Game freezing up regardless of graphic settings

[jarthur07]

So, I just upgraded my graphic cards to accommodate Final Fantasy 14 on my desktop and for 10-15 minutes, the game runs beautifully; however, it will begin freezing after this point. The game will not crash, but will recover after a minute or two. I can usually alt tab/ctrl alt del to the desktop and bring the game up back up that way as well. I have tried lowering all of my settings and this is not having an effect - the freezing still occurs. My drivers are upgraded as well.

Here are my specs:
intel core i7 processor
Motherboard: Winbond W83677HG-i
RAM: Gold Series PC3 10666 (two 4GB DDR3 sticks)
PSU: Ultra X4 750W
Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce GTX 660
Running Windows 7 64 bit

Any help would be appreciated!

 

[ingtar33]

try the WHQL 314.18 drivers for your nvidia card. more recent drivers have mostly been AMD level junk.

 

[swifty_morgan]

what was the old card?

 

[jarthur07]

what was the old card?

A Nvidia Geforce GTX 400 generation - it was 3 years old.

 

[swifty_morgan]

heat? when's the last time you changed the thermal paste on the processor? also, does the case have adequate air flow throughout?

 

[jarthur07]

heat? when's the last time you changed the thermal paste on the processor? also, does the case have adequate air flow throughout?

The case has 4 fans running - as far as thermal paste goes, not since my brother built it.

I've tried running the older driver and it just increased the crash frequency.

 

[swifty_morgan]

try disabling the nvidia sound drivers.

 

[jarthur07]

It's solely this game that is crashing - I've run other games, multiple programs, etc. - Any of possible solutions? I appreciate you all for helping me troubleshoot this issue!

 

[ingtar33]

have you tried rolling back to the WHQL 314.18 driver?

 

[jarthur07]

have you tried rolling back to the WHQL 314.18 driver?

I couldn't find that particular drive but I tried 314.20 if I remember correctly.