Fixed device hung Directx error...
try running only 2 sticks of ram no more than 8 gigs total... I removed 2 sticks and reset to auto control ram in my bios ... no more xmp profile...no more quad channel ... game runs with no error...
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I'm running a GTX 670 OC from MSI. For the first year or so it ran fine, but lately it crashes on graphically intensive games while running on stock (read: MSI overclocked) settings.
I haven't tried upping the voltage, I'd like mine to stick around as long as possible.
What works for me in this and other games is using MSI Afterburner (any tuning software should work) to reduce GPU and Memory speeds by ~50MHz, or right around the reference level. I also have raised the power limit to 105.
The Error "Device crashed due to badly formed command" or similar is only given by Battlefield. The rest of the games just crash and windows reports their executable stopped working. It's not a DX problem, it's not a BF3 or 4 problem, it's a GPU problem.
From what I've read, upping the voltage should work too, just keep in mind this *will* raise your heat levels (higher voltage = more current = more heat generated) and *may* shorten the life of the card.
I know this is an old thread, but I'm posting this around so others having the same problem with BF3 and now BF4 will be able to figure it out quicker than I did.
For the record, I have 2-2gig sticks of whatever Alienware stock RAM is, and 2-4gig sticks of Crucial memory, running in XMP at 1866 MHz. So 4 mismatched RAM modules and 12GB total.
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