[Renderer] Nvidia OpenGL driver has lost connection with the display driver


(ReturnOfSanta) #201

[QUOTE=Amon Amarth;306572]Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is truly the largest failed launch of the year so far. In a couple of days, I will not even care about this game, because The Witcher 2 will be out.

I truly regret spending $50 for this beta test. Any future projects involving Splash Damage (or team leads from that group) will be certainly out of my list of games to buy.[/QUOTE]

This was unneeded and completely useless to the thread. Go take your complaining elsewhere. The technical help forums are not the place to do that.

[QUOTE=Buzzkill17;306582]I have an E8400 @ 3.0GHz
GTX 460 SE

I’m getting about 40-70 frames, sometimes it gets to 30 but quikcly goes back up.[/QUOTE]

Yes I just tried with Threaded Optimization off. I didn’t lose any noticeable FPS I stayed above 60 the entire time. I played for 2 hours with no crash, but I’ve played that long without a crash before so I’m hesitant to say its working.


(Instant_Soldier) #202

OpenGL error 8 for me as well.

i7 940
Corsair Dominator 1600x6gig
ASUS P6T DLX v2
ASUS GTX 480 SLI - 470.61
Win764U - Up-to-date
(CPU and GPU’s water-cooled

Major problem with SLI performance as well.


(Arthur Hucksake) #203

Can I get a refund please? Your POS game is broken.


(jfunk) #204

Just get a refund already instead of hanging around posting twice a day that you’re going to. It’s kind of pathetic.


(scub) #205

i was thinking of trying older nvidia drivers, anyone try a driver below v270? was considering giving 266.58 a try.


(RobbieG) #206

[QUOTE=Chex;305530]So SD has to report it’s internal testing results and keep you updated on the progress which is “already” taking more than 2 days?
Chill out dude.
It’s like you never witnessed a game release before. Something WILL brake down even after months of beta testing, thats what patches are for.[/QUOTE]

Sorry to burst yer ego there about me supposedly not seen game releases but ive prob played more games and seen more releases than you have tbh.

The point i was trying to put across is without proper testing ie beta is that the game gets played on a much larger scale of different pc rigs with loads of different combos of graphics cards, memory, proccy, drivers etc therefore making it easier to recreate MASS problems like the one Nvidia 400/500 cards are having.

If you buy a product as the consumer you have every right to have a fully working product from the word go. If you buy a car that develops a problem the manufacturer would recall to fix the problem right away.

Game companies get the money right away then choose when and who to fix first. Obviously the console market is larger than the pc and easier to fix because all the systems are the exact same so a problem occurs the patch it. But pcs are so different in everyway it is harder to help everyone but when its as large a scale as prob all Nvidia 400/500 range cards having problems then it should be easier to fix.

Tbh i think companies like Nvidia and amd/ati should develope 3 graphics cards instead of all the inbetween ones. They should have a budget, intermediate and high end card. That way game developers for the pc would have an easier time and could make games run in either low medium or high detail refering to each of the three cards. May not work 100% like that but would defo cut down on the mass amounts of different cards that let you squeeze out more fps when really its not needed.


(rootz) #207

Same here

Win 7 64Bit SP1
Nvidia GTX 470
Intel 940 i7
6 gig ddr 3 ocz

all stock, no overclocking

1920 x 1080


(Arthur Hucksake) #208

Oh, I would but publisher, Steam or developer wants to take responsibility for it.

If I could get my money back right now i’d do it in a shot. They refuse, so instead they can listen to me whine about their POS broken game.

It’s outright theft. Only industry I know of that can get away with it.


(ZOor) #209

I ****ing cant play this crap game cause of this issue. Realy this pisses me off. Why do you release an public beta? This Game crashes every 15 - 20 minutes. I installed it @ Win7 64 Bit and Win7 32 Bit. I changed resolution and installed newest drivers.

Core 2 Duo 7500
GTX 460 SE
4 GB DDR3 Ram

FIX THIS!


(mR.Waffles) #210

Splash Damage should pay us 50 dollars for beta testing their game.


(Junkie219) #211

I can’t play a mission longer than 15-20 minutes… So please Splash Damage & Nvidia fix this very fast!!


(Elijah Snow) #212

Hi everyone,

I had this same problem with the OpenGL ever since the game launched, with the game crashing to my desktop and telling me that the OpenGL driver has lost connection to my display driver after random periods of time - it didn’t matter whether or not I was in the game or in the game menu - but I managed to fix it, and this is how I did it…

I went to my control panel, clicked on my Nvidia control panel, went to the 3D settings -> Manage 3D settings -> and turned my Vertical Sync into “Force On”. After that the game stopped crashing and I’ve been able to play for hours without any major problems.

There have been some minor graphical glitches every now and then (approximately every ten to fifteen minutes), with the horizon blinking blue for 1/4 of a second, with everything on the screen freezing for the duration, before returning back to normal. I believe this is due to my display drivers overheating - I’m working on fixing a better airflow into my case to correct this as I write this - so I can’t say what’s causing it for certain yet, but at least the game is playable. Yes, there is still the matter of lag with some of the servers, but other than that, I’ve been having a blast with this game.

I hope this will help at least some of you. :penguin:


(ZOor) #213

Thx, this might help. But with vert sync on, my fps drops from 80 to 30…so this isnt a solution ^^


(Bloody Bones) #214

Same issue here.

gtx465 1900x1200 settings on max everything possible. Occurs at random times, on different maps.

Drivers up to date. :stroggbanana:


(ReturnOfSanta) #215

I’d like to suggest going to Nvidia control panel, adding brink and forcing Threaded Optimization to Off.


(daniluk) #216

What should I do my pops on startup “The current video card / driver combination does not support openGL 3.1 or newer”
of that does not helps.


(ReturnOfSanta) #217

[QUOTE=daniluk;307677]What should I do my pops on startup “The current video card / driver combination does not support openGL 3.1 or newer”
of that does not helps.[/QUOTE]

There is a separate thread related to this issue and it usually has something to do with you not having a dedicated video card and instead using onboard graphics.


(daniluk) #218

I do not know what a patch would be released somewhere or something


(Samzon18) #219

Hey guys, i recnelty got my slef brand new PC and graphics card GTX 460.

During game i always crash and get white screen and see windows 7curser loading.
Is my PC Broken or is it Brink causing me to crash?
I can’t afford to buy new PC.

Help please.


(ZOor) #220

[QUOTE=Samzon18;307852]Hey guys, i recnelty got my slef brand new PC and graphics card GTX 460.

During game i always crash and get white screen and see windows 7curser loading.
Is my PC Broken or is it Brink causing me to crash?
I can’t afford to buy new PC.

Help please.[/QUOTE]

Welcome to Brink Beta :smiley:

No, its not your PC. The game is kinda realy buggy atm. Lets hope they fix it. I cant play any cups cause of these problems…so thanks for that