleration in case that was it but still crashes totally randomly. Starting to wonder if it just doesn't like the W7 RC.
 
No cracks, genuine install with latest patch and disc in the drive. Gonna try knocking the drivers back to 9.5 - didn't want to do this previously as I'm at a LAN and couldn't risk screwing up everything else.
 
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