Battlefield 3 crashes when clicking video settings in game

Battlefield 3 crashes when clicking video settings in game - every time!! Reinstalled the game and the same. Drivers are most recent. Did not happen on windows 7. Upgraded to 10 and everytime it crashes.

battlefield 3

vice350z
6 years ago
I figured it out. I use a Sony 4K TV as my main screen. I unplugged the HDMI for that and had my Dell monitor (connected to Display Port) set up as my main screen. Only then was I able to get into the Video settings without crashing, set it to "windowed" like I wanted and then connected back to my Sony TV.
Weird...why would be connected to a TV cause video options to crash the game.

15 Replies

kingmustard
New Novice
6 months ago
I am having the same problem in 2025.
7800X3D, 3080, 32 GB RAM, Windows 11.
Sashus27
Rising Newcomer
6 months ago
Same problem on my PC.

Windows 10 Pro, 32GB RAM, RTX 3050 4GB, Intel i5 7600K
mrmuffiinn
Newcomer
6 months ago
hey everyone, I had the same issue. I turned off AMD Freesync premium pro in my monitor settings and it fixed the issue, I'm able to open bf3 video settings without the game crashing and closing. I understand everyone's situation is different but if you have a monitor with Freesync or even Gsync on, try turning it off to see if it works. Best of luck!! (:
PC: AMD 7800X3D, 7900 XTX, 32gb ram
BlackkReaper23
Seasoned Newcomer
4 months ago
i legit tried every option listed here and i still can't access the video settings..
ever since i got a new monitor bf3 is stuck on my old settings and i can't change it (nVidia control panel isn't even letting me turn off Gsync off for bf3)
cngnc
Rising Newcomer
3 months ago
i also have 4K TV as main screen and i have no other display to "bypass" this quite serious bug...you can switch between screen modes with ALT+ENTER but it will crash even in windowed mode so i cant access video settings...btw the only way of STARTING OFFLINE SOLO CAMPAIGN THROUGH FREAKING WEBSITE IS INSANE!!!