Argh... I went and bought a GTX 970 *and* a 650w Power Supply (to replace my 400w one) ... but am still getting instant-crash soon as game starts (after cut-scene). Have tried all the fixes stated/claimed so far:
- Borderless Fullscreen / Fullscreen
- Hairworks on/off
- NVidia latest and rolling back to previous version
- 3D settings to full performance
- Exiting Fraps
- Sacrificing a lamb ...
Ok I haven't done the last one yet but am about to ... srsly!! I want to play already!
None of those things serve to fix what needs the devs and also NVIDIA to fix their work. They are band-aids that serve some few players and don't serve others. NVIDIA forums are filled with crash reports on any of the latest drivers back to 347. I have a GTX980 SC powered by a 1,100w PSU on 4 rails, which works beautifully every other way except in W3. I've taken to logging my gaming sessions with PrecisionX stats and Open Hardware, and even at full blast/ultra everything in W3, my GPU's temp is a cool 41 degrees, my CPU hit 40 degrees max the entire time. Just as the game crashes, my monitors show a sudden surge and crash. Not temp related, not power needs, nada.
I've tried all three driver versions. I've turned off practically everything task-running on my PC, and its just not the thing that's wrong - W3 devs and NVIDIA need to work out their problems, and nothing I do will fix it.
My experience is almost always complete PC lock-up, and 99% of the time its right as the Loading circle is done ready to drop me into the scene. Boom! Lock-up solid. Had some problems prior to 1.03, but that patch definitely up'd the problems.
