Insufficient ram causing crashes?

[XeNo_390]

I ricently upraded from a gtx 760 to a gtx 1060, but since then crashes started to occur in three games: battlefield 1, rainbow six, battlegrounds(i say three because they're actually the only ones I tryed). The crash occurs after 2 to 50 minutes of playing and after reinstalling my display drivers through DDU, a friend told me that the problem could be the ram (I have 8gb @1600Mhz, vengeance dual channel kit).
I monitored the memory usage with Task Manager and I noticed that in battlefield the percentage never goes higher than 85% but the game still crashed at approximately that number. So is it the ram or am I missing something else? (plausible considering I'm not an expert)

I'm open to suggestions for further testing and diagnosis, to hopefully solve the dilemma as soon as possible (at the moment I'm still in time to return the card to amazon).
Thanks. And here are my specs:
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 4440 @ 3.10GHz
RAM
8,00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z87-HD3
Graphics
T22C300 (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 4600 (Gigabyte)
2047MB(I really don't know where this memory comes from so I'd be glad to know this too, if you don't mind) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (ZOTAC International)
ForceWare version: 388.71
SLI Disabled
Storage
58GB SanDisk SSD U110 64GB (SSD)
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EFRX-68PJCN0 (SATA)

 

[clarkjd]

I ricently upraded from a gtx 760 to a gtx 1060, but since then crashes started to occur in three games: battlefield 1, rainbow six, battlegrounds(i say three because they're actually the only ones I tryed). The crash occurs after 2 to 50 minutes of playing and after reinstalling my display drivers through DDU, a friend told me that the problem could be the ram (I have 8gb @1600Mhz, vengeance dual channel kit).
I monitored the memory usage with Task Manager and I noticed that in battlefield the percentage never goes higher than 85% but the game still crashed at approximately that number. So is it the ram or am I missing something else? (plausible considering I'm not an expert)

I'm open to suggestions for further testing and diagnosis, to hopefully solve the dilemma as soon as possible (at the moment I'm still in time to return the card to amazon).
Thanks. And here are my specs:
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 4440 @ 3.10GHz
RAM
8,00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z87-HD3
Graphics
T22C300 (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 4600 (Gigabyte)
2047MB(I really don't know where this memory comes from so I'd be glad to know this too, if you don't mind) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (ZOTAC International)
ForceWare version: 388.71
SLI Disabled
Storage
58GB SanDisk SSD U110 64GB (SSD)
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EFRX-68PJCN0 (SATA)

What PSU do you have? Crashes like you describe tend to be power related.

 

[XeNo_390]

I ricently upraded from a gtx 760 to a gtx 1060, but since then crashes started to occur in three games: battlefield 1, rainbow six, battlegrounds(i say three because they're actually the only ones I tryed). The crash occurs after 2 to 50 minutes of playing and after reinstalling my display drivers through DDU, a friend told me that the problem could be the ram (I have 8gb @1600Mhz, vengeance dual channel kit).
I monitored the memory usage with Task Manager and I noticed that in battlefield the percentage never goes higher than 85% but the game still crashed at approximately that number. So is it the ram or am I missing something else? (plausible considering I'm not an expert)

I'm open to suggestions for further testing and diagnosis, to hopefully solve the dilemma as soon as possible (at the moment I'm still in time to return the card to amazon).
Thanks. And here are my specs:
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 4440 @ 3.10GHz
RAM
8,00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z87-HD3
Graphics
T22C300 (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 4600 (Gigabyte)
2047MB(I really don't know where this memory comes from so I'd be glad to know this too, if you don't mind) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (ZOTAC International)
ForceWare version: 388.71
SLI Disabled
Storage
58GB SanDisk SSD U110 64GB (SSD)
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EFRX-68PJCN0 (SATA)

What PSU do you have? Crashes like you describe tend to be power related.

It's a Corsair CX750M

 

[clarkjd]

It's a Corsair CX750M

How old is it? While that is a relatively good unit, it doesn't mean that it is not the culprit. Even the best PSU can go bad.
Can you remove your GPU and try using the integrated graphics? If you still have the same results, you know it isn't your graphics card, and your PSU is still a possible suspect.

 

[XeNo_390]

It's a Corsair CX750M

How old is it? While that is a relatively good unit, it doesn't mean that it is not the culprit. Even the best PSU can go bad.
Can you remove your GPU and try using the integrated graphics? If you still have the same results, you know it isn't your graphics card, and your PSU is still a possible suspect.

The whole system is 5 years old now (except the graphics card of course). And as for the test you suggested, I think I'll try soon to swap back to the 760 and see what happens. Thank you.

 

[clarkjd]

It's a Corsair CX750M

How old is it? While that is a relatively good unit, it doesn't mean that it is not the culprit. Even the best PSU can go bad.
Can you remove your GPU and try using the integrated graphics? If you still have the same results, you know it isn't your graphics card, and your PSU is still a possible suspect.

The whole system is 5 years old now (except the graphics card of course). And as for the test you suggested, I think I'll try soon to swap back to the 760 and see what happens. Thank you.

After a 5 year lifespan,even the best PSU can go bad. Hope you have success with your testing!

Edit: The nVidia website says that the 760 is a 170 watt board and the 1060 is a 120 watt board. The 760 requires MORE power to run than the 1060, not less!

 

[XeNo_390]

Apparently the drivers were the problem. Two days ago an update came out on geforce experience, I updated the driver to version 390.65 and everything went fine since then, 0 crashes. Thanks for the help anyways.

 

[clarkjd]

Apparently the drivers were the problem. Two days ago an update came out on geforce experience, I updated the driver to version 390.65 and everything went fine since then, 0 crashes. Thanks for the help anyways.

Glad you got it sorted out! Driver issues can be a nightmare to troubleshoot!