Battlefield 3 crashes only when flying

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My Battlefield 3 on PC only seems to crash (BF3.exe isnt responding, etc) when I am flying in a Jet during combat. I have no idea why this is….

I currently have 6970 x 2 in Crossfire, stable OS: Windows 7 x64, 12GB RAM, i7 @ 3.8ghz with a 1200watt psu.

I have tried both the newest drivers for my video cards and the beta drivers: both do not fix this. My battlefield is up to date and so is my OS. I have tried reinstalling the game, to no avail. I am able to watch my temperatures of my CPU, GPU, etc on my left monitor while playing and everything seems okay.

It only crashes when I am flying a jet: Majority of the time on Kharg Island.

Any ideas / input?

EDIT: I read on some other forums that DICE isn't too friendly with pre Overclocked video cards. So I also tried down clocking ( QQ ) both of my cards and I still get random BF3 crashes. Only in the jet.

Best Answer

This is basically "how do I determine if my hardware is stable?"

Sounds like you've already tried

  • making sure your video drivers are 100% up to date

  • monitoring temperatures (though you should try the "open case with house fan blowing on it" to make absolutely sure)

But you have not tried

  • removing ALL overclocks: CPU and GPU. Make everything run at absolute stock speeds to reduce variables.

  • disable CrossFire in the drivers so you are only running on one video card, not two: does it still happen? (no need to physically remove the 2nd card, disabling CrossFire in the drivers should work)

The standard "is my system stable?" tests should be run:

  • run Prime95 overnight and see if your CPU is stable

  • run Memtest86 overnight and see if your memory is stable

  • run Furmark for an hour or so (be careful as this thing loads GPUs far beyond any realistic load)

Warning: Battlefield 3 is known to be extremely GPU intensive and may cause more heat than most games.

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