This post should help: Direct X errors
You'll find there different workarounds for many DirectX errors.
Am I the only one who thinks it's complete bullsh*t they want us to underclock our factory OC cards to be able to play this game? I've tried everything and more... nothing solves this problem at all. I've NEVER had problems like these with a game from another developer/publisher... I think the problem lies within the Engine and EA knows but doesn't want to solve it since the newer games are more important and they make more money from those. I've had problems like these with the whole Battlefiels series, Crysis and now Need for Speed Rivals... I was planning on buying Battlefield Hardline as well, but this is making me reconsider. If I wan't to buy an early-access game or kickstarter game I'll buy an early-access game or a kickstarter game and I can play beta's for free. I'm tired of buying games that are loaded with bugs, aren't even finished yet and have errors that make me unable to play the games. Most of the time I'm more frustrated than having fun while playing EA games., I hate this since they are actually my favorites.
All of the above don't work
Have you tried disabling Origin in-game overlay?
Have you tried disabling HBAO or SSAO (Ambient Occlusion) ?
The first things I've tried are of course lowering the settings...
I formatted my system drive and reinstalled Windows.
Downoaded and installed every Windows update.
Executed the DirectX setupfile that came with NFS Rivals.
I changed the TDR delay to 8 seconds.
Completely turned off TDR.
Turned off the aero theme.
Turned off PCI-E Link-state power management.
Tried older and newer graphiccard drivers after a driversweep.
Updated every driver on my computer.
Underclocked my GPU.
I used the stocksettings for my GPU (was already on those settings).
Modded my GPU BIOS so the 80% powercap was removed and the fan runs at a 100%.
Updated my motherboard BIOS.
Tried the 32 bits and the 64 bits executable.
Hell, I even cleaned my computer on the inside from dust and stuff like that yesterday, really careful of course.
When I say I've tried everything and more I mean I've tried everything and more.
But in my opinion all of the above shouldn't be necessary, even Battlefield 4 runs perfectly fine on my computer now (there are still a few small bugs though) and I've never had problems like these with any other game... I seriously only have problems like these with EA games, so I refuse to believe that my computer is the problem and I am the one who needs to solve this problem...
Since this game is already out there since November 2013 I am not expecting a solution from EA anymore, so I guess I won't be buying Hardline then 🙂 I'm done with all the frustrations I get from games I buy with my hard earned money.
