Game Hard Crashing at random

[King Rath]

AS title says, done all the usual bs and reinstalled still happening

turning down the resolution seemed to cause the crashes to be less frequent, but can't be sure since they happen at such random times, sometimes 5 seconds into the first mission, sometimes after 10 missions without problems

Any ideas on possible fix?

[Pak_Rookie]

Try windowed mode? What's your spec? Are you using Laptop or PC Desktop?

[King Rath]

Laptop, way over the required specs, tried windowed and full screen both

[Pak_Rookie]

Using NVIDIA card right? Try changing "Preferred Graphic Processor" to "High-Performance NVIDIA processor"

[King Rath]

seems to have solved the problem (or its just delaying the inevitable) will post again if it happens again

[Gothic London]

Originally posted by TheRooKie:

Using NVIDIA card right? Try changing "Preferred Graphic Processor" to "High-Performance NVIDIA processor"

How do you do that?

[Pak_Rookie]

Originally posted by Gothic London:

Originally posted by TheRooKie:

Using NVIDIA card right? Try changing "Preferred Graphic Processor" to "High-Performance NVIDIA processor"

How do you do that?

Originally posted by TheRooKie:

Right click, then select NVIDIA Control Panel. It's on "Manage 3D Settings"

[King Rath]

Has only crashed once since, thanks for the help bb

[strmtroopr]

I don't have a NVIDIA card, I use Intel, is there a fix for an Intel i7 card, because I haven't found any.

[AUK233]

Originally posted by Some Cheese:

I don't have a NVIDIA card, I use Intel, is there a fix for an Intel i7 card, because I haven't found any.

You have to update your hardware, you need a graphics card.

[strmtroopr]

Originally posted by AUK233:

Originally posted by Some Cheese:

I don't have a NVIDIA card, I use Intel, is there a fix for an Intel i7 card, because I haven't found any.

You have to update your hardware, you need a graphics card.

Well, ♥♥♥♥. I better refund this for something else, maybe get it when I choose to upgrade this.

[Sir Duckyweather]

Originally posted by Some Cheese:

Originally posted by AUK233:

You have to update your hardware, you need a graphics card.

Well, ♥♥♥♥. I better refund this for something else, maybe get it when I choose to upgrade this.

Doesn't Catalyst Control Center (or whatever it's called nowadays[en.wikipedia.org]) have its own equivalent to the nVIDIA settings for this situation? I don't know if it'll help or not, but I found this guide for doing something similar for some other program I never heard of, but its instructions may apply for EDF 5 rather than this "Serato" thing. Just jump to Step 9 and maybe it'll give you an idea of where to look in your computer's settings to get the game working again. Good luck soldier!
https://support.serato.com/hc/en-us/articles/202305784-Changing-graphics-card-settings-to-use-your-dedicated-GPU-on-a-Windows-computer-

EDIT: Apparently "-Chan" is censored on here, likely because of those terrible sites that use it with a number preceding it. Try this link[support.serato.com] instead and maybe it'll actually work.