BF3 crashes

[Zombiedude101]

After about 10-30 minutes of running BF3, it freezes and crashes. How can I fix this. And before you start my PC isn't shit, when BF3 runs it runs on about 40-60 FPS average on high settings. Specs:

i3 550 3.2 Ghz (Don't complain about it bottlenecking)
GTX 560 Non Ti 1GB GDDR5
8GB DDR3 RAM
750 Watt PSU

 

[Ves]

Update your graphics card driver.

 

[Arzalis]

What kind of PSU? As in, what brand/model number?

 

[Zombiedude101]

I honestly don't know, though I know it isn't shit.

 

[Arzalis]

Without knowing more about your computer, it's hard to say. It's not a problem with BF3 itself, though.

 

[posepsi]

Is it overheating?

Are you closing as many background programs as you can?

 

[Arzalis]

With that much RAM and an i3, background processes shouldn't matter too much. Though if you have a ton of them running, it couldn't hurt to close some. Did you properly install the new graphics drivers? That is, uninstalled, start in safe mode, clean the drivers out completely with a program like driver sweeper, restart, and then install the newest ones? Since you switched cards recently, it wouldn't be a bad idea to completely clean old drivers out.

 

[chris584]

I used a 460 on ultra for BF3 and the temperature never ran above 60, so I doubt it's overheating. Does the time it takes to crash differ based on size of the map, game mode, graphics setting etc.?

 

[Zombiedude101]

Wait since I updated my drivers I haven't had a crash.

 

[posepsi]

It's always a good idea to check for upgrades for your drivers whenever you experience issues.

 

[Zombiedude101]

Yeah initially I'd avoided updating my drivers because I'd heard some of the newer drivers for the 560 decreased performance and made it heat up more.

 

[Ugotpwned]

I know the problem, if you are using a cracked version of windows. Its punkbuster detecting it is a cracked copy and is booting you from the server, but as it does it crashes and crashes the game. To fix this you need to replace the crack with a newer one so that punkbuster does not detect it. I forgot what crack to use for it so your going to have to do some searching.

 

[Zombiedude101]

It isn't a cracked version, it's one I bought. Tsk tsk tsk.

 

[Ugotpwned]

You think I can afford windows? PSSH