I can tell you with confidence that the video card crash was not intermittent. As I mentioned, the pattern was that on a cold/normal boot of the PC, opening a game would crash the video card. This happened every single time for the last 5 weeks. However, when I forced a restart and then opened a...
I reinstalled a nearly 5-month-old graphics driver for my video card tested for over 2 days.
Removed the graphics driver completely using DDU in Safe Mode.
and
Installed an older driver, which is more stable than the newest driver.
It did not fix the issue.
I just stress-tested my CPU using Cinebench. Nothing happend. Screenshot is attached.
As far as I know, if there was something wrong with the CPU, the stress test would have crashed, rebooted or BSOD'ed the PC.
UPDATE:
The answer is - Graphics Driver.
I reinstalled a nearly 5 month old graphics driver for my video card and upon testing over 2 days, I believe I have fixed this issue.
However, it is not that simple. Only one of these things fixed my issue:
Removing the graphics driver completely using...
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.