Hello all, i am having this very annoying problem with my PC for the past 4 or so months. I posted a thread here at toms back in Nov 11 but my problem wasn't solved. If you want to read through it for reference then here it is:
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/gpu-problem-games-crashing-to-desktop.3543765/
So please bear with me as i try to explain it to the best of my abilities. Please note i have done a FULL CLEAN windows 10 install from Scratch so no leftover of drivers. Clean install, clean driver install and installed my game and the problem came back exactly before so i now i am 100% certain problems in hardware. Now i need to figure out what is actually causing the problem so i can replace it.
Specs:
Gigabyte Z370 Aourus Gaming 7 Mobo
Intel 8700k @ stock speeds
Zotec GTX 1080 Ti AMP Extreme
Corsair 16 GB DDR 4 @ XMP profile 3000 MHz
Corsair TX 750M PSU
8 3.5" HDD
2 SSD (1 sata 1 nvme)
1 soundcard (creative x-fi titanium)
1 PCI 4 port SATA card
Win 10 Pro latest edition
Alright, so my PC is 100% stable as long as i don't play games. I can use my PC to browse through internet, downloading movies, watching 4K videos and streaming videos to my TV all day without any problem. However, when i start playing games it starts acting up. One game, Dead or alive Xtreme Venus Vacation if i play it at max quality at 4K resolution the game may crash at any moment but even if it doesn't crash and i play it for like something 30+ minutes when i exit the game my PC gets EXTREMELY slowed. Like pressing ctrl+alt+del to open device manager there is as much as 10 secs pause. Click windows button or trying anything else there is like 3-5 secs pause.
Needless to say the PC is totally un-usable and it remains in this state unless i restart my PC. However, if i play the same game at low graphics setting and 1080p resolution i can play it as much as i want without ANY ISSUE at all. Almost all games crash, Civilization 6 yesterday crashed within 30 minutes (giving me graphics driver stopped un-expectedly and recovered) and i started again and after 5 minutes it was a lockup with sound continuing in background while screen going black, monitor turned off and i had to Hard reset my PC. Total War: Warhammer 2 also crashes randomly or basically whatever game i play crashes randomly.
Here is the kicker now, Furmark test passed after running for 30 minutes. Also i never see any artifacts during gaming (indicator of GPU problem) the game simply crashes to desktop or rarely PC just locks up. From my previous thread, things i already tried:
Things i have already tried
Can PSU cause such issues? Like windows getting un-responsive after playing game at MAX quality? Playing at minimum quality things work normal. Please i would really appreciate any insight into this matter because its making me pull my hair and i have literally done almost every tip using google search without any help.
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/gpu-problem-games-crashing-to-desktop.3543765/
So please bear with me as i try to explain it to the best of my abilities. Please note i have done a FULL CLEAN windows 10 install from Scratch so no leftover of drivers. Clean install, clean driver install and installed my game and the problem came back exactly before so i now i am 100% certain problems in hardware. Now i need to figure out what is actually causing the problem so i can replace it.
Specs:
Gigabyte Z370 Aourus Gaming 7 Mobo
Intel 8700k @ stock speeds
Zotec GTX 1080 Ti AMP Extreme
Corsair 16 GB DDR 4 @ XMP profile 3000 MHz
Corsair TX 750M PSU
8 3.5" HDD
2 SSD (1 sata 1 nvme)
1 soundcard (creative x-fi titanium)
1 PCI 4 port SATA card
Win 10 Pro latest edition
Alright, so my PC is 100% stable as long as i don't play games. I can use my PC to browse through internet, downloading movies, watching 4K videos and streaming videos to my TV all day without any problem. However, when i start playing games it starts acting up. One game, Dead or alive Xtreme Venus Vacation if i play it at max quality at 4K resolution the game may crash at any moment but even if it doesn't crash and i play it for like something 30+ minutes when i exit the game my PC gets EXTREMELY slowed. Like pressing ctrl+alt+del to open device manager there is as much as 10 secs pause. Click windows button or trying anything else there is like 3-5 secs pause.
Needless to say the PC is totally un-usable and it remains in this state unless i restart my PC. However, if i play the same game at low graphics setting and 1080p resolution i can play it as much as i want without ANY ISSUE at all. Almost all games crash, Civilization 6 yesterday crashed within 30 minutes (giving me graphics driver stopped un-expectedly and recovered) and i started again and after 5 minutes it was a lockup with sound continuing in background while screen going black, monitor turned off and i had to Hard reset my PC. Total War: Warhammer 2 also crashes randomly or basically whatever game i play crashes randomly.
Here is the kicker now, Furmark test passed after running for 30 minutes. Also i never see any artifacts during gaming (indicator of GPU problem) the game simply crashes to desktop or rarely PC just locks up. From my previous thread, things i already tried:
Things i have already tried
- Run memtest, all 4 passes and 0 errors so we can rule out a bad RAM. Screenshot attached if you are interested.
- Monitor GPU Temps with HWMonitor and logging, the max GPU temp reaches during gaming Marathon's is 78C which is fine for GTX 1080 Ti AMP Extreme i think considering its one of the most over-clocked 1080 Ti out there.
- CPU temps are waaay within limits during games not reaching 70s
- Running Valley benchmark test for like 15 minutes. No artifacts or crash
- Using High performance power mode, ensuring Link state Power management setting is turned off in advanced settings.
- Tried all power settings in Nvidia control panel, adaptive/prefer maximum perfornamce.
Can PSU cause such issues? Like windows getting un-responsive after playing game at MAX quality? Playing at minimum quality things work normal. Please i would really appreciate any insight into this matter because its making me pull my hair and i have literally done almost every tip using google search without any help.