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Borderlands issue

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oddyager

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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?
 
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.
 
If it's easier, clean out the current drivers and install new ones first. Then do as JoshGuru mentioned.
 
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.
 
if you got ATI card, update to 10.8, avoid 10.7 (causes crashes for this game). no clue about NV card crashes.
 
Sorry about old post revival, but it hasn't been archived yet, so...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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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