Well since i notice alot of ppl facing problems wit crashes in BF3 , also since Nvidia GTX 560ti is quite a common gpu for most user
i'll jst start a new topic on some solution i did for my own setup. Im not sure if dis solution works for everybody or other gpu or AMD as well , but u can try. And if u have other solution, feel free to post it here.
* Mods, if dis topic is not relevant pls feel free to move it. Thxz.

Possible Random crashes/freeze fix:
When i first start the game, video setting preset is all on high setting. I figure dis is the game autodetect setting. But since im using 560ti SLI i know i can go higher than dat, so i set all to ULTRA except Antialiasing Deferred to 2x msaa. First 15 min smooth play constant 60fps no problems, then crash/freeze. Ctrl-alt-del back to win , start the game again play another 20 mins crash again. The time inbetween crashes happens randomly - sometimes i can play for 30mins , sometimes 10mins and crashes. I continued wit dis for 4 hour of gameplay wit dozens of crashes in between until i got fed up and start googling. It seems the crash/freeze is quite common and NVIDIA forum has tons of topic on dis issues. (theres even a specific topic for GTX560ti ). Some of the common solution they suggest is -

- revert to latest driver if ur on older driver. ( latest GeForce 285.62 Driver WHQL )
- roll back or use beta 285.38 ..
- flash ur GPU bios
- install win 64 bit if ur on 32bit..
- and lower ur graphic in-game setting until u dont crash anymore.

SO yesterday i start meddling wit some of this solution - BUT flashing my GPU bios was something i was reluctant to do, same wit installing window 64bit which means i have to reformat so i skip dis 2 method. Of coz the most OBVIOUS method was to update the graphic driver so i did ( i was on 285.27 before i update ). After update i stil have crashes. Then i revert to beta 285.38, but same thing. Well, the updating and rolling back graphic driver obviously didnt work for me so i guess driver is not the culprit.
So while MAINTAINING WIT 285.38( *will explain dis highlight later ) i get back into the in-game video setting and start meddling there.
When i highlight TEXTURE QUALITY it say in the description below dat higher setting uses more GPU memory. Then i recall back during those crashes i remember a few Of the crashes came wit a DirectX windows saying something dat my GPU not enough memory( cant remember exact words) So what i did was i lower TEXTURE Quality from Ultra to High and maintain all other setting to Ultra. Guess what?..No crash/freeze for 4 hours now!!! So happy . Now remember i said i did all this on 285.38 beta? Im not sure if the fix is a combination of dis driver or is just a simple lowerring the TExture quality setting. For watever driver u guys are currenly on ( 285.62 or 285.38 ) try to play wit the TEXTURE Quality setting first. See if it fix the crash problem. Now i realise why the in-game auto-detect to preset HIGH setting even if i myself presume i can go to Ultra wit 560ti SLI.

Possible SLI Flickering fix:
Before i start i wanna clarify dat there are many type of flickering. Some are color flickering, in-game object flickering( like for me CRYSIS 2 water flickering) and so on. The solution i have here MIGHT not work for ur type of flickering. SO The type of flickering i have for BF3 is those dat once u get into the game it flashes like mad . I have dis flickering problem ever since Nvidia introduce the 270 til 285 family of drivers for some of my games. Some of those games flikering problem are solved just by simply toggling wit V-Sync off-on, triple buffering off-on , alt-tab method or worse case scenario - disable SLI altogether. For Battlefield 3 im also facing SLI flickering out of the box, but finally i found the solution. BUT first and foremost..what is ur RESOLUTION CHOICE?
What resolution u intend to play? Example: For me i always play at 1920 × 1080 60hz. So what i did was just play witt the Fullscreen Resolution back and forth. Details here:

1. Choose ur intended resolution ( in my case: 1920 x 1080 60hz )
2. Skip next or previous resolution. ( for me it was 1920 x 1080 59.94hz )
3. CLICK APPLY FULLSCREEN RESOLUTION ( the screen will go blank half a sec rite? normal )
4. Then It will say " Save setting " rite?. Press YES. ( screen refresh but still flickering rite? )
5. Then Press previous resolution ( my case: back to 1920 x 1080 60hz) immediately the screen will refresh again BUT stil flickering?
6. Click " APPLY FULLSCREEN RESOLUTON again.
7. Again it say " Save setting" , press YES and DONE!! NO more FLICKERING..
8. If no more flickering dont press " Apply fullscreen resolution " again, just press esc or click "back"

The explanation above is not entirely accurate in order, but u still get the idea. Jst play wit the apply fullscreen resolution button, next & previous
fullscreen resolution, when prompted to save press Yes, than next again until u dont have any more flickering.
Unfortunately this method must b applied everytime u start the game, even when u alt-tab to windows coz if alt-tab back to game it goes back to flickering again.

Well hope dis helps so u guys can enjoys the game fully. Again if u have any solution feel free to post it here.

Good topic. Ley me try later

Possible Random crashes/freeze fix: yes, that is what i did few days ago. my texture quality was ultra before this, so i set it to high and voila, no 3-5 minutes crashes. although crashes still happen, but that was like after 2 hours, so i just wait for patch then while still playing the game.

I'm already on 285.38, I fixed my crashes by increasing GPU fan to 100% instead of auto, still crashes sometimes during day time, night time only smooth w/o crashing.

i finished already the campaign
i set ultra always kinda laggy, dunno why
so i set high. fine.

i'm using GTX 460 wit 285.38, GPU sets to lowest oso will freeze n crash...
da game i can play up to 5-10min...then it start again... have to reboot everytime...
seriously... i duno wat else i can do...

running on high settings since day 1 on my GTX560Ti, once in a while it will crash, but still bearable

if running on ultra setting on crash frequently, but will have artifact on screen when running around

temperature is around 78c for the gc

same here running asus 560ti top on latest driver..i lower the texture quality to high others on ultra with no AA since yesterday no more ctd.now running butterly smooth even with vsync on.

what frame you getting? i only get 50fps on average, if ultra i get average 40fps, but when a lot of explosion the fps will drop till very low

sorry if i post wrong thread,after 5min play,my BF3 freeze..done repair install twice..update the patch..but the result still the same..all setting set to low..
btw,play using acer aspire 5755G:
i7-2630QM 2Ghz
Nvidia geforce gt540M 2gb ddr3
8gb ddr3..

my highest GPU temp is 91c..

I get artifacts too when playing on some maps.

They should fix the color flashing/flickering for this game already. WTF is this, I always get green flashing screen for a frame/sec randomly.

I have played BF3 on 2 rigs for several hours with Nvidia & ATI card, and this screen flashing are happening on both. Sometimes it keep flashing for more than 5 seconds.

If you google thoroughly there are forums where people are mentioning about the same problems everywhere.

getting 50 to 60fps since i put vsync enable..seems that with vsync on the stuttering is gone..when explosion lowest is 45 fps..

I have tried the following solutions but it still crashes...
I can play a good 20-30 mins of bf3 then my screen suddenly turn black and I need to alt tab to my windows and open up task manager to terminate bf3 but the bf3 application is still running and it does not shows as not responding. Anyone have any clues or other solution to it?
Thanks

so basically the crash is due to NVIDIA driver?

Well; I myself have random crash on ATI; that bcoz I overclock the 5770 to 940Mhz from default 850Mhz... the solution was simple; set the FAN speed to manual (90%); seems the threshold is to get the gfx stable is to have below 85dC; even using a big HAF-X chassis not good enough on airflow

So dahsyat one have to think about flashing bios and everything... Quite thankful my cheapo ENGTS 450 can run the game identically to the trailer video with no problems.

Playing on high settings, no deferred msaa, HBAO etc on 1680x1050.

the sli flickering fix doesnt work for me... tried enabling/disabling vsync and triple buffering but still doesnt work... i tried the same way as u did and running on same resolution.... btw im using latest driver... any other way???

Lol, im glad im using ATI....that said sometime i kena the flickering issue. It's like 10 games kena once but if i esc and return game, it is able to fix the issue

I dont think you dont need go that far till flash bios
ALOT player are getting crash/freeze.

Here is some fix that work for me. SP and MP work differently

1. For MP crash, I just turn off my Steam client. If I on it, it crash less than 5 min after game launch, if off steam, doesnt seem have any problem after that.

2. FOr SP, I really dont have any idea. It still crash after i turn off steam, but it take long time b4 it crash/freeze again, if i remember correctly, turn off xfire also help.

3. I also felt that lower my graphic setting also help. Anything higher than Medium, chance you getting crash/freeze are high.

4. Wait for new patch...



Solution that suggested by TS

- revert to latest driver if ur on older driver. ( latest GeForce 285.62 Driver WHQL ) - possible
- roll back or use beta 285.38 .. - possbile- flash ur GPU bios - If salah flash, you can buang your GC already... need really go that extreme?- install win 64 bit if ur on 32bit.. - usually 32bit having less problem anyway, need buy a RETAIL OS for it, and they arent cheap as OEM
- and lower ur graphic in-game setting until u dont crash anymore. - yeap, agree on this, medium settings seems enough

This post has been edited by Edison83: Oct 31 2011, 02:11 PM

Thanks for the suggestions... but i have set my video settings to the lowest and it still crashes.. Might try to revert to the beta 285.38 and see if it works or not. As flashing your bios, i am still having second thoughts on doing that because gigabyte, they came out a new bios and they stated it will improve the direct x11 performance

This post has been edited by AzaelTheKid: Oct 31 2011, 02:20 PM