Fallout3 BSOD

[childeofmalkav]

my Fallout 3 keeps giving me BSODs frequently, at first I though it was just my shitty unsupported card (Which constantly overheated) but I recently upgraded the card and the frequency of the BSODs just got up. it seems to mostly happen when I try to use the Pipboy but even if I dont use it its still crashing randomly. I tried switching graphics setting (turned up everything to the max after I got the new card) I updated my video card drivers, I removed all mods and DLCs but nothing helps. I still get the exact same BSOD (something about nv4 dll file) I am running Windows XP SP3, and using Fallout 3 1.5

 

I'm fairly sure its not a hardware or driver issue as all other games work perfectly well even though they are more demanding.

[Harabec Weathers]

my Fallout 3 keeps giving me BSODs frequently, at first I though it was just my shitty unsupported card (Which constantly overheated) but I recently upgraded the card and the frequency of the BSODs just got up. it seems to mostly happen when I try to use the Pipboy but even if I dont use it its still crashing randomly. I tried switching graphics setting (turned up everything to the max after I got the new card) I updated my video card drivers, I removed all mods and DLCs but nothing helps. I still get the exact same BSOD (something about nv4 dll file) I am running Windows XP SP3.

 

I'm fairly sure its not a hardware or driver issue as all other games work perfectly well even though they are more demanding.

 

nv4.dll errors in an Nvidia infinite loop error with some Nvidia cards and/ or drivers

You should find this link may lead to a repair for you're problem. I once had the problem but only after downloading new drivers, so I rolled back the drivers and it was fixed (DONT DO THAT IF you DO NOT have a problem with your nvidia drivers)

Heres the link

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=4432

 

But out of curiosity, what were your other specs? It take more than a video card to run games these days. Gotta have your Core, RAM, cooling, motherboard, and power supply all up to snuff

[childeofmalkav]

Sorry to bump the old thread,just figured I'd post a solution if anyone else is having that problem. I dont know which one exactly did the job but After turning off Anti-Aliasing, Anistropic Filtering and moving the game to Windowed mode the problems vanished, and I didnt get even 1 BSOD after several lengthy game times.

 

Hope it will help someone :)