This was originally posted in Systems because I wasnt sure what the issue had to do with but I believe it would be better suited for here.
I recently purchased a new GPU for my PC that I built, and have been playing various games on it lately. I havent noticed any issues at all 90% of the time, but the other 10% is a major issue. While playing Guild Wars 2 my computer will suddenly freeze. When it does, I can no longer hear game sound, discord, my music, move my mouse, or use my keyboard (I've tried Ctrl+Alt+Del, Alt+F4, and Ctrl+Shift+Esc, none work.) Now when I say this happens only on Guild Wars 2, I mean it primarily happens on GW2. Nine times out of ten it happens on a loading screen, however I have had it happen once while playing, and a few times when I try to tab back into the game after tabbing out to message someone or change my music. I have only had it happen on one other game one time on Playeruknown's Battlegrounds, and once or twice on my desktop, after rebooting from a crash on GW2. Cannot recall if I had tried to launch anything on those freezes unfortunately. No other game has done this to me so far. I can play countless PUBG rounds with no issues on max settings, and various other games as well.
I've tried various fixes found online or that I could think of, such as running GW2 -repair, reinstalling GW2, updating all of my drivers, deleting old drivers, reinstalling my nvidia drivers, moving my GPU to another PCI port, and other things I don't recall off the top of my head.
I have run memtest86+ and it found no errors after leaving it running overnight and while at work for a total of 6 or so passes. I have also run chkdsk /r on my C: drive turning up no results. As I said I have also updated as many drivers and deleted any old drivers that I possibly could. I feel like I am missing something, but I am at a loss for ideas at this point. Replacing parts is feasible come payday, however I would rather not have to if possible. I can afford to, but I would be giving up partially on furnishing my new apartment. EDIT: I have also run Prime95 to stress test the CPU, with no issues. I have yet to stress test the GPU because it is brand new, however I will do so here shortly. I have a small suspicion it could be due to overheating of my cpu, but Guild Wars is the only thing that I seem to have the issue with. It could be that GW2 is overheating my CPU however it only ever gets to a maximum of about 55-60°C under large load. GPU and other parts dont go much further than about 40-45°C.
However I will do whatever it takes to fix my computer. Here are my specs and let me know if I am missing anything that could help solve this issue. Thanks! ^^
PC SPECS:
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770k CPU @ 3.50 Ghz
GPU: MSI Armor GEFORCE® GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC (@stock)
Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme 3
RAM: Corsair 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
PSU: EVGA 700Bronze
HDD: 465GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKS-00YGA0
Running on Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Thanks in advance for any ideas!
EDIT: Games I have been able to run without freezing for very long periods of time include -
-Final Fantasy XIV
-League of Legends
-Overwatch
-Rivals of Aether
-Nier: Automata
-CS:GO
-WoW (not as long as other games, but left idle for a trip to the store)
-Various Gamecube games through Dolphin
-Jotun
-Skullgirls
I recently purchased a new GPU for my PC that I built, and have been playing various games on it lately. I havent noticed any issues at all 90% of the time, but the other 10% is a major issue. While playing Guild Wars 2 my computer will suddenly freeze. When it does, I can no longer hear game sound, discord, my music, move my mouse, or use my keyboard (I've tried Ctrl+Alt+Del, Alt+F4, and Ctrl+Shift+Esc, none work.) Now when I say this happens only on Guild Wars 2, I mean it primarily happens on GW2. Nine times out of ten it happens on a loading screen, however I have had it happen once while playing, and a few times when I try to tab back into the game after tabbing out to message someone or change my music. I have only had it happen on one other game one time on Playeruknown's Battlegrounds, and once or twice on my desktop, after rebooting from a crash on GW2. Cannot recall if I had tried to launch anything on those freezes unfortunately. No other game has done this to me so far. I can play countless PUBG rounds with no issues on max settings, and various other games as well.
I've tried various fixes found online or that I could think of, such as running GW2 -repair, reinstalling GW2, updating all of my drivers, deleting old drivers, reinstalling my nvidia drivers, moving my GPU to another PCI port, and other things I don't recall off the top of my head.
I have run memtest86+ and it found no errors after leaving it running overnight and while at work for a total of 6 or so passes. I have also run chkdsk /r on my C: drive turning up no results. As I said I have also updated as many drivers and deleted any old drivers that I possibly could. I feel like I am missing something, but I am at a loss for ideas at this point. Replacing parts is feasible come payday, however I would rather not have to if possible. I can afford to, but I would be giving up partially on furnishing my new apartment. EDIT: I have also run Prime95 to stress test the CPU, with no issues. I have yet to stress test the GPU because it is brand new, however I will do so here shortly. I have a small suspicion it could be due to overheating of my cpu, but Guild Wars is the only thing that I seem to have the issue with. It could be that GW2 is overheating my CPU however it only ever gets to a maximum of about 55-60°C under large load. GPU and other parts dont go much further than about 40-45°C.
However I will do whatever it takes to fix my computer. Here are my specs and let me know if I am missing anything that could help solve this issue. Thanks! ^^
PC SPECS:
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770k CPU @ 3.50 Ghz
GPU: MSI Armor GEFORCE® GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC (@stock)
Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme 3
RAM: Corsair 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
PSU: EVGA 700Bronze
HDD: 465GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKS-00YGA0
Running on Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Thanks in advance for any ideas!
EDIT: Games I have been able to run without freezing for very long periods of time include -
-Final Fantasy XIV
-League of Legends
-Overwatch
-Rivals of Aether
-Nier: Automata
-CS:GO
-WoW (not as long as other games, but left idle for a trip to the store)
-Various Gamecube games through Dolphin
-Jotun
-Skullgirls
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