I recently built a new gaming PC from scratch and it keeps cutting out during gameplay. I first tried The Witcher 3 and of course the infamous Nvidia HairWorks was too much. However it has cut out playing GTA V as well, and I really don't feel like I'm pushing it hard at all.
According to the graphics menu I am using approx 2760MB of my available 8GB vRAM. This is after I have turned down all the textures from default Very High to High. The only things I have increased are the refresh rate to 144hz, (because my monitor is capable of it, don't know if this affects performance), and Advanced Distance Scaling (because I hate things suddenly appearing out of nowhere.)
The PC has cut out after an hour or so of gaming, and, most recently, after only 30 minutes. I'm running MSI Command Center and GPUz on a second monitor to watch my temps. CPU normally sits around 65-70C, with the occasional spike to 80C which the fans quickly bring under control. GPU during gameplay, to my knowledge, has never gone above 65C. These temps don't seem unreasonable to me which makes me think the problem lies elsewhere.
So far in terms of troubleshooting I have reseated the CPU cooler (when I first thought the problem was temperature related), ran MemTest 64 (which passed with 0 errors), and have double checked that everything is plugged in correctly. According to reviews my GPU is a power hog so it's supplied by two power leads from the PSU. All of my drivers are up to date, and I am using the stand-offs for the motherboard.
I am a little worried that I have buggered the CPU as there seemed to be a bit of thermal paste over the edge when I reseated the cooler, but I cleaned it up with Isopropanol and couldn't see any traces of it when I put the cooler back.
If anyone has any ideas what else to try please let me know. This is really frustrating and I am starting to feel like I have wasted a lot of money! Thanks for your time!
MSI X470 Gaming Pro Carbon
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X with included Wraith Prism cooler
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 16GB
Sapphire RX Vega 64 Nitro+ 8GB
Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB 850w PSU
WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD M.2 2280 - 500GB
Samsung 860 EVO SSD - 500GB
Agon AG271QX LED 27 Class monitor
According to the graphics menu I am using approx 2760MB of my available 8GB vRAM. This is after I have turned down all the textures from default Very High to High. The only things I have increased are the refresh rate to 144hz, (because my monitor is capable of it, don't know if this affects performance), and Advanced Distance Scaling (because I hate things suddenly appearing out of nowhere.)
The PC has cut out after an hour or so of gaming, and, most recently, after only 30 minutes. I'm running MSI Command Center and GPUz on a second monitor to watch my temps. CPU normally sits around 65-70C, with the occasional spike to 80C which the fans quickly bring under control. GPU during gameplay, to my knowledge, has never gone above 65C. These temps don't seem unreasonable to me which makes me think the problem lies elsewhere.
So far in terms of troubleshooting I have reseated the CPU cooler (when I first thought the problem was temperature related), ran MemTest 64 (which passed with 0 errors), and have double checked that everything is plugged in correctly. According to reviews my GPU is a power hog so it's supplied by two power leads from the PSU. All of my drivers are up to date, and I am using the stand-offs for the motherboard.
I am a little worried that I have buggered the CPU as there seemed to be a bit of thermal paste over the edge when I reseated the cooler, but I cleaned it up with Isopropanol and couldn't see any traces of it when I put the cooler back.
If anyone has any ideas what else to try please let me know. This is really frustrating and I am starting to feel like I have wasted a lot of money! Thanks for your time!
MSI X470 Gaming Pro Carbon
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X with included Wraith Prism cooler
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 16GB
Sapphire RX Vega 64 Nitro+ 8GB
Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB 850w PSU
WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD M.2 2280 - 500GB
Samsung 860 EVO SSD - 500GB
Agon AG271QX LED 27 Class monitor
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