Graphical issues with games

Evil_Tomato

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Ryzen 5 1400 3.2Ghz
EVGA GTX 1050 ti SC
8GB Corsair Vengeance
120GB SSD
B350 PCMATE MOBO
PSU Cooler Master Elite v2 550w

Hello, I've been trying to fix this problem for quite a while, after building this PC very recently I started to have very problematic issues specifically when playing games, it seems that when the GPU has to render more extensive visuals it starts to fail, causing one of the following:

- Freezes: the screen either blacks out or freezes, with some games, it fixes itself by re-rendering absolutely everything on screen again, with other games, I have to minimize the game then maximize so it can re-render the visuals again. (This happens with PayDay 2, Killing Floor, Terraria, Thumper, etc)

- Crashes: games completely crash, sometimes it takes longer to crash (1-2 min), sometimes it does just as the game loads (DotA 2, DOOM)

In most of the freeze scenarios one of these messages appear "Nvidia Display driver stopped working and has recovered" or "-Appnames- access to graphic hardware was blocked" as a pop up window.

Checks I did:
- MemTest86 to check the RAM memory.
- FurMak to stress test the GPU.
- CrystalDisk to check the SSD and HDD I use.
- Checked all temperatures and they were fine.
- Voltage values in the PSU were fine.
- Swapping PCI ports to see if the PCI port was faulty.
- Swapping RAM stick to another slot to check if it was faulty.

Fixes I tried to do following things I read in the internet:
- Disabling PCI Express energy optimization.
- Setting Max performance on NVidia power management panel.
- Disabling VSync on NVidia graphics panel.
- Creating a TdrDelay value on Regedit.
- DDU then a clean reinstall of the latest drivers.
- DDU then a install of an old driver.
- Changing from Windows 10 to Windows 8.1.
- Using another GPU to check for any differences.
- Updated the BIOS to the latest build.

I'm very stressed since I still can't understand the situation and I don't know what to do. After all these fixes all I did was making some games more stable but the issues still keep going.
 
I did a clean resintall, I updated the BIOS, contacted EVGA and they told me to pretty much check the GPU on another computer to check if that's the issue, which I'll do soon. I'm just really confused about what could it be, PSU voltages on the BIOS looked fine, maybe I need to use another PSU just to check.
 


If you have another good quality PSU you can test with then for sure you want to do that. Yours is OK but on the lower side of quality, it scored 7s for quality on a review on jonnyguru which is low for a gaming system.

Performance
7.5
Functionality
7
Value
4
Build Quality
7
Total Score
6.6

The Seasonic S12II scored a 9.7 at about the same price point
Performance
9.5
Functionality
9.5
Value
10
Aesthetics
10
Total Score
9.7
 
I'm sorry for taking so much time to answer, I got issues with browsing, mostly related to my internet company.

Yes Amecareth, all drivers are rightfully installed.
Hang-the-9 I'd have to seek for another one but it would be a really weird reason.