I have an ASUS built desktop computer. AMD FX-8300 Processor, DDR3 12GB memory, AMD Radeon R7 240 2GB GPU, HDD 2TB Storage and I have 2 monitors connected. I'm not sure what other info might be needed. I am not a genius when it comes to computers but i have basic knowledge. I like to play a game called starblast.io and have played for almost a year with no issues. I usually watch Netflix or something else on my left side monitor and play my game on the right-side monitor. A couple months ago, while watching Netflix only (not playing game) i noticed the show/movie would freeze for half a second every now and then and a "errrrrrrr" noise would come from speakers when it happened. Basic google searches led me to believe my GPU was beginning to fail. So i started taking it easy and stopped playing game at the same time as watching Netflix.
Then last week the game stopped working properly. Gameplay would be fine and smooth until I got into a close combat dog-fight with another spaceship. During fights, the bullets wouldn't come out of my gun. In a discord chat, one of the game developers mentioned it could be my GPU since more is required of the GPU in close combat fight when a lot of different things are happening than when i am just mining asteroids which is a very basic task in game. So this prompted me to replace the GPU. I bought a brand new exact replacement AMD Radeon R7 240 and installed it today.
Computer started up fine, but google chrome launched as an all-black window. I found a fix online by deleting the contents of the folder C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\UserData\ShaderCache\GPUCache and then when i opened Chrome again, it worked fine. No more black screen. My problem is i am having the issue with my game still. My ship just stops shooting bullets even though i am holding the mouse button and stops functioning in close combat. I haven't heard it yet, but the "errrrrrr" sound and video freezing during netflix shows may or may not still be present. I feel like i just replaced my GPU for no reason. Does anyone have any idea what is happening with my computer and how i can fix it?
Then last week the game stopped working properly. Gameplay would be fine and smooth until I got into a close combat dog-fight with another spaceship. During fights, the bullets wouldn't come out of my gun. In a discord chat, one of the game developers mentioned it could be my GPU since more is required of the GPU in close combat fight when a lot of different things are happening than when i am just mining asteroids which is a very basic task in game. So this prompted me to replace the GPU. I bought a brand new exact replacement AMD Radeon R7 240 and installed it today.
Computer started up fine, but google chrome launched as an all-black window. I found a fix online by deleting the contents of the folder C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\UserData\ShaderCache\GPUCache and then when i opened Chrome again, it worked fine. No more black screen. My problem is i am having the issue with my game still. My ship just stops shooting bullets even though i am holding the mouse button and stops functioning in close combat. I haven't heard it yet, but the "errrrrrr" sound and video freezing during netflix shows may or may not still be present. I feel like i just replaced my GPU for no reason. Does anyone have any idea what is happening with my computer and how i can fix it?
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