Windows 10: BSOD on Windows 7 and currently Windows 10 while playing Dota2

Okay something weird is going on here. I just wanted to test the game with the integrated graphics, but it crashed after the start too. This is the dump, could you take a look? I got the feeling that something is very wrong with this setup now...

After this BSOD it restarted and said it installed the driver for Intel again and i should restart. I did, and started the game again (with intel) and this time no crash. Wtf.....

So i opened this one myself in WinDbg, it seems that although i did set it to use Intel, it did use NVidia after all and thats why it crashed.

 

Ok, so i kinda sorted this out now:
It seems that when i start the game in fullscreen mode, those BSODs appear. But, if i start the game in borderless window mode, then i can start with dx9 and dx11 without problems.

Ill test this tomorrow when i have time to play a few games. Also i will install Windows 10 on a separate partition to check if its like this there too.

Drawback is that i get slightly better performance in fullscreen mode.

Ill report again tomorrow. Maybe someone knows how this can happen only in fullscreen mode. I think ill post this in the valve forums as well.

 

I was just posting on the valve forums because i was certain the in borderless window mode it doesnt crash, but yes it does.

So it seems like in fullscren mode there is something which causes immediate crash after start and in borderless the crash comes some time later...

As far as i can see, the dump file is similar to the others, right?

 

Run furmark on both the GPU's, you may need to stop it earlier because of the temps.





Diagnostic test

GPU TEST


Run Furmark tutorial



Note Run Furmark for around 30 minutes



Warning Your GPU temperatures will rise quickly while Furmark is running. Keep a keen eye on them and abort the test if temperatures rise too high

 

The test ran for like 12 minutes, then the temperature was at 99° and i aborted it. I had no crash while testing. When playing the game, i rarely go over 80°.

I've also stress-tested with heaven (there i think its direct x and not opengl like in furmark) and had no crash too.

 

Please monitor the temps when idle and under load.

 

Under load (playing dota2) max of gpu is 80 and cpu too.

idle they are both around 50-60.

For the crashing which occurs in fullscreen mode i have posted a thread in other board:
Dota2 Reborn BSOD in main menu in fullscreen (Win7/Win10), Dumps included

Since that seems an isolated issue for me, because it happens all the time right after the start of the game. So i started with the start option -nod3d9ex and it doesnt crash at start while in fullscreen mode...

Ill test this and play and see if it crashes while i play.