War Thunder causing black screen

[GlennyDMB]

Hello first off thanks for taking the time to read this
When I load up War Thunder it all works smoothly but when I go to play a match or test flight my pc freezes for a good minute or so after that I can play that match/test flight. Afterwards whenever I go to play another match/test flight my computer freaks out black screens, where I can only see my mouse cursor. I can not alt+tab or ctrl+alt+del I am forced to hard reset. Also it causes my dvd drive to spin like crazy and the whole thing sounds like its about to take off. I've tried the newest NVidia graphics drivers and a previous one. I did recently install a new HDD but no other games have given me any problems. I am wondering if maybe I have a BIOS driver update or something.

If you have any questions feel free to ask me. I'm not that great with computers though so I don't know how much help I could be but I'll sure try my best

Specs:
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3350P CPU @ 3.10GHz
Manufacturer Intel
Speed 3.1 GHz
Number of Cores 4

Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chipset GeForce GTX 770
Dedicated Memory 3.1 GB
Total Memory 4.0 GB

Memory 8.2 GB

Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 Professional Edition (build 9200), 64-bit
Service Pack 0
Size 64 Bit
Edition Professional

Display Maximum Resolution 1920 x 1080

DVD ASUS DRW-24F1ST a

CD ASUS DRW-24F1ST a

Drive
Size 931.2 GB
Free 793.9 GB


MORE DETAILED SPECS:

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3350P CPU @ 3.10GHz
Manufacturer Intel
Speed 3.1 GHz
Number of Cores 4
CPU ID BFEBFBFF000306A9
Family 06
Model 3A
Stepping 9
Revision

Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chipset GeForce GTX 770
Dedicated Memory 3.1 GB
Total Memory 4.0 GB
Pixel Shader Version 5.0
Vertex Shader Version 5.0
Hardware T & L Yes
Vendor ID 10DE
Device ID 1184
Plug and Play ID VEN_10DE&DEV_1184&SUBSYS_37743842&REV_A1
Driver Version 9.18.13.4709

Memory 8.2 GB

Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 Professional Edition (build 9200), 64-bit
Service Pack 0
Size 64 Bit
Edition Professional
Version 6.2.9200
Locale 0409

BIOS BIOS Date: 08/07/13 16:39:40 Ver: 04.06.05
Version American Megatrends Inc. P1.70
Manufacturer American Megatrends Inc.
Date 08/07/13

Display Maximum Resolution 1920 x 1080

Sound Device 1 NVIDIA High Definition Audio
Driver Version 1.3.33.0

Sound Device 2 High Definition Audio Device
Driver Version 6.3.9600.16384

Sound Device 3 NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM)
Driver Version

Sound Device 4 Corsair Vengeance 1500
Driver Version 7.0.8.2150

DVD ASUS DRW-24F1ST a

CD ASUS DRW-24F1ST a

Drive
Size 931.2 GB
Free 793.9 GB

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[TechyInAZ]

Try checking the game cache in the war thunder launcher.

I've been playing WT for nearly a year now and have never had any problems with black screening.

 

[GlennyDMB]

Try checking the game cache in the war thunder launcher.

I've been playing WT for nearly a year now and have never had any problems with black screening.

I tried verifying the integrity of the game cache through Steam and analyzing the files through the launcher itself. Also Ive read that some people who's game was freezing had luck with disable shadows and choosing DX9 for rendering. I tried both but no luck :/ This time however when I tried playing the game it actually detected a freeze and opened up the little window that tells you so, but still after trying to play again, the whole black screen thing happened again. Thanks for the reply

 

[TechyInAZ]

Try checking the game cache in the war thunder launcher.

I've been playing WT for nearly a year now and have never had any problems with black screening.

I tried verifying the integrity of the game cache through Steam and analyzing the files through the launcher itself. Also Ive read that some people who's game was freezing had luck with disable shadows and choosing DX9 for rendering. I tried both but no luck :/ This time however when I tried playing the game it actually detected a freeze and opened up the little window that tells you so, but still after trying to play again, the whole black screen thing happened again. Thanks for the reply

Does it only happen with War Thunder? Try using a different graphics card.

 

[GlennyDMB]

Try checking the game cache in the war thunder launcher.

I've been playing WT for nearly a year now and have never had any problems with black screening.

I tried verifying the integrity of the game cache through Steam and analyzing the files through the launcher itself. Also Ive read that some people who's game was freezing had luck with disable shadows and choosing DX9 for rendering. I tried both but no luck :/ This time however when I tried playing the game it actually detected a freeze and opened up the little window that tells you so, but still after trying to play again, the whole black screen thing happened again. Thanks for the reply

Does it only happen with War Thunder? Try using a different graphics card.

This is extremely weird but it seems to only happen to free to play games I've downloaded through Steam. I've tried War Thunder, Black Light Retribution and Path of Exile. All have the same problems.. a few minutes of gameplay then freeze then black screen.

I'll try using a different graphics card and see if that is the problem, if not I guess I wont be playing any F2P any time soon.