Stuttering, Crash, and Graphics Glitch Fixes for BioShock Infinite

[Migz - DH]

Update: May be outdated due to recent patch.


Original post:
Most of the Crash, Stuttering, and Graphics Artifacting issues BioShock Infinite players experience today can be resolved by doing one or more of the following. Often, not all steps are required, but I've listed them here for completeness.

Everyone should do these steps:

Nvidia Users:

• GTX 700-series - Use driver 320.49
  
• All other Nvidia cards - Use driver version 314.22

AMD Users:

• Use Catalyst 13.4

Specifically for Crashes:

• Disable any wireless network card you have installed.
  
• Turn off FRAPS
  
• Disable your CPU/GPU overclocks
  
• Turn off Steam's Community Overlay
  
• Run BioShock Infinite in Windowed mode by doing this[pcgamingwiki.com]
  
• Ensure Steam (not the game) is set to run as administrator in Win 7/Win 8

Specifically for Stuttering:

• Turn on VSync
  
• Turn down the Texture Detail setting until you notice better performance
  
• Turn down the Dynamic Shadows setting if you still need better performance
  
• Turn off the Light Shafts toggle if you still need better performance

Specifically for Graphics Artifacting/Glitching:

• Disable your GPU overclocks

If these do not resolve your problems, then, please create a new thread with your computer's technical specifications, and please write that you tried these steps.

[CONFUZZLED®]

I will keep this in mind. thanks

[-=King K=-]

(Below is to the producers, not personally to Migz-DH)

I really can not agree with the above suggested "solutions".
I mean... they're not even acceptable as work-around.

I can agree on the graphical settings despite a crossfire HD6850 setup should not be caring of lowering texture details, shadow settings,...

But disabling my wifi?
Disabling the community overlay?

If every game on steam had this kind of requirements I think my pc would be unusable.
What's next? remove Outlook? disable Aero themes?

Wouldn't it be better to fully test all this before releasing a game and ask 60 € for it?

[-=King K=-]

Originally posted by Migz - DH:

Oi. I originally wrote to disable wireless devices. I meant wireless network card. I've changed that in the OP.

That doesn't much affect my opinion.
I'm connected wireless with my pc on a Cisco N-router.
I have downloads, skype, Xfire, teamspeak running in the background.

So disabling my wifi will make me disconnect completely from the net/cloud?
No thanks... no game developer can ask me that much.

[Godclaw]

How do you change your driver version of Nvidia to 314.22?

[adams_v]

I Dont know too. How can I?

[-=King K=-]

Originally posted by Godclaw:

How do you change your driver version of Nvidia to 314.22?

You really shouldn't do this just for one game.

[Migz - DH]

Originally posted by Godclaw:

How do you change your driver version of Nvidia to 314.22?

To install Nvidia's 314.22 video driver by uninstalling your current driver:

• Download the 314.22 driver package which is appropriate for your OS from http://www.geforce.com/drivers
  
• Uninstall your current video drivers via the Windows Control Panel
  
• Install 314.22 by double-clicking the downloaded package

If you reboot between uninstalling your current drivers and installing 314.22, don't spend time installing "new hardware", because Windows will just get the wrong version, and you'll have to uninstall all over again.


Nvidia provides instructions on how to rollback their drivers to a previous version. http://www.nvidia.com/object/driver_rollback.html However, that only works for the immediately previous driver you had installed on your computer.

[Migz - DH]

Originally posted by -=3ch3l0n=-:

Originally posted by Godclaw:

How do you change your driver version of Nvidia to 314.22?

You really shouldn't do this just for one game.

Although your philosophy is great for an ideal world, unfortunately, it doesn't work with today's unified video driver architecture.

Sometimes, you just have to use a specific video driver version to use a program, because no other one works with your specific hardware configuration.

Whether BioShock Infinite is that way, and/or will remain that way, I can't say. However, I have noticed many people have better results with the video driver versions I listed above when they had problems with other driver versions.

[Migz - DH]

Originally posted by -=3ch3l0n=-:

So disabling my wifi will make me disconnect completely from the net/cloud?

It's apparently just one or a very few wireless card models which causes this. "Disable Killer e2200 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller or any other virtual/VPN network adapters like Hamachi."

However, it doesn't hurt to disable any wifi hardware if a problem occurs in order to see if that's the problem.

Originally posted by -=3ch3l0n=-:

No thanks... no game developer can ask me that much.

I would like to think that IG is trying to resolve this issue. In order for them to do that, they need to know what hardware causes the glitch though.

So, the best thing is for people to inform them via their tech support site when they've identified a specific piece of hardware which conflicts with the game. http://forums.2kgames.com/forumdisplay.php?151-BioShock-Infinite-Technical-Support

[-=King K=-]

Originally posted by Migz - DH:

However, it doesn't hurt to disable any wifi hardware if a problem occurs in order to see if that's the problem.

When it becomes a requirement to play the game decently it sure does hurt.
I just can't help thinking about a friend of me explained me there is only one reason why he will bought a PS1,2 and 3... and why he will buy the PS4 as well:
- it JUST WORKS!

And really... I can't blame him.

[Migz - DH]

That has always been the major difference between console and PC gaming. Consoles are far easier to develop and troubleshoot for, because they're all virtually the same (each PS3 is specced the same as every other).

• Play PC for additional flexibility and potentially better graphics with the price of games not always working without extra labor on your part
  
• Play console for stability with the price of having to wait for the next generation to receive hardware improvements

[Migz - DH]

Originally posted by -=3ch3l0n=-:

Wouldn't it be better to fully test all this before releasing a game and ask 60 € for it?

I don't like putting this in this thread, since this thread isn't supposed to be on PC game testing, but we've already touched on it with the previous comments, so...

PC game testing is far more difficult and costly than console testing is. That's because there are millions of potential PC hardware and software configurations. There are presently only 3 console configurations for AAA games (PS3, XBOX 360, and Wii U).

That scale makes it impossible for PC developers to ensure their game works for everyone at launch.

[-=King K=-]

Originally posted by Migz - DH:

That scale makes it impossible for PC developers to ensure their game works for everyone at launch.

But meanwhile they got their money right?
And I agree with that when having some exotic hardware which is unknown to them.
But a standard core i5 with a HD6850 on a mainstream Gigabyte mainboard?
That shouldn't give any problem.

But problems are far worse than this.
With bugs I mean those who are game related rather than hardware related.
- EA closing servers while thousands of people are still logging on to them.
- Servers going down on release date
- buggy gameplay (eg.: Simcity)
- complex menu's, startups and long launch times (eg Battlefield 3)
- unsatisfactory gameplay experience

U know... as a "clan" we were looking forward to Battlefield 3 and the new CS:GO to revive those moments we had on rainy sundays with Battlefield 2 and CS1.6.
Despite their graphical progress the experience was not even close to the games back then.
Same for Starcraft II...

You known which game really was the last that gave me that ultimate gaming feeling?
Portal 2. I really had a great time playing it singleplayer and had even a greater time in co-op (dropping friends into pits by disabling light bridges ^^)

[His Divine Shadow]

I was already using the 314.22 drivers and updated to the current ones to see if it would fix my audio crackling issue, but it didn't. On either driver I end up losing massive FPS when I start to get the audio crackling problem. Really wish there was some fix for it out there that wasn't changing the compatibility mode, I can't change it to Vista SP 2 since I'm using Vista.

[His Divine Shadow]

Saw it and replied to it