IronFront and ARMA issue

[Timbo_Mint]

Hi

I've had a issue with the ARMA2 minimising and requiring a CRTL-ALT-RETURN to recover (swapping between windowed and full screen), once or twice a game. However I have just brought IronFront and it is minimising every ten minutes or so. I get a message that my Graphics drivers have stopped working.

C-A-Return works but I have to ESc out for the game - not good if you are in a fire fight or flying. One Forum thread I read seemed to suggest that it was my graphics card (Nvidia GTX295) but then others seem to have had the problem with newer cards and before I go spending big money on a new card I would like to know for sure.

I've turned off Anti-Aliasing -another suggested cause and I've read about an 'Alt/ numpad "-" and flush' but 'Alt-' did nothing!

Has Anyone any ideas what it could be and how it may be solved?

[130R]

Are you using the latest 301.42 WHQL drivers? Is your card overclocked?

[Timbo_Mint]

130R said:

Are you using the latest 301.42 WHQL drivers? Is your card overclocked?

Nvidia drivers 296.10 - though downloading 301.42 now

Thought the problem has been occurring in ARMA2 for several iterations of drivers

No nothings overclocked

[130R]

If it was the game crashing I would think it's a bug in the game, but if the drivers are crashing then it looks like a driver bug or lack of voltage to the card or temps getting too high (that's why I asked about overclocking). If you still have the issue with the latest drivers maybe try bumping the voltage a bit or underclocking the card a bit and see if that helps.

[SlipStream77]

In my experience, driver crashes are caused by overheating.

[ben5732]

Get the crash report from Arma and host the file (can be a few mb) id explain how to do it but posting from phonr at the moment give it a quick google. Il have a peak tomorrow see if theres anything i can find making it crash.