Display driver stopped responding and has recovered

[smithd2424]

amd radeon HD 7700 series video card only a few months old having issues.... Driver is up to date but im still getting effed while playing games and running dual monitors.... do i have to buy another and bridge for this video card to be efficient? please help and thanks

 

[Faladu]

Hello,

We need more details on the problem, be as specific as you can.

Any actual errors, or just performance (frames per sec) is disappointing?

What games are you playing?

A 77xx is not one I would recommend for extreme gaming with high settings on.

Running 2 monitors, yeah that would be a stretch for a 77xx with a current FPS shooter or MMO going on one screen.

I wouldn't try to Crossfire two of them either, better off jumping to a higher tier, and a better PSU if needed.

Unless it's a higher quality motherboard, usually the extra PCI-Express 16 slots are NOT allowing full use of all the lanes, varies greatly board to board.

See hwcompare.com to shop a better card, you would want across the board 50% better performance at least, imho.

Also visit here with help on filling in your specs, video card is not the only factor: CPU/Chipset/RAM

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/180324-system-info-see-your-system-specs.html

 

[smithd2424]

AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor
MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)
BIOS Date: 01/07/13 14:45:01 Ver: 04.06.05
16.00 GB / 15.95 GB AVAIL
WDC WD10EZRX-00A8LB0 ATA Device
AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate


The problem::: I am trying to play different games and it happens on almost all games im playing, not only the x2 with diablo 3... When in heavy traffic in game... freezes for 10sec, then black screen with warning in lower right hand of screen saying display driver boo boo has recovered... bla bla bla... it was only an 100$ card, maybe i should buy 2? Ive updated driver, even tried beta driver and no matter what it does it... Not always but mostly after playing an hr or so and in heavy traffic

 

[Boozad]

It sounds like the card is overheating. Can you check your temperatures while gaming?

As Faladu has said though, you'd be better off getting a single stronger GPU than CrossFiring two 7700s. What PSU do you have?