High End PC - BF1 freezes, forces shutdown or game crash consistantly [ Edited ]

[Aleitheia]

System info:

i7 7700k (4.2ghz)

GTX 1080 (liquid cooled, so thermal throttling isn't an issue)

16gb ddr4 Ram

z270 Stinger MOBO

Samsung 500gb M.2

144hz 1440p Dell G-Sync Monitor

Windows 10 Pro

I play BF4 with no issues, high FPS.

I got BF1 and only started playing it a few days ago.

I let the Nvidia Experience optimize it. It runs great on Ultra, 1440p, and around 70fps or so. Then out of nowhere it will freeze the screen. If I am lucky, I get the little "Battlefield has stopped working...Windows is searching for a solution to the problem..." Dialog so that I at least can just go to desktop. If I am not lucky, the system needs a hard reboot to exit the freeze.

I have tried:

• Repairing install via Origin
• Turning off Origin In-Game option
• Running DX12 instead of 11 - interesting development: when I did this, I also turned on V-sync for kicks; and I would get little micro-freezes and hard fps stutters (like, from 60 down to 1-17 fps) around once every minute or so of gameplay. Although it was super annoying, I thought I could live with it since it wasn't freezing. After about 4 games though, it did the same screen freeze.
• Running DX12 WITHOUT V-Sync - Got higher FPS obviously, and the little micro-freezes disappeared; but it just went back to hard freezing the system.
• Limiting the GPU (in-game setting)
• Running programs as Administrator (I was just curious)
• Re-installed Nvidia Drivers - running latest. 

I feel like this is a game issue, since I can play BF4 perfectly. But I am definitely no expert.

Attached is my DxDiag file 

What else can I try?

Any help would be extremely appreciated.

[Aleitheia · Accepted solution]

Ok....at the risk of jinxing it, I'm gonna say I found the issue.

I had a random BSOD related to the ntoskrnl.exe kernel, and that prompted me to do some resetting/checking.

I did three more things, so it might be one of these:

• disabled Nvidia overlay
• Reset my CMOS and didn't OC
• Ran a RAM test

Since this, I have played for about 4 hours straight with no issues. I really hate not having my FPS counter in the corner, so I may try to re-enable it in GeForce Experience and hope that it wasn't the issue.

Either way, its annoying to have to disable features on your machine to get a game to work, but oh well.  

[Rickeyhb]

Almost same problem, however I can exit with Ctrl + Alt + Delete and selecting task manager.

Game runs perfectly for some time 5-30min then freeze

I am posting here because I am curious for solutions

System:

i7 7700k

GTX 1080Ti

RAM 16gb ddr4 3200

Asus z270E MOBO

Samsung 500gb M.2

144hz 1440p Asus G-Sync Monitor

[Aleitheia]

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@Rickeyhb wrote:

Almost same problem, however I can exit with Ctrl + Alt + Delete and selecting task manager.

Game runs perfectly for some time 5-30min then freeze

I am posting here because I am curious for solutions

System:

i7 7700k

GTX 1080Ti

RAM 16gb ddr4 3200

Asus z270E MOBO

Samsung 500gb M.2

144hz 1440p Asus G-Sync Monitor

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It is Interesting how similar our systems are.

Were you ever able to play before without freezing? I am hearing some people say that the latest update made a lot of random issues.

[Aleitheia · Accepted solution]

Ok....at the risk of jinxing it, I'm gonna say I found the issue.

I had a random BSOD related to the ntoskrnl.exe kernel, and that prompted me to do some resetting/checking.

I did three more things, so it might be one of these:

• disabled Nvidia overlay
• Reset my CMOS and didn't OC
• Ran a RAM test

Since this, I have played for about 4 hours straight with no issues. I really hate not having my FPS counter in the corner, so I may try to re-enable it in GeForce Experience and hope that it wasn't the issue.

Either way, its annoying to have to disable features on your machine to get a game to work, but oh well.  

[Rickeyhb]

Confirmed !

A complete stock UEFI setting

The problem persisted with even the smallest OC

But I were playing just last week with full OC

No RAM problems here but I also disabled Geforce overlay

[Rickeyhb]

I give up.

The problem has returned for me .....

[shivvatron6000]

Im having the same ish problem it will launch the game and black screan pops up then closes down i cant play at all

[TheBatDad1989]

I'm having a similar issue, only my game won't crash. Instead it will play relatively fine for 10 or so minutes, sometimes a lot more before freezing for a few seconds. This usually causes me to die. Similar specs to everyone else in this thread. 

7700k no OC

32gb ddr4 3000

samsung m.2 500gb 

144hz 1080p GSYNC monitor

asus hero IX mobo

gtx 1080 ti

[ghilliedogge]

Hello. This post got my attention because i have similar issues. 

After playing 30 minutes or longer in BF1 my PC freezes, 2 out of 3 monitors get black screen and main monitor showing only single frame. Also no audio and all I can do is to hold power button to kill PC. No temperature issues, I guess something wrong with the Nvidia drivers or Windows 10. This happens only in BF1 so far and I bought the game less than a month ago. Sometimes this crash happens on desktop after I exit the BF1.

GPU - GTX 1080 it ASUS

CPU - i7 7700K (no OC)

16GB RAM

MB - ASUS Z270F

SSD - samsung EVO 850 (game is installed on this drive)

main monitor - acer 165hz

OS - Windows10

I hope this topic isn't dead yet

(Also it is my first time taking part in forum)

[EA_Joker]

Hey  @ghilliedogge,

feel free to create a new topic - PC tech issues can be very specific due to the configuration options on that platform. What would be very helpful however is a DxDiag report, if you could create and attach one. Here's a post that shows you how this is done.

First thing I would try here is deactivating all unnecessary overlays, programs and processes, ideally by performing a clean boot.