Battlefield 2042 restart whole pc

Can't resist to log in and comment about this but sorry downclocking the GPU does not solve the issue at all.

For my case, i9 10850k (undervolted 4.8ghz from 5ghz *Because of BF2042* 1.25v) RTX 3070ti (undervolted 1920mhz from 1950mhz, 0.875mV)

Temps for GPU <63°C and CPU 80-90°C .

Only this game makes my PC reboot, other games like warzone 2 , apex or diablo 4, etc.

tried config notepad settings too doesn't work.

Capped FPS starting from 144, 120, 80 does not work.

Previously on most patches, I do not have this problem at all and my CPU temps are <70ish °C.

@NATURALxNINE 

Just FYI: Max boost reference frequency for RTX 3070ti is 1770 MHz
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/30-series/rtx-3070-3070ti/#specs

I did downclock the GPU by quite a lot. From a boost clock of 1950mhz to 1765mhz (-185mhz). Did not actually change any voltage/power settings, though.

@NATURALxNINE
I'm clearly understanding what is "reference frequency". I'm clearly understanding the difference between reference and overclocked frequencies. I'm not understanding what is "real world frequency".
It's your issues if u do not accept information about GPU working parameters from GPUs chips developer itself, and then it's your problem if your GPU work in some cases not as intended...

And your analogy with the size of the SSD is not appropriate at all. If you buy something with memory/storage, the device will have exactly that much memory, but with nuances: 1) some amount of memory may already be occupied and unavailable to the user; 2) the number of the memory size itself can be calculated in different ways: using standard SI metric prefixes or using the traditional calculation of the Binary System; as calculated, always indicated on the product package.

Sorry for wall of text, just wanted to post an update.

The game has been restarting the PC again ever since the 5.3.0 update. I've since just given up and updated to newer nvidia drivers for newer games since the old driver wasn't helping anymore. The GPU downclock wasn't helping anymore either (hey, at least it worked for like 2 months).

Though, like I've said before, there's something about the smoke in this game that makes my PC restart itself. 99% of the time, there has been some type of smoke on the screen (whether it's vehicle smoke, smoke grenades, smoke grenade launcher smoke it doesn't matter). My own smokes don't seem to be a problem, but as soon as another player uses smoke it's a tossup on whether it would crash or not. An example would be a CO-OP breakthrough round on orbital (the one with the rocket launch iirc) where I was pretty much only using the smoke grenade launcher as Angel to resupply myself (one of the few things I can still get ranks on in solo/co-op), and it was fine all the way till the end when i noticed my friend fire his smoke grenade launcher once (i heard it) and immediately restarted my PC. We only play on 64 player servers since one of my friends runs on older hardware (at least they don't crash though they do sometimes get stuck with a black loading screen in between rounds).

I wouldn't be surprised if this game was what bricked my previous M.2 drive. I'm just tired of jumping through hoops trying to deal with this issue that only affects this game.

A thought just occurred to me while writing this rant in frustration... I need to start keeping track of whether the guns I'm using have IR scopes or not... No promises, though, since I've stopped playing unless my friends are playing and I've crashed at least once every other time we play.

Edit: update 5.3 , not 5.2

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@blckbird2002 wrote:

Sorry for wall of text, just wanted to post an update.

The game has been restarting the PC again ever since the 5.3.0 update. I've since just given up and updated to newer nvidia drivers for newer games since the old driver wasn't helping anymore. The GPU downclock wasn't helping anymore either (hey, at least it worked for like 2 months).

Though, like I've said before, there's something about the smoke in this game that makes my PC restart itself. 99% of the time, there has been some type of smoke on the screen (whether it's vehicle smoke, smoke grenades, smoke grenade launcher smoke it doesn't matter). My own smokes don't seem to be a problem, but as soon as another player uses smoke it's a tossup on whether it would crash or not. An example would be a CO-OP breakthrough round on orbital (the one with the rocket launch iirc) where I was pretty much only using the smoke grenade launcher as Angel to resupply myself (one of the few things I can still get ranks on in solo/co-op), and it was fine all the way till the end when i noticed my friend fire his smoke grenade launcher once (i heard it) and immediately restarted my PC. We only play on 64 player servers since one of my friends runs on older hardware (at least they don't crash though they do sometimes get stuck with a black loading screen in between rounds).

I wouldn't be surprised if this game was what bricked my previous M.2 drive. I'm just tired of jumping through hoops trying to deal with this issue that only affects this game.

A thought just occurred to me while writing this rant in frustration... I need to start keeping track of whether the guns I'm using have IR scopes or not... No promises, though, since I've stopped playing unless my friends are playing and I've crashed at least once every other time we play.

Edit: update 5.3 , not 5.2

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My PC used to crash and power cycle. It's usually caused by RAM timing issues or CPU voltage issues.

HCI Memtest is a good ram memory tester.

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/PC-Battlefield-constantly-crashing-with-no-error-or-a/m-p/12903746#M51774

This is clearly a bad set of coding. I doubt it will ever be resolved.