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    Fallout 4 black screen hard crashes - 980m

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by anarky321, May 20, 2016.

  1. anarky321

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    anyone else having crashes with this? getting hard locks with core at anything above 1040 - im guessing this is GPU related

    ps.: Far Harbor really makes your GPU sweat..anyone running this on 980m SLI? what's your FPS?
     
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    I haven't gotten around to the new DLC yet, but before one of my 980m died I used only one and it was fine. I was running 55-60fps and over 200 mods with no problems @ 3440x1440. Even when I used the 980ms in SLI I never really saw a big difference.
     
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  3. Rengsey R. H. Jr.

    Rengsey R. H. Jr. I Never Slept

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    There is an update for far harbor ...
     
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    well im running 1026 core now and no crashes so far so its an OC issue or temp issue idk ...does the game fully utilize SLI ill just get a second 980m then
     
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    the biggest problem is that Shadowboost hasn't been updated to work with far harbor yet, so my fps falls as low as 35 on a regular basis
     
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    I ran the main game with a single gpu just fine. Latest drivers and dell vbios paired with 32 gigs of ram and my 3720qm gives me a steady 45 to 60 fps with a utilization around 65 to 98%.
     
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    This game is total failure. Engine is ancient and it's overclocked to it's ancient maximum. Every item is tessalated to ensure that your GPU will work at 100%. SLI barely works, it's broken because it was working in previous fallouts. Dialog system is awful. Story doesn't exist. World is small. The only one advantage is Fallout in the name...
     
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