Just kidding I'm still crashing

I'm on a wired connection and not using any vpks. I think the problem was that I was running TF2 in 1600x900 full screen and not my native 1920x1080. Haven't crashed so far on 1080.

Sometimes I'll crash as soon as I join a server and get to the motd screen or as soon as I choose a class. The exact same thing will happen multiple times in a row and then TF2 will start working normally again for a couple minutes until I crash and the same issue happens. Pretty much every crash is followed by the "hl2.exe has stopped working" popup.

Another weird thing I've noticed is that every time I join a server I'll get a "connecting to server" screen that I've never had before.

http://i.imgur.com/bn8M9Ha.png

After this screen shows for like 10 seconds, the screen will return back to the normal server connection screen and I'll join the server fine. Also, sometimes when I try to join a server it will show the weird connecting to server screen and then I'll either get a Steam authentication error or a connection failed after 4 retries error.

I've tried reinstalling TF2.
Anyone have any idea how to troubleshoot these problems? Thanks

THAT WAS ONLY 3 DUDE

case solved

It said 41 hours in the steam overlay when in CSGO. On my profile it says 56 hours in the past two weeks (all games) when it should be more like 20.

no thank you

Two days ago I had 6 hours played in the past two weeks for CSGO. I played a game or two with some friends and turned my computer off. Yesterday I spent the whole day doing house stuff and I cleaned a buttload of dust out of my computer. Today I play a CSGO game and notice that I have 41 hours in the past two weeks for CSGO. What gives?

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Try changing mat_phong to 1 instead of 0.

I think I had a similar problem a few months ago
http://teamfortress.tv/thread/20213/monitor-freaks-out-when-watching-videos-sometimes

I fixed it by disabling hardware acceleration in chrome and flash. (Might have to google how to disable hardware accel in your browser if you aren't using chrome)

To disable hw accel in chrome, type chrome://settings in the search bar and hit enter. Click show advanced settings and uncheck "Use hardware acceleration when available".

To disable hw accel in your flash player, right click the animation in the link below, click settings, and uncheck "Enable hardware acceleration".
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html#main_Find_Flash_Player_version_type_and_capabilities__Flash_developers_only_

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