@SteveZee I have tried the game with and without DirectX 12 disabled, but in both cases no luck. I will run a GPU and CPU stress test tomorrow, because I am very busy right now. If these stress tests do not reveal any malfunctions what are the other options of finding the cause of this problem?
It could be the application, the graphics driver, or your graphics hardware. You'd have to really stress it with another game that's as demanding as BF2 to test it properly. Each game stresses your hardware differently. You want something that maximizes it.
Maybe try underclocking your hardware just to totally rule out hardware. Or undervolt it.
Beyond anything else you try, here is the last list of suggestions you can try if you haven't all ready:
1. Revert to an older driver (CLEAN INSTALL)
2. Try a clean boot
3. Run a system stress tester
4. Make sure your video card is seated properly.
6. Have enough page file space
7. Reinstall Direct X components
You could also check w/ the Nvidia forums to see if anyone else is having the same issue w/ the same game with your same card. See if any of them have any ideas due to the fact that its directx that seems to be crashing and it points to your video card.
These are about all the ideas i have. If i think of something else ill suggest it. Good luck.
@SteveZee I have noticed that after playing custom arcade the game stutters a lot, which it normally does not. When I am going to play Hero Showdown then the game almost instantly crashes after the first match. When I start the game and do not play custom arcade then there is no stuttering and the game crashes after two or three matches instead of one.
Have you run a stress tester on your system at all? If not, you can't really say what the problem is. It could very well be hardware based. If its crashing on all game modes, its unlikely its BF2, but i could be wrong. You might consider running scan disk or SFC /Scannow in a command console. See what happens.
You could check Nvidia forums and see if anyone else is getting the same problems with your graphics card.
What other games do you have besides BF2? Anything that might stress your CPU/GPU as much? Tomb raider is NOWHERE NEAR as stressful on higher end cards than BF2 is. Do you have battlefield? Or dishonored? Or crysis?
Intel has an extreme tuning utility that acts as a stress test (not sure what your processor is, but it might work with anything). 3dmark works (i think this costs money to stress test though), unigine heaven works (free), and pcmark (which may also cost). Try one of these. Unigine for example and let it run for a while. Make sure you monitor the card usage levels because you want to stress the entire system.
Another quick possibility is also the power supply. What's your power supplies wattage? If it can't provide the power required, you'll see things like crashes occur. One way to ensure this is tested is to make sure your graphics card runs at full tilt in almost any game you play by tweaking the settings in the control panel. That way all games utilize the max voltages, and power draw. Though you'd still have to make sure the GPU is still used at close to 100% for it to matter.
@SteveZee I think I have fixed something to the problem by performing a clean reboot. I have played four whole matches in a row without crashes. Unfortunately, when I wanted to write this message during the waiting time of the match and I headed back into the game it crashed again. Maybe the game does not like things going on in the background.
