bf4 directx error

This is obviously a very old issue that for me just raised its' ugly head recently. After going through a myriad of solutions, and none worked, I stumbled across the fix for me. I'm not saying it will be your fix, as it seems obvious there are a number of potential issues resulting in the same Directx error with BF4. 

I use MSI Afterburner for o/c my gpu. I had it tuned up for data mining at its' peak. Once I reset the gpu timing back to default, bingo, bango, bongo. Fixed. I was not only getting the directx error popping up all the time, but I was having to deal with artifacts all over the screen during gameplay. All gone after changing the gpu back to default settings. Running MSI Afterburner in default caused no issues with the gameplay at all, so I do not believe that you should have to shut it off to play. Just let the gpu run at its' stock settings. It worked for me.....I hope it can help someone else.

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