Problem description: As of about a week ago, I've been having this issue pop up while running some games. I haven't tested it in many games but it first started while playing Outer Wilds and I confirmed it also happening in Final Fantasy XIV. I had been playing Outer Wilds just fine for a few days (including some very long sessions) with zero issue. Then about a week ago, I started trying to play it and after about five or so minutes, the entire screen would lock up for about 5-10 seconds, then it would look as if the game minimized. I could still interact with the game. I could hear the audio of the game and the sounds from the game recognizing my button presses. The game, however, appeared as if it was just minimized. When I would try to alt tab back into the game, nothing would happen. The only solution was to kill the application through task manager. I repeatedly tried to play but never made it more than 5-10 minutes into the game without this happening.
I tried playing Final Fantasy XIV as well and it would do the same thing, however, when the "crash" happened with FFXIV, it would say that "A Fatal DirectX Error Occurred."
Attempted fixes: My first thought was that my video card or something was overheating. We had a heatwave around the same time and it was very hot in my apartment and I did notice that my video card was running a bit hot. I bought some additional fans for my PC and the weather died down now. The situation became better, but it's inconsistent. Today, I played Outer Wilds for about an hour with zero issue. Then the "crash" happened and when I started playing again, I couldn't play for more than 10-15 minutes without the crash happening.
I've run all Windows updates, all GPU driver updates, I've installed the new fans. Hell, I even applied new thermal paste to my CPU for good measure. It's helped but not solved the problem. When the first started happening, I couldn't play for more than 5 minutes at a time, but now it's just unpredictable and inconsistent but still happening sometimes. I've been monitoring my CPU/GPU temps while playing and haven't noticed anything abnormal. If anything, with the new fans and thermal paste, everything running cooler than it ever has.
Recent changes: None at all.
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Operating system: Windows 10 Pro (Build 17763)
System specs:
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Ram: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 X 8GB) DDR4 3000
Video Card: PowerColor RED DEVIL Radeon RX 580
I've found a couple people suggesting similar issues, but they're all on forums for specific games (and the people are accusing the game of being the problem, which isn't helpful at all).
Everything else on my PC is running fine. I've noticed nothing usual with anything else. I haven't tried any other games to see if this happens but it all started with Outer Wilds and I was able to replicate it (although with the slightly different results mentioned above) in FFXIV.
I tried playing Final Fantasy XIV as well and it would do the same thing, however, when the "crash" happened with FFXIV, it would say that "A Fatal DirectX Error Occurred."
Attempted fixes: My first thought was that my video card or something was overheating. We had a heatwave around the same time and it was very hot in my apartment and I did notice that my video card was running a bit hot. I bought some additional fans for my PC and the weather died down now. The situation became better, but it's inconsistent. Today, I played Outer Wilds for about an hour with zero issue. Then the "crash" happened and when I started playing again, I couldn't play for more than 10-15 minutes without the crash happening.
I've run all Windows updates, all GPU driver updates, I've installed the new fans. Hell, I even applied new thermal paste to my CPU for good measure. It's helped but not solved the problem. When the first started happening, I couldn't play for more than 5 minutes at a time, but now it's just unpredictable and inconsistent but still happening sometimes. I've been monitoring my CPU/GPU temps while playing and haven't noticed anything abnormal. If anything, with the new fans and thermal paste, everything running cooler than it ever has.
Recent changes: None at all.
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Operating system: Windows 10 Pro (Build 17763)
System specs:
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Ram: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 X 8GB) DDR4 3000
Video Card: PowerColor RED DEVIL Radeon RX 580
I've found a couple people suggesting similar issues, but they're all on forums for specific games (and the people are accusing the game of being the problem, which isn't helpful at all).
Everything else on my PC is running fine. I've noticed nothing usual with anything else. I haven't tried any other games to see if this happens but it all started with Outer Wilds and I was able to replicate it (although with the slightly different results mentioned above) in FFXIV.