I just want to reply that i had this same issue. but i GUARANTEE its the 296 nvidia drivers. the second i rolled back to 295 everything ran fine... there are a lot of issues with 296 right now, BF3 is having a lot of artifacting again for people with 296.
just roll back your driver and you will be fine. I highly recommend to anyone using 296 drivers to roll back to 295, they are much more stable and imho have a lot less issues with them.
i was able to repeat the same error with the "rainbow" cockpit in CLoD 4 times while on 296 and when i went back to 295 i have not seen it since.
good luck and happy flying!
|