Trouble running GTA V..

[Smitsy]

Brand new PC build:
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 Gaming 2GB
- Intel i5-4460 3.2GHz
- G.Skill DDR3 1600 Ripjaws X (2x4GB)
- MSI H97 Gaming 3 Motherboard
- Windows 8 64bit

I can load the game fine, i changed all of the settings to normal and still the game will randomly freeze my whole computer and ill have to restart it (annoying because its usually during missions and i lose the save). Is this an issue due to my components?

 

[Undying89]

Your PC is capable running it even on High no problem. Something must be throttling/overheating in your system causing crashing/freezing. Download MSI Afterburner and start monitoring GPU/CPU usage, temps and clocks while gaming.

 

[fastwing76]

What's ur psu? Try running the game in windows 7 compatibility mode

 

[Dragos Manea]

What about your psu? what brand and what power is it?

 

[Smitsy]

What about your psu? what brand and what power is it?

its a 550W "FSP" Raider Series 80 Plus Silver PSU.

 

[Smitsy]

What's ur psu? Try running the game in windows 7 compatibility mode

its a 550W "FSP" Raider Series 80 Plus Silver PSU.

 

[fastwing76]

What about your psu? what brand and what power is it?

its a 550W "FSP" Raider Series 80 Plus Silver PSU.

That's surely a good psu and more than enough to power ur system, if ur system is overclocked either cpu or gpu, revert to stock and see what happens, gta v is a pretty heavy game and could stress ur system, also try the compatibility thing

 

[Smitsy]

What about your psu? what brand and what power is it?

its a 550W "FSP" Raider Series 80 Plus Silver PSU.

That's surely a good psu and more than enough to power ur system, if ur system is overclocked either cpu or gpu, revert to stock and see what happens, gta v is a pretty heavy game and could stress ur system, also try the compatibility thing

im not overclocking anything, ill try the compatibility thing and see how it goes. thank you

 

[Smitsy]

What's ur psu? Try running the game in windows 7 compatibility mode

Ran GTA V with windows 7 compatibility and have been playing for almost 2 hours now and it still hasn't crashed my computer. Seems to have fixed it, thank you.

 

[Qwerty-space]

What's ur psu? Try running the game in windows 7 compatibility mode

Ran GTA V with windows 7 compatibility and have been playing for almost 2 hours now and it still hasn't crashed my computer. Seems to have fixed it, thank you.

How do you run in compatibility mode. I know you right click>properties but whenever I try and run GTA5.exe it says "Please run Grand Theft Auto V using PlayGTAV.exe" but I don't have that file.