I'm back, just to echo that this definitely wasn't fixed by the patch. Was running SSAO and all ultra for a bit, but was just in an extended rift sequence and got the reset. From being in this thread so long, seems like 4 things seem to be true:
I have a factory overclocked EVGA 970 GTX, so I might see if I can manually underclock it to the non-overclocked specs and see if that helps. I'm not sure which is worse, having to gimp the power of my card to play, or play on reduced settings when I put a lot of money and effort into creating a powerful gaming machine specfically so I could play games like this on max settings. =(
I also have a GTX970 SuperClocked card and getting a issue where Despair Demons ( Cold Blasting ones) and Arcane Horrors cause my game to Crash to black screen or even BSOD. Has to be a driver issue or something in the spell effects or noise they make that triggers it. I have not tried underclock as of yet. Keeping a very far distances to fight them seems to be the only solution that has worked for me as of right now.
Also I do not feel I have a lower my Graphics settings or reduce down the speed of the card to be a fix. I want to enjoy the full spender of this game and should not have to do that to do so. I guess I am just stubborn that way.
