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[BlackWing88]

what do i need to do to force steam to run 32bitclient instead of 62 bit

[xWiredx]

I don't know offhand, but before I spend the energy trying to figure it out... WHY?

[Tarl Cabot]

There are a few reasons to force 32bit, and possibly forcing to to work around some system issues, etc. But there is the link to how to create the shortcut.

http://mwomercs.com/...2-force-32-bit/

here is the OP original thread with instructions previously noted. He is getting a GPU driver error issue. Force 32bit will take a load off the GPU and put it back on the CPU. But it is possible the OC on the 980 may be an issue, which the OP should underclock the GPU back towards factory settings.

http://mwomercs.com/...wo-repair-tool/

Edited by Tarl Cabot, 08 November 2016 - 06:53 PM.

[xWiredx]

Tarl Cabot, on 08 November 2016 - 06:44 PM, said:

There are a few reasons to force 32bit, and possibly forcing to to work around some system issues, etc. But there is the link to how to create the shortcut.

http://mwomercs.com/...2-force-32-bit/

here is the OP original thread with instructions previously noted. He is getting a GPU driver error issue. Force 32bit will take a load off the GPU and put it back on the CPU. But it is possible the OC on the 980 may be an issue, which the OP should underclock the GPU back towards factory settings.

http://mwomercs.com/...wo-repair-tool/

Ah, indeed.

Here's the problem, though. That error is -definitely- pointing at the GPU. Whatever extremely minute bit you shift to the CPU from the GPU by going to 32bit is not likely to help very much if at all. Going to 32bit will also mean constraining the memory accessibility for the client.

Here are my thoughts. OP does not mention actual specs of the motherboard and RAM in a nice clean way, so I would first like to understand what those are. He also does not mention what the GPU is set at for core/boost clock, memory clock, power level, and TDP. He doesn't mention his PSU at all. These things are all relatively important to know. OP, please give us all of this info in a clean, coherent fashion (like a bullet list).

Depending on what the GPU is set at, there are likely some things that should be either raised or lowered to gain stability. Depending on the motherboard and RAM (he said its 2600MhZ, but its definitely going to be DDR3, which means there's a chance either the memory itself or the motherboard can't handle it well) there may be some adjustments to do here for increased stability, too. Also, if he's got a shoddy PSU, we can be certain that it is not lending itself to system stability so we might be able to make some recommendation here.

I guess trying 32bit won't -hurt- but it certainly is not the best solution here.