DirectX Error Windows 8.1 64-Bit

Hi try this first 

lol nix that you did it .... have you tried and this is a guess remove or repair  direct x  just a guess ? Also if not done ...

BF4 folder in my documents holds game configs and screen shots even if BF4 is installed on different drive. When you uninstall BF4 it does NOT remove this folder. So when you install the game again you can still have the same issues.

1- Go to my Documents and remove BF4 folder place it on your Desktop or trash.
2- Be warned you do have to set up your in game settings again.
3-Repair BF4
4- When done go test your game.

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I did have pretty much the same issues with Watch Dogs via Steam, therefore I have removed and installed DirectX several times as well.

The Documents folder is on the save drive and partition as the game is installed. As I have also located all my private files away from the Windows partition. Nonetheless, I am going to try this and see what happens.

At the moment I am starting BF4 as Administrator in the 64-bit version and I can play for like 1 - 7 minutes, then usually something happens in game, that it crashes. 

I have also recognised that I use up to 1.6gb RAM in the task manager, and read about the 1.6VRAM issue. I did play around with the clocking of my TI card, since it is overclocked an put it down to a normal 660 GTX card, however, that made it worste and the game crashed instantly at startup with 2 direct X error windows.

I will be editing this post in a bit. 

Edit: That did not change anything

I have also tried the NVIDIA experience optimisation for BF4, which made everything to ultra + 4MFAA, which obviously didnt work. I "optimisied" it then down to low / medium, but that didnt allow me to start the game. 

I have also tried the clean boot and stopped all non necessary programs. 

I feel like, there is not much left that could be tried ? A friend of mine has pretty much the same setup, with the only difference of having an i5 instead of i7 and installed it on the SSD. It works perfectly fine for him (other specs are the same GTX 780, windows 8.1)

I am racking my head trying to recall how I got the direct x error off of my PC :/ I did have mega issues in BF4 but I got it crash free with work. Since BF3 I have had 32gigs ram yes I know over kill but so worth it lol as bf4 is a hog on the PC :] 

The 2 direct x errors at start up wants me to say run sfc /scannow agin 2x with reboots between each test. As I have seen it pass one run but fail 2nd run :/ for me when I was fixing my issues in bf4.

Edit... I am not sure it would work but if you want I can give you my info on how I did a fully clean install on BF4. If you want it but you sound like you already know what you are doing:]

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Well, Zorlacc, I would not say no to any further suggestions! So please, if you have the time feel free to share, if it does not help me, it might help someone else. 

I have followed your suggestion with two sfc /scannow with restarts in between. Both stated "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations" ☹️ So dead end so far.

Then I proceeded to create a Documents/Battlefield 4/settings/PROFSAVE_profile file with the follwoing contents:

GstAudio.AudioLanguage 0
GstAudio.AudioQuality 1
GstAudio.CarRadio 0
GstAudio.DialogueVolume 0.700000
GstAudio.MicrophoneVolume 0.500000
GstAudio.MusicVolume 0.700000
GstAudio.SoundSystemSize 20
GstAudio.StereoMode 0
GstAudio.VOIPVolume 0.500000
GstAudio.VOLanguage 0
GstAudio.VoipOn 1
GstAudio.VoipVolumeReduce 1
GstAudio.Volume 1.000000
GstAudio.YourSoundSystem 2
GstRender.AmbientOcclusion 2
GstRender.AnisotropicFilter  4
GstRender.AntiAliasingDeferred 0
GstRender.AntiAliasingPost 3
GstRender.Brightness 0.500000
GstRender.ColorBlindMode 0
GstRender.ConsoleAntiAlias 1
GstRender.Contrast 0.500000
GstRender.EffectsQuality 2
GstRender.Enlighten 1
GstRender.FieldOfView 70.000000
GstRender.FieldOfViewScaleADS 1
GstRender.FullscreenEnabled 0
GstRender.FullscreenMode 2
GstRender.FullscreenRefreshRate 60.000000
GstRender.FullscreenScreen 0
GstRender.HUDScale 0.500000
GstRender.LightingQuality 2
GstRender.MantleEnabled 0
GstRender.MeshQuality 2
GstRender.MotionBlur 0.500000
GstRender.MotionBlurEnabled  1
GstRender.OverallGraphicsQuality 0
GstRender.PostProcessQuality 2
GstRender.ResolutionHeight 1080
GstRender.ResolutionHertz 0
GstRender.ResolutionScale 1.000000
GstRender.ResolutionWidth 1920
GstRender.ScreenSafeAreaHeight 1.000000
GstRender.ScreenSafeAreaWidth 1.000000
GstRender.ShaderQuality 2.000000
GstRender.ShadowQuality 2
GstRender.StereoConvergence 1.000000
GstRender.Stereoscopy 0
GstRender.TerrainQuality 2
GstRender.TextureFiltering 2
GstRender.TextureQuality 2
GstRender.TransparentShadows 1
GstRender.UndergrowthQuality 2
GstRender.VSyncEnabled 0
GstRender.WeaponDOF 1
GstInput.Deadzone 0.300000
GstInput.DeadzoneCenter 0.220000
GstInput.FreelookSensitivity 0.500000
GstInput.HeadtrackingEnabled 1
GstInput.HoldButtonToZoom 1
GstInput.HoldForBreathControl 1
GstInput.InputMethod 0
GstInput.IsRightHanded 1
GstInput.LeaningEnabled 0
GstInput.LeaningSensitivity 0.500000
GstInput.MouseRawInput 1
GstInput.MouseSensitivity 0.030000
GstInput.MouseSensitivityVehicle 0.300000
GstInput.Scheme0Buttons 0
GstInput.Scheme0FlipCameraY 0
GstInput.Scheme0FlipY 0
GstInput.Scheme0Sensitivity 1.000000
GstInput.Scheme0Sticks 0
GstInput.Scheme1Buttons 0
GstInput.Scheme1FlipCameraY 0
GstInput.Scheme1FlipY 0
GstInput.Scheme1Sensitivity 1.000000
GstInput.Scheme1Sticks 0
GstInput.Scheme2Buttons 0
GstInput.Scheme2FlipCameraY 0
GstInput.Scheme2FlipY 0
GstInput.Scheme2Sensitivity 1.000000
GstInput.Scheme2Sticks 0
GstInput.Scheme3Buttons 0
GstInput.Scheme3FlipCameraY 0
GstInput.Scheme3FlipY 0
GstInput.Scheme3Sticks 0
GstInput.SoldierZoomSensitivityAll 1.000000
GstInput.SoldierZoomSensitivityCloseMagnRange 1.000000
GstInput.SoldierZoomSensitivityCloseRange 1.000000
GstInput.SoldierZoomSensitivityLongRange 1.000000
GstInput.SoldierZoomSensitivityMediumRange 1.000000
GstInput.SoldierZoomSensitivityVeryLongRange 1.000000
GstInput.SpeechRecognitionDialect 0
GstInput.SpeechRecognitionEnabled 1
GstInput.SpeechRecognitionEnabledEnum 0
GstInput.VehicleAimRelativeControl 1
GstInput.Vibration 1

 Which I had taken from http://segmentnext.com/2013/11/06/battlefield-4-tweaks-guide-how-to-improve-graphics-and-performance/

I have also double checked the registry entries at:

HKEY LOCAL MACHINE/SOFTWARE/WoW6432Node/EA Games

where I have not changed anything, but removing the "TM" from the DisplayName. 

Furthermore I have recognised that everything is set to the en_US locale which is in correspondance of my keyboard layout, but not with my Region settings, which are set to en_GB (United Kingdom)

I have also downloaded, once again from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=35 the DirectX and reinstalled it. 

I did manage to start the game. And the first thing that I changed was putting the video settings to "Borderless". I did manage to play for a couple of minutes until it crashed. Interestingly no error message was available. But the TaskManager showed a RAM usage of about 1680mb. I assume, it has something to do with the 1.6GB. 

Next I am going to try to switch of the Intel Hypervisor from the BIOS setting, though, it kind of defeats the purpose of my machine as I am heavily working with virtual machines for work and the also explains the specs of a i7 and 32GB of RAM - in fact, I only got the graphics card, because every now and then I would like to play. But the machine is not build for gaming. 

I will also try to change my Region format to United States and see what happens. I will update accordingly. 

Btw, Thank you for taking interest into my problem ! I really do apprechiate it. 

EDIT: 

I have also installed BF3 now, to see if that makes any changes. 

EDIT 2: 

Interestingly, turning off Hypervisor and installing Battlefield 3 have not solved the issue. But it seems like, that during all these changes the problem was shifted. Instead of a DirectX error I am getting a Nvidia Driver crashed notification! I am upgrading from the 337.88 stable to the 340.43 beta. Lets see what happens. I am doing this without safe boot, but I already see myself safe booting and doing it again. We will see - Ill keep you updated.

Not a problem I enjoy helping/ trying to help you fix it. :]Since your on Win 8.1 why not try this....

Do it all as ADMIN  when done post back.
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If your O/S is Win8 or Win 8,1 then you can run this next command / line in administrator command prompt. Sadly this does not work for win vista or 7 :/ It will restore the health of your PC and you dont lose anything and it will also fix errors in the registry :]

dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth ------- ONLY works for windows 8 and 8.1

7 - When its done reboot

Edit .. I use the 340.43 beta no issue with it I have GTX690 

Edit 2 ... lol when i turned off Hypervisor same thing went on for me 

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Ok, I run the command you mentioned as admin. 

I have switched of running BF4 as admin and switched on the HyperVisor again. 

The game crashed again, after roughly 5 minutes.

The mmc - event viewer snap in shows the follwing:

Windows Logs/System:

Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered.

Windows Logs/Application:

Fault bucket , type 0
Event Name: LiveKernelEvent
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: 141
P2: ffffe0014a1be010
P3: fffff800c882d640
P4: 0
P5: 100c
P6: 6_3_9600
P7: 0_0
P8: 256_1
P9: 
P10: 

Attached files:
C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\WATCHDOG\WD-20140713-0352.dmp
C:\Users\bs\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-535250-0.sysdata.xml
C:\Users\bs\AppData\Local\Temp\WER2D43.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml

These files may be available here:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\Kernel_141_5d12311ff391717bab684306fc568f2c23032a0_00000000_cab_08602d62

Analysis symbol: 
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: 5e41f5ce-0a30-11e4-be7e-00224d806994
Report Status: 4
Hashed bucket: 

 I have also switched off Vertical Sync in the Nvidia drivers (globally) 

This time, there was no error message poping up in windows though.

I had that error its the video card sound driver if I recall correct hang on going to my event viewer know all site lol brb will edit this post give me 5-10 min maybe less

Edit ... nope I am wrong not sound from video card driver but it is fully the video card  driver but you already know this lol... when you installed it did you do a clean install my gut says you did but want to ask lol

This page rocks for looking up Errors not always but most times

http://www.eventid.net/display-eventid-219-source-Kernel-PnP-eventno-10794-phase-1.htm

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Well, yes I did that indeed. Now I am not getting any error messages any more. But game fails at some point. ☹️ Do not have any idea any more. 

I am going to accept this as a solution. As it helped me. Its not perfect yet. But I can play now like 1 hr, had crashed only once so far. But it is much better than before !