Borderlands issue

[oddyager]

Has anyone had issues where the game crashes randomly (I have not played a game that lasted longer an hour) with either a general protection fault error or a nvd3dum.dll error? I'm running Windows 7 (32 bit), 8800 GT, duo core CPU. I've eliminated it being a heating issue (monitored core temps and does not run higher than other games) or an OS issue (works fine on another Windows 7 box with a 7950 card). Looked at all the fixes on the official forums and other places and can not find a working solution. Any advice?

 

[JoshGuru7]

I have no problems with Windows 7 (64 bit) and a different nVidia card (295). I would try dropping the 7950 in to see if you can isolate the problem to the 8800GT or the graphics drivers.

 

[digiram]

If it's easier, clean out the current drivers and install new ones first. Then do as JoshGuru mentioned.

 

[zerocool84]

I've had crash issues on two different drivers. It was supposedly just an ATI issue. Didn't know Nvidia had this issue as well. I can't play more than a few minutes.

 

[nyker96]

if you got ATI card, update to 10.8, avoid 10.7 (causes crashes for this game). no clue about NV card crashes.

 

[compcons]

Sorry about old post revival, but it hasn't been archived yet, so...

Since this was recently (months ago - recent for me) on salke through Steam, I started playing. I had crashes to desktop constantly. I found a fix for multi-cpu systems. Open task manager, launch game, go back to TM, right click and set affinity for Borderlands.exe to a single core. Had it up for hours last night.

EH

 

[frozentundra123456]

I have played many hours on an E4500, 9800GT and Vista 32 bit and never had a crash to desktop. A friend also plays the game on Win 7 64 bit and has had no problems. I installed from a CD however, and have not installed the latest updates, since I dont play online. As someone else suggested, try cleaning out your old drivers and reinstalling.

I am using something like 6 month old drivers, dont know if there is a problem with any of the newer ones. I didnt have to do anything about setting it to single core in task manager either.

 

[n7]

FWIW, i play Borderlands just fine on AMD (HD 5870) & nV (GTX260) drivers, no haxery required.

I am using the 10.5 Catalyst still as i've had no real need to upgrade (& don't really like the idea of potential issues i've heard can occur with some of the newer ones).
For nV i believe it's one of the 260.xx ones; cannot recall off hand which ones.