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    constant random freeze need hard reset

    So tired of posting problems with this game. Started playing Far Cry 4 again ( have not played since Ubisoft broke the game to sell Yeti DLC ) and can not progress any further due to constant random freezes that require a hard reset of my system. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the game and my graphics drivers are up to date. Can anyone help or is this mess of a game perminatley broken. Nothing but broken games from Ubisoft since Watchdogs then Unity and Far Cry 4.

    Windows 8.1
    intel i7 4930
    Sabertooth X79 MB
    32 GB RAM
    980 ti sli
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    Butcherbird59's Avatar Senior Member
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    Try to play the game with just one GPU - still problems?
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    Did you try disabling SLI?

    Edit: Damn, that was a nice timing!
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    Originally Posted by Patu Go to original post
    Did you try disabling SLI?
    Can you please explain what is the SLI? My problems have just started a week or so when I get killed,I still hear the game but the screen is greyed out.

    Same thing happens when I go into a race to get stuff for the designer...if I don't make the time in the race,it tries to replay the race,but instead,greys out and freezes.

    I have 2.11 GIG left on my HD but I don't think that is the issue as I play other games without a problem. I have verified the game itself.

    Windows 7 sp1 Geforce GTX 560,16 gig RAM.
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    how old is the power supply in your system ? you may need to change it .. your issue has nothing to do with SLI .. SLI is useing TWO video cards connected together with an Nvidia SLI bridge

    also you may wish to upgrade your GtX 560 ..thats a pretty low end Graphics card to run FC 4 with as it has a low pixel and vertex shader count

    and the reason i say check your power supply i had the game lock up on me a few months ago .. turned out my Power supply was failing .. so i replaced it with the spare i keep on hand
    problem went away (i guess it was not feeding the vid card enough power anymore .. and yea PSU's do wear out over time (hence i keep a spare on hand all the time )

    but i had an ASUS Strix GTX 960 installed then .. recently upgraded the GPU to a 6 gig Gigabyte GTX 1060 a few weeks ago and man the game runs waaayy better on a 1060 then it ever did on my GTX 960 2 gig card

    but if your power supply is a few yrs old like your graphics card i already KNOW is .. yea get a new PSU

    if you plan to keep using your GTX 560 try older drivers and ALWAYS use Display driver uninstaller in Windows safe mode (DDU )


    and install your video drivers Clean and exit all backround applications before you load the game .. your issue may be a driver problem , i do recall Nvidia shadow play caused problems last yr on some cards if you installed GF exp with your drivers .. i never install that crap

    a GTX 560 is quite an old card so it may be the card is failing too ..not sure but i don;t think Nvidia is gonna keep supporting those older Fermi chip cards much longer

    an you can see here how much faster the newer GPU's are right on this hard ware specs page

    http://pclinks.xtreemhost.com/video.htm

    but if your power supply is as old as your GTX 560 (the GTX 560 came out in 2011 ) .. yea i'd replace that first to rule out a bad PSU
    after about 5 or 6 yrs some do go flaky and can cause your games to lock up
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    Originally Posted by WID992007 Go to original post
    how old is the power supply in your system ? you may need to change it .. your issue has nothing to do with SLI .. SLI is useing TWO video cards connected together with an Nvidia SLI bridge

    also you may wish to upgrade your GtX 560 ..thats a pretty low end Graphics card to run FC 4 with as it has a low pixel and vertex shader count

    and the reason i say check your power supply i had the game lock up on me a few months ago .. turned out my Power supply was failing .. so i replaced it with the spare i keep on hand
    problem went away (i guess it was not feeding the vid card enough power anymore .. and yea PSU's do wear out over time (hence i keep a spare on hand all the time )

    but i had an ASUS Strix GTX 960 installed then .. recently upgraded the GPU to a 6 gig Gigabyte GTX 1060 a few weeks ago and man the game runs waaayy better on a 1060 then it ever did on my GTX 960 2 gig card

    but if your power supply is a few yrs old like your graphics card i already KNOW is .. yea get a new PSU

    if you plan to keep using your GTX 560 try older drivers and ALWAYS use Display driver uninstaller in Windows safe mode (DDU )


    and install your video drivers Clean and exit all backround applications before you load the game .. your issue may be a driver problem , i do recall Nvidia shadow play caused problems last yr on some cards if you installed GF exp with your drivers .. i never install that crap

    a GTX 560 is quite an old card so it may be the card is failing too ..not sure but i don;t think Nvidia is gonna keep supporting those older Fermi chip cards much longer

    an you can see here how much faster the newer GPU's are right on this hard ware specs page

    http://pclinks.xtreemhost.com/video.htm

    but if your power supply is as old as your GTX 560 (the GTX 560 came out in 2011 ) .. yea i'd replace that first to rule out a bad PSU
    after about 5 or 6 yrs some do go flaky and can cause your games to lock up
    Basically the whole rig is app 6 years old with a solid state mobo and a 3000 w psu.But there are no tell-tale signs of burnout from the psu.The video card is running Doom 4 smoothly at hight specs,not to mention all other hungry resource games.Thankyou for you're advice,and I'll look carefully into those suggestions.
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    also try shutting off Nvidia game works features ..

    Nvidia god rays do not work they will even crash SLI titan X cards

    PCSS soft shadows kills your FPS ever since Ubi corrected them in patch 1.8.0 in 2015

    set shadows to Ultra and god rays to volumetric fog ,,see if your crashing stops
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    same

    I have same problem without hard reset. I have 970GTX in SLI. Game work and ramdomly crash. Only Far Cry 4 not my 60games like BF4,BF3,BF2,BF1, CoD, TDivision and others. FarCry 4 its hard to play. Only this bad problems....
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    Reinstalled the game..varified game files...switched to soft shadows...turned off anti Ailising..Godrays to volmetric..HBAO to SSBC.

    When I normally die,the game now reloads back to were I started from. Unfortunately,when I now try to do an Outpost Master,it freezes on the spot.
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    Dunno FarCry 4 always ran rock Solid here , and my system = old as dirt other then my GPU and SSD Drives

    my system specs
    Thermaltake V9 Black Edition case the one with the 2 giant fans one on the side one on top
    +2 120s one intake one exhast +1 80 mm fan blowing on ram chips from the front
    550 watt Thermaltake power supply
    Asus P5 B plain not anything just default P5B old as dirt mainboard
    CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.5 Ghz with a tuniq tower 120 cooler
    8 Gig of Kingston DDR 2 800 4 - 2 gig sticks timeing is 6-6-6-18
    Gigabyte GTX 1060 6 gig Windforce 2 model Nvidia driver 382.05
    Soundblaster live 24 bit sound card i scrapped out of someones old Dell they were chucking
    (onboard realtek sound on motherboard =disabled in bios )
    OS = Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit on SSD Drives older games in SATA 1 TB WD DRIVE
    FarCry 4 is installed to SSD drive e Uplay is on Boot SSD drive with Windows
    Logitech G400s gameing mouse (wired)
    Logitech K330 wireless keyboard
    Logitech Dual Action Gamepad (similar to the current Logitech F310)
    Screen # 1 = Acer 1080P 24 inch wide screen monitor max refesh 75 Hz
    secondary that i use to play on SEKI 40 inch HDTV via Hdmi out from the back of my Vid card
    max refresh rate 60 Hz


    my in Game settings are Custom
    resolution 1920 X 1080
    vsync - on
    Quality settings
    motion blur off - not a fan of it ..
    Textures - Ultra
    Shadows - High <--- (Nvidia PCSS Soft Shadows will kill your FPS )
    Post FX -Ultra
    Geometry - Very High
    Vegetation- Ultra
    Environment - Ultra
    Water - Ultra
    Ambient Occusion setting is SSBC
    Antialising settings is SMAA
    God rays - off- not a fan of how it looks (can make the game unstable..even on Titan X and GTX 980 Ti cards )
    Fur - on
    Trees relief -on
    in Advanced settings
    Triple buffering - off
    Vsync mode - Normal


    in Nvidia control panel, i made these changes
    Anisotropic Filtering = 16 X
    Max Pre Rendered Frames = 1 or 3
    Set Power Management Mode = Adaptive


    game looks fine to me and plays stutter free on my system with zero crashes


    also i did install Razer Cortex game booster version 7.0 as it does seem to help with this game
    http://www.filehorse.com/download-ga.../old-versions/

    one other thing of note is i never ever install geforce EXP with my drivers
    OR Nvidia 3D vision .. as i do not own a Nvidia 3d set of glasses or a supported 3d monitior <-- you need that to use that feature

    i use DDU when ever i install any driver...... and only install my drivers in custom mode
    i only install the Driver and control panel
    HDMI audio in case i wanna stream a movie on my HDTV
    and PHYSX

    one other question are you ;launching both Steam as well as uplay as Run AS ADMINISTRATOR ..i always do ... i set it up that way i know you said you had Win 8 but try running the game in a windows 7 compatibility mode

    also disable backround applications as many can cause an issue

    BACKROUND APPLICATIONS may also cause the game to not launch properly and you may need Exit out of them, or reconfigure them to work properly with Far Cry 4 known apps that can cause this are


    A. EVGA PRECISION


    B. MSI AFTERBURNER


    C. Riva Tuner Statistics Server


    D. DXtory


    E. Motionin Joy


    F. Anti Virus or Firewall software (AVG , Comodo, Bullguard etc.. <-- check settings)


    G. MSI true Color


    H. Evolve gameing client


    I. AMD Raptr \ AMD Gaming Evolved


    J. TeamViewer


    K. Overwolf


    L. Nvidia Geforce Experience Shadow Play as of Driver 361.75 in Jan 2016


    M. Adguard


    see this thred to possibly fix issues with afterburner causing black screen
    http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...rcry-4-Crash!?


    Please see this Page where it mentions Backround Applications and how you can try to see if one is possibly causing your issue with the game NOT starting or hanging
    https://support.ubi.com/en-US/FAQ/9/...0000000eio0CAA


    And if your running windows 10 make sure you launch both Steam and Uplay as Run As ADMINISTRATOR


    this game was shipped well before windows 10 did ...and yes you may need to take that extra step to run the game
    this games engine was created years before windows 10 shipped and that change may needed to allow the game to write any save files and or configuration files , windows 10 may handle file security \ permissions in a different way, then previous operating systems did.


    if you have a problem... try this


    right click on the games .exe file


    select properties


    select the compatability tab


    check the box that says run as Administrator


    set it to run in a windows 7 compatabilty mode


    you can also run the windows 10 compatablilty trouble shooter from that same window

    and the game ran fine(crash free ) even on my lenovo laptop with Windows 8.1 without me doing any thing , but that GPU sucks and only ran the game in mix of low to medium settings with an AMD A 10 CPU and dual AMD 8650 graphics
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