Solved BSOD on Tomb Raider (2013) and Bioshock Infinite

prisonbreak

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Been getting various BSOD on these two games. I suspect it might be Nvidia driver related, but I am using the latest drivers. This is a newly built system, so I have no experience with a prior driver set.

Tomb Raider is notorious for problems with Nvidia systems, but I have tried all the fixes I could find (disabling tressfx, tesselation, borderless window mode etc). Even dropped my system down to the lowest possible settings. It blue screens within an hour, perhaps telling me it's time to get up and stretch, or go outside and smell some flowers :)

I just started playing Bioshock Infinite tonight, and got two BSOD, and I admit I am playing it on ultimate settings.

Also, when I have gotten the BSOD, I will hear a loud buzzing sound from my speakers, which goes away after my system reboots.

Despite these BSOD, the games play very well and smooth.

I've also recently played through Rage and Metro 2033 to completion with no problems at all other than the fact that Metro 2033 plays like a pig.

I basically use the computer for gaming only (steam) and don't have much of anything installed on it.

Would it be recommended to uninstall my current video card drivers and use a previous version?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 64 bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i5 4690k
    Motherboard
    MSI Z97M gaming
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 770 OC
    Browser
    firefox

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
    Screen Resolution
    Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    AMD K140
    Cores 2
    Threads 2
    Name AMD K140
    Package Socket FT1 BGA
    Technology 40nm
    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
    Family F
    Extended Family 14
    Model 2
    Extended Model 2
    Stepping 0
    Revision ON-C0
    Instruction
    Browser
    Opera 24.0
    Antivirus
    Avast Internet Security
I do meet those requirements, GTX 770 with 2 GB video memory. Unless you meant something else?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 64 bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i5 4690k
    Motherboard
    MSI Z97M gaming
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 770 OC
    Browser
    firefox

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
    Screen Resolution
    Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    AMD K140
    Cores 2
    Threads 2
    Name AMD K140
    Package Socket FT1 BGA
    Technology 40nm
    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
    Family F
    Extended Family 14
    Model 2
    Extended Model 2
    Stepping 0
    Revision ON-C0
    Instruction
    Browser
    Opera 24.0
    Antivirus
    Avast Internet Security
That's good advice, thanks. As I mentioned, the game is notorious for problems with nvidia hardware, but all the tips that helped everyone else haven't worked for me. And with it also happening with Bioshock Infinite, I was thinking it must be more than just a game setting. Hopefully only a driver issue.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 64 bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i5 4690k
    Motherboard
    MSI Z97M gaming
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 770 OC
    Browser
    firefox
Just wanted to update this. My newly built pc came with nvidia driver v340.52 installed. I removed it with the display driver removal tool and installed v337.88. No more blue screens. Not sure if it was the actual driver package v340.52, or maybe a corrupt file from it. As it is, I'll stick with the v337.88. Makes me leery about installing future versions though.

My specs, in case this is of use to someone else having a similar problem:

Intel Core i5 4690K
MSI GeForce GTX 770 OC Twin Frozr IV 1098/1150MHZ 2GB
MSI Z97M Gaming Motherboard
Kingston Hyperxfury Memory Red 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1866 CL10 Dual Channel Memory Kit
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB 2.5in SSD
Seagate 1TB 7200 RPM Hard Disk
Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H60 CPU Cooler System 2013 Edition
Seasonic G-550 Gold 550W ATX 80PLUS PSU
Windows 8.1 64Bit
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 64 bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i5 4690k
    Motherboard
    MSI Z97M gaming
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 770 OC
    Browser
    firefox
Thanks prisonbreak for posting back your solution ^_^.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro B-)
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba
    CPU
    Core I5 2430M @ 2.4GHz
    Memory
    8 GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz Dual Channel ^_^
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 3000 B-)
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba 500 GB
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender & Common Sense!
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