BSOD / Driver failure in video games 0x000000C4

Got an issue that I need help on,
I have a fairly recent install of windows 7 professional x64 and I am getting BSOD's and driver failures.

I will be playing a video game (any game) and I will get some artifacting for a few seconds then the monitor refreshes and the game continues with slightly messed up graphics. Once the artifacting happens a few more times It will BSOD or I end the process.

usually the error is 0x000000C4 but occasionally other errors. I did re-seat the graphics card and RAM and that held off the BSOD's for about 24 hours.

I don't think it is the card as it is less than six months old and the occurance of the problem is random, and from what I can read from the logs, it is nvidia and direct X related.

Multiple graphics driver re-installs have not fixed it, nor has a system restore.

I tried to upload the .dmp file but it wouldn't let me so it is in a .zip

Code:

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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 116, {fffffa800acbd010, fffff8800fd6d630, ffffffffc000009a, 4}

Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvlddmkm.sys, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for nvlddmkm.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for nvlddmkm.sys
Probably caused by : nvlddmkm.sys ( nvlddmkm+ade630 )

Followup: MachineOwner
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3: kd> !analyze -v
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VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE (116)
Attempt to reset the display driver and recover from timeout failed.
Arguments:
Arg1: fffffa800acbd010, Optional pointer to internal TDR recovery context (TDR_RECOVERY_CONTEXT).
Arg2: fffff8800fd6d630, The pointer into responsible device driver module (e.g. owner tag).
Arg3: ffffffffc000009a, Optional error code (NTSTATUS) of the last failed operation.
Arg4: 0000000000000004, Optional internal context dependent data.

Debugging Details:
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FAULTING_IP: 
nvlddmkm+ade630
fffff880`0fd6d630 4055            push    rbp

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  GRAPHICS_DRIVER_TDR_FAULT

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  1

BUGCHECK_STR:  0x116

PROCESS_NAME:  System

CURRENT_IRQL:  0

STACK_TEXT:  
fffff880`0522ba48 fffff880`02ea9000 : 00000000`00000116 fffffa80`0acbd010 fffff880`0fd6d630 ffffffff`c000009a : nt!KeBugCheckEx
fffff880`0522ba50 fffff880`02e7c867 : fffff880`0fd6d630 fffffa80`09068000 00000000`00000000 ffffffff`c000009a : dxgkrnl!TdrBugcheckOnTimeout+0xec
fffff880`0522ba90 fffff880`02ea8e0f : 00000000`ffffd84d ffffffff`fffe7960 fffffa80`0acbd010 fffff880`02f77dc0 : dxgkrnl!DXGADAPTER::Reset+0x2a3
fffff880`0522bb40 fffff880`02f77ec1 : fffffa80`09fcd1f0 00000000`00000080 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`09060010 : dxgkrnl!TdrResetFromTimeout+0x23
fffff880`0522bbc0 fffff800`0316fe5a : 00000000`052f9d10 fffffa80`09086a00 fffffa80`066d4040 fffffa80`09086a00 : dxgmms1!VidSchiWorkerThread+0x101
fffff880`0522bc00 fffff800`02ec9d26 : fffff800`0304be80 fffffa80`09086a00 fffff800`03059cc0 00000000`00000020 : nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x5a
fffff880`0522bc40 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiStartSystemThread+0x16


STACK_COMMAND:  .bugcheck ; kb

FOLLOWUP_IP: 
nvlddmkm+ade630
fffff880`0fd6d630 4055            push    rbp

SYMBOL_NAME:  nvlddmkm+ade630

FOLLOWUP_NAME:  MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: nvlddmkm

IMAGE_NAME:  nvlddmkm.sys

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP:  506b3099

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x116_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys

BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x116_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys

Followup: MachineOwner
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Update to the latest nvidia drivers
Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers

Currently running the most up to date WHQL driver available (306.97), I did try updating to 310.07 -BETA but it did not help at all. Still, I will update to 310.70 -BETA again and see what happens this time around.

Don`t update to beta version as there are chances of the driver being unstable in some cases.

Update to the latest stable version

I cannot update any more, I am running 306.97 which is the most current stable driver. That crash log and almost all the BSOD's occured while running nvidia's most current driver.

Which antivirus do you have?

I run two; ESET NOD32 version 5, and Clamwin

don`t run two antivirus at a time.

They will conflict with each other

next time this occur's i'll disable one of the antiviruses, I should point out that since creating this thread, the error/BSOD has not happened yet (I don't know why it hasn't).

One tip that I can give you is

uninstall both of the antivirus

use

Microsoft Security Essentials - Microsoft Windows

MSE is the antivirus which integrates best with windows 7.