Many people buy a laptop that has two graphics cards. The integrated Intel HD Graphics 3-4-5000, as well as a dedicated card. If the dedicated card is nVidia, the system typically uses nVidia Optimus to decide whether to use the integrated or dedicated graphics card at any given moment (based on resource demands and power efficiency).

The system usually dynamically switches between the dedicated and integrated GPUs, however this can cause errors and freezes in many games and applications, and the nvidia drivers regularly crash because of this.

Many people experience the bug in Grand Theft Auto V where the game freezes when they try to shoot out of a vehicle window during a mission.

Rockstar hasn’t been able to fix the bug so far, but there is a temporary workaround:

When you start the mission and get into the car, take out your phone and enter the Snapmatic app (you don’t necessarily need to take a picture), then close it and exit the phone. After that, you can shoot without the game freezing. The fix only works until you restart the game!

I’d been thinking about starting Fallout 3 after New Vegas for a while, since that game really appealed to me. The only problem I had with it was that it would randomly freeze at irregular intervals, and since I don’t save often, it was incredibly frustrating. (plus on my machine, nothing helped except a full system restart)

Thanks to my hardworking friend, this problem of mine was solved, and here I’ll describe how to eliminate the issue.