An error occurred! The GPU driver crashed [Help]

[D4rth Man7iz]

I play for a few minutes and the game crashes. Always get the following message:

"The GPU driver crashed. If the problem persists, please try to disable any overlay software, disable overclocking and update your GPU driver".

Disabled Steam, Uplay and Windows Game Bar/DVR Overlay. Downloaded and installed latest GeForce drivers (384.94), also changed graphic settings between medium, high and extreme but game keeps crashing regardless. What can I try?

GTX 780 - 4770K - 16GB RAM
1080P @ 60 FPS
Windows 10 Pro (1730). Installed on secondary D drive not C drive.

Appreciate your help.

[Torbster]

The only time I've ever had this occurr to me is when I had the game running in the background while I was on my browser, and honestly I don't know what causes it. I would start the game again and it would run just fine after that.

[Gatsu]

This might happen cause of overheating check your gpu's temperature while in game.

[D4rth Man7iz]

Thanks for the info Sir and Gatsu. I'll check the temperature.

[ReconNine]

I have the same issue. I played For Honor most of Season 1, then stopped playing for a while. Came back to play this weekend (on the same PC/hardware), and I'm getting this crash/error. "The GPU driver crashed"

It's definitely a driver issue, because I did manage to get it to work, when I rolled my nVidia drivers back to 378.78.

But this is not an acceptable solution, because most of my other games don't work with that driver version. So, I can either play For Honor, on the old drivers. Or update my drivers, and enjoy all of my other games.

PC Specs:
Core i7-6700K
GeForce GTX 1070
8 GB Ram
Windows 10

[LaSoif]

Same here whit gtx770....al my game work but for honnor... gpu drivers crash ay solution ??

[Rodi]

Originally posted by Sir Danks-A-Lot:

The only time I've ever had this occurr to me is when I had the game running in the background while I was on my browser, and honestly I don't know what causes it. I would start the game again and it would run just fine after that.

Same thing here. I only get this issue if I alt+tab the game and stay like that for some time.

[AtreyusNinja]

same problem porcoddio

[Tusnayoshi]

Season 3 problem? Never had a crash before as well, had it today and twice

[Joseph Rosamann]

I fixed it for me.

It seemed like Windows or something else restarted the GPU as soon as it reached the 70°-80°C mark, because it was "not working correctly", even though my GPU is designed to go up to 90°C without any problems. Windows actually notifies you about this restart at the bottom right corner, but it already disappears when you get thrown onto Desktop during the crash. You have to Alt+Tab as soon as the screen freezes for a sec and your game is about to close itself to even see it (kinda retarded).

In the Global WattMan settings of the AMD GPU software I set the max temperature value to 69°C (hehe) so it doesnt reach the 70°C anymore. Be sure that For Honor is on the list of the affected games, if not simply add it.

I don't have any crashes since.

[UbiJurassic]

If it becomes a consistent problem, I'd suggest reaching out to either Nvidia's or Ubisoft's support team.[suport.ubi.com]

[D4rth Man7iz]

Thanks for the info.

[DeathRow]

Originally posted by illupi:

Same Problem,
for me, after trying all of the above, my solution was playing in borderless window. Discovered this solution only for luck.
So, if the game launches and then black screen and the crash, try to press Alt+Enter after the splashscree (le little box with the three heroes in the centre of your desktop.
Alt+Enter forces the game to go windowed. If, like me, in that mode the game plays, just go to options and select Screen ->borderless window

omg stop necroing you dimwit

[illupi]

I think you forgot to add "thank you" but i pardon you, sir, you're welcome and thanks for the quote

[DEE'S NUTZ]

i still get this error.
it just never works,
I tried reinstalling the game, the GPU driver, restarting the PC,
everything I could think of.

My PC-
Acer Predator 17 (Gaming Laptop) G9-792
GTX 980M 8GB
32GB ram
i7-6700 HQ

Please Help.

[UbiBoat]

Originally posted by DeeSeries97:

i still get this error.
it just never works,
I tried reinstalling the game, the GPU driver, restarting the PC,
everything I could think of.

My PC-
Acer Predator 17 (Gaming Laptop) G9-792
GTX 980M 8GB
32GB ram
i7-6700 HQ

Please Help.

Hey, DeeSeries97!

As UbiJurassic mentioned above, we recommend reaching out to either Nvidia or Ubisoft Support [support.ubi.com] if this is a persistent issue. They will have the tools to help you figure out why this problem is occurring.

Also, since this thread continues to be necro'd every few months, I am going to go ahead and lock this thread.