Video card error while playing WoT

[loshmy]

So I played WoT on SD for quite some time, but when I updated it on HD and started playing on maximum settings. My PC has the requirements ofc (games like DOOM 2016, GTA 5, CoDs worked completely fine). Anways, I played some matches on WoT until it crashed and the message said:

"A video card error has occured. This error is usually caused by the graphics driver crashing; try updating the drivers, check the video card setting or restarting the game."

Now, I don't care about the game itself, but I am really worried if I did messed up my graphics/video card?? :(

[loshmy]

Messaggio originale di Bibo1:

That GPU is too weak for max settings. I wouldn't be surprised if you ran out of GPU memory.
The CPU etc are old components so when you bought it they were definitely not new.

Then official WoT requirements where a lie lol XD

[[☥] - CJ -]

The PC is from 2009
The only SEMI recent component is the GPU

Considering the recommended GPU for that game is a GTX 660, its not a very demanding game GPU'wise. The game itself is OLD so its not very demanding to begin with.

We would need to know what Powersupply the system came with
The CPU itself uses around 95W or so while the GPU uses a mere 60W+/-
So you would need to have a low quality or further lacking PSU for it to be the problem.

And i still recommend using DDU in Safe Mode
Look it up if you dont know what it is or how to use it.

[_I_]

if its a first gen i7, thats over 10 years old

may be dead fans or very dusty

[Bibo1]

Dependant on the settings the game can be very demanding. Lots of detail, shadows, lighting effects etc plus depicting up to 30 players vehicles.
The system requirements on Steam are basically just for the bare minimum and a middling setting.
OP should lower all the settings to low/mid and then see what happens.

[loshmy]

PROBLEM FIXED! IT WERE THE DAMN DRIVERS! But anyway, THANKS to all of you who tried to help. I checked the hardware and everything was fine there.

[[☥] - CJ -]

Thought so

[adrianlparker]

I have the same issue. For me the game will crash if the "Graphics Quality" option is set to Ultra, or if it's set to Maximum and I don't disable Anti Aliasing in game.

I can play on Maximum if I disable Anti Aliasing in game, and I can play on Graphics Quality "High" with Anti Aliasing set to the most it can be set in game. With "Maximum" graphics quality, the game will crash if Anti Aliasing is set to anything other than off.

Even with Anti Aliasing enabled with Graphics Quality set to Ultra I can still get ove 170 FPS.

Enabling vertical sync doesn't fix things.

Some people say disabling "Enable Commander Camera" and "Enable Tactical View" in the current patch (Settings > General Tab) fixes the problem with the crashing, but that is not my experience.

I have all Windows updates, and my chipset drivers are up to date. I'm using the latest stable NVIDIA drivers (v497.09), but I've also tested with version 496.76.


My system:

Windows 10 Pro
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core Processor
RAM: 16GB of DDR4
Monitor: 32" running at its native resolution of 2560x1440

[adrianlparker]

I fonud a fix that worked for me.

In the Windows Event Viewer I found there were warnings for source "Display" that read, "Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered."

I checked my Windows Power Plan and found that it was set to Balanced mode. I changed it from Balanced to "High Performance", and now my crashes have gone away entirely. So I can now set World of Tanks "Graphic Quality" to "Ultra", and even with full AA enabled there are no more crashes.

[Cathulhu]

That is strange and indicates a power management or clock speed problem.
The main difference between balanced and high performance is that in high performance your CPU and GPU always run at full clock speed, even when idle.
Which wastes a lot of power and generated a lot of heat.

Try updating or even downgrading your drivers.

[[☥] - CJ -]

Messaggio originale di Cathulhu:

That is strange and indicates a power management or clock speed problem.
The main difference between balanced and high performance is that in high performance your CPU and GPU always run at full clock speed, even when idle.
Which wastes a lot of power and generated a lot of heat.

Try updating or even downgrading your drivers.

Theres more to it than that
It simply turns off available power saving features

Downclocking or not depends on what settings you have in BIOS as far as the CPU goes (Intel Speedstep for example, and whatever it is for AMD). It also does not affect the GPU in that way either, only setting Prefer Max Performance in the NVIDIA CP will make the GPUs clocks be higher even on the desktop or with low usage content, as such the Windows power plan itself wont do that.

I only mention this because i always use the High Performance plan and my CPU and GPUs clocks are not affected by it for the reasons i mentioned above, i use Intel Speedstep specifically so the CPU is allowed to downclock itself.

You are correct in that not letting them downclock when not needed is a waste of power though.

[GOD RAYS ON ULTRA™]

Messaggio originale di adrianlparker:

I changed it from Balanced to "High Performance"

This is going to be more of an unhealthy workaround rather than a fix. It is also an indicator that a problem exists somewhere inside your pc.

[xy_kk]

I have the exact same problem while playing WoT with AMD 7600x IGPU. It turns out one of memory sticks has bad bits. It's found using MemTest86. I would suggest testing for potential hardware error for such problems. Hope it helpful.

[adrianlparker]

Messaggio originale di xy_kk:

I have the exact same problem while playing WoT with AMD 7600x IGPU. It turns out one of memory sticks has bad bits. It's found using MemTest86. I would suggest testing for potential hardware error for such problems. Hope it helpful.

I've since upgraded ram, psu, and gpu, but with the past hardware I'd run memtest, Furmark, and Prime. None found any issues with ram, gpu, or cpu.

[Apocalyptos]

The one and only solution is present in the game settings. Activate (Vsync and Triple Buffering) with the correct (Refresh Rate) of your screen.

Having had the same problem with an i7-7700K with a GTX 1080 Ti 11GB overclocked or not, this is the only option that will allow you to play in SD or HD correctly. Because WoT is bad optimized.

OS: Win 11 Pro
CPU: I7-7700K (OC at 4.6)
GPU: Rog Strix 1080 Ti (11GB)
RAM: 64 GB @3200mhz
SSD: Samsung Evo 960 1TB
PS: 1000 Watts
SC: 27" 1080p