BF4 freezes ENTIRE PC?

[Cheeky_Chris]

After playing BF4 for about an hour or so it freezes my entire PC and I am forced to to use the power button to power it off. This doesn't happnen in any other game. Is this yet another issue with the critically acclaimed BF4?

 

[Rams Anirudh]

Have you overclocked the GPU ? If so try to make it to normal and check

 

[Cheeky_Chris]

Have you overclocked the GPU ? If so try to make it to normal and check

Nope, it's completely normal. I haven't felt the need for any overclocking

 

[Rams Anirudh]

You have a good build but the cause of this could be due to over heating of GPU make sure you have the latest Nvidia drivers also installed. Check the temp of the GPU while playing

 

[leeb2013]

After playing BF4 for about an hour or so it freezes my entire PC and I am forced to to use the power button to power it off. This doesn't happnen in any other game. Is this yet another issue with the critically acclaimed BF4?

They break something new in every new release whilst occasionally fixing something, only to be broken later. It doesn't surprise me in the slightest that you have this issue.

A recoverable freeze is usually the GPU. Non-recoverable is usually the CPU/memory. Your signature says your I7 is o/c to 4.3GHz, is this not the case anymore?

 

[Cheeky_Chris]

After playing BF4 for about an hour or so it freezes my entire PC and I am forced to to use the power button to power it off. This doesn't happnen in any other game. Is this yet another issue with the critically acclaimed BF4?

They break something new in every new release whilst occasionally fixing something, only to be broken later. It doesn't surprise me in the slightest that you have this issue.

A recoverable freeze is usually the GPU. Non-recoverable is usually the CPU/memory. Your signature says your I7 is o/c to 4.3GHz, is this not the case anymore?

The CPU is overclocked, not the GPU

 

[Cheeky_Chris]

You have a good build but the cause of this could be due to over heating of GPU make sure you have the latest Nvidia drivers also installed. Check the temp of the GPU while playing

I have a 92mm (soon to be 120mm) noctua fan blowing air directly towards thr GPU fans. It usually stays around 75-80 degrees Even while running unigine valley

 

[Rams Anirudh]

Regarding BF4 its always said that it crashes computer after a new update, i have seen many on the official forum and they will release a hotfix after which the problem is fixed. I don think that temp you have mentioned is high which could cause crash. Do you get any error or does the comp just freeze?

 

[Cheeky_Chris]

Regarding BF4 its always said that it crashes computer after a new update, i have seen many on the official forum and they will release a hotfix after which the problem is fixed. I don think that temp you have mentioned is high which could cause crash. Do you get any error or does the comp just freeze?

A complete freeze of the entire system. Not even task manager works. I have to turn it off by the button which I'm not too keen on. There is no error message when my PC boots back up

 

[Rams Anirudh]

Okay if there is no error when starting up again then it is not a critical error which is related to OS drivers. I guess something is to do with the game, try to update Nvidia drivers and check.

 

[Cheeky_Chris]

Okay if there is no error when starting up again then it is not a critical error which is related to OS drivers. I guess something is to do with the game, try to update Nvidia drivers and check.

Turns out I was still on the previous beta drivers so I have updated to the official release.
I will have to let you know if it runs tomorrow.

 

[Rams Anirudh]

No problem, you can try to run game how much ever you can. Try both low settings and high settings, check if it crashes. If it does again then surely its related to hardware !

 

[Karl Gustaf Fredrik Lundqvist]

I have the same problem a brief flicker of neon lights and then complete Freeze. I tried everything and nothing works, sometimes if I play in border-less mode the crash is recoverable.. In my opinion it is the combination BF4+NVIDIA+Windows 8.1 = disaster. My system is water cooled and nothing goes beyond 40 C.

2 loop water-cooled - 2* 680 GTX - i7 3970 - Rampage Extreme IV - 32 GB Ram - 1200w Corsair - 5760*1080 resolution

I also have no error posts at start up nor anything in the log..