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    L502x & Battlefield 3

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by fibre1, Nov 1, 2011.

  1. fibre1

    fibre1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys haven't been on for a while

    After finally getting bf3 limited ed through the post, getting past of the install headache. I'm now having problems playing the dam game

    I have noticed after a while the game keeps crashing, just freezes mid game, screen goes white and once i ctrl alt del.... task manager shows that the ram has all been used up

    What could be the problem? anyone having similar issues?

    All the nvidia drivers and dx11 are up to date

    I72630
    4GB 1333
    nvidia GT540
     
    fibre1, Nov 1, 2011
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    4gb should be plenty to play games. You don't need anything over that to play any game. When you are playing BF3, do you have any programs running in the background that are minimized?
     
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    fibre1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have nothing running apart from what is needed to play the game, i.e origin
    i know other users of battlefield having similar problems on rigs that a far superior than mine
     
    fibre1, Nov 1, 2011
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    zjacobss Notebook Consultant

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    Repaste your GPU and CPU
     
    zjacobss, Nov 1, 2011
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    Do you have the BF3 Beta drivers from the Nvidia website or the drivers from the Dell website. I had similar problems and the beta driver solved them.
     
    ohsohigh, Nov 1, 2011
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    fibre1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    how do i do this??

    updated via the nvidia updater, 265.94
     
    fibre1, Nov 1, 2011
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    The bf3 beta drivers for nvidia were the 285.38, and the newest drivers for your card are the 285.62 whql (if you're on win7 64): Graphics Driver - Verde 285.62 Driver - GeForce

    try the driver i linked to and see if it helps the performance.
     
    khetik, Nov 2, 2011
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    im using 285.62 drivers on windows 7 x64 and works perfectly
     
    Kevarmy1337, Nov 2, 2011
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    cheers mate, i did mean them... been monitoring hasn't crashed as much, will keep seeing how it goes!!
     
    fibre1, Nov 2, 2011
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    Check your cpu/gpu temps as well. You can check your gpu temps through gpu-z and cpu temps through either hwinfo32/64 or hwmonitor. Temps can be the cause of the instability you are facing.
     
    khetik, Nov 3, 2011
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    i have been checking them since i got the game using hwmonitor, max temps im getting is in the 90s.

    its the physical memory usage is what i believe is causing the issues as when it white screens and freezes there is no physical memory available when i use taks manager to close bf3 down
     
    fibre1, Nov 3, 2011
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