Question The Crashes Are Back... (Zotac GTX-1050TI crashing 5-10 mins into playing games)

[sentry_gunner_531]

For those of you who know i have had a problem with my newer Zotac GTX-1050TI crashing 5-10 mins into playing games

Link to old discussion: https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...crashing-randomly-when-playing-games.3473292/

The problem has re-surfaced

This time i am playing the new Astroneer update for about 5-10 mins at about 60-70% GPU usage

I have the task manager open in summary mode open, i can see the usage of my CPU and other components

When the crashes happen the entire computer locks up for 2-3 seconds, after that the GPU usage jumps up to 100% and back down to 0% and rises to what it was before (around 60-70%) and flat-lines at 0%, after that it seems the driver or some other software issue causes the game to not respond and the same frame is displayed as when it crashed, i can click on it all i want but it will just not respond

Some things i have tried to fix said issue:

1. unplugging my second monitor (i use an active DVI to VGA adapter for my 2nd monitor and a straight HDMI for my first)
2. re-seating my GPU
3. using DDU to remove my current GPU driver (i am currently running a 4 step behind driver to no benefit)
4. initially buying a 600W PSU (as in my other thread)

I am lost on where or what the problem is, i don't know if it is a motherboard issue or a software issue

Thank You

 

[rolli59]

Or simply a faulty card. Try the GPU in a different computer and if symptoms move with it RMA.

 

[sentry_gunner_531]

Or simply a faulty card. Try the GPU in a different computer and if symptoms move with it RMA.

I am going to keep that in mind as worst case scenario as i dont have another computer readily avaible to test on and the card isn't over a year old

 

[rolli59]

A few years ago I struggled with similar issues on a HD7950 in about 6 months it became so frequent that I moved it over to another rig and confirmed and did a RMA on it. Replacement no issues.

 

[sentry_gunner_531]

Ok i will try a RMA

 

[sentry_gunner_531]

Update: A crash has just happened while watching a movie on the Movies and TV application on windows

 

[sentry_gunner_531]

Update: I had GPUZ open while a crash happened, not very helpful but its the best I know how to do

link to screenshot on google drive:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1yuonb85n9ILZd3uB8TLzVkp7CcVEGjiQ

2nd screenshot:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fCSk7D3zuD40BkXT-Oeh_aEtlozLCc7G

Both times i was playing Astroneer (its a game for those of you who don't know)

the crashes aren't specifically on Astroneer, it happens on graphically intense games (i don't know about the Movies and TV crash though)