I think my GPU is causing my PC to restart

mavmcfad

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I've just run into this problem over the last day or two.

I play various games, and for some reason 1, and only 1 of them is forcing my pc to restart after about 5-10min.

My GPU meter is showing low temp, low usage. I can play with very high graphics on other games for hours, but this one game (which has lower graphics) is for some reason causing a problem. I played for about 4 hours last friday and no problem. went to play after the weekend and all of a sunday monday morning this started.

any suggestions?

the gpu i have is a GeForce GTX 760 with current drivers installed.
 
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Google it. It's a free download, and running it is pretty simple once you have it. If it runs fine without crashing during a stress test, you'll know you're issue is not related to hardware, and probably something like patch downloads. If it crashes, it likely means a defective component, including a possible bad PSU.

mavmcfad

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The games that have no problem are: WoW, FF14, Diablo 3, League of Legends. the game that is causing the problem is Champions Online.

as for PSU Kentek 1050w
 

mavmcfad

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i forgot to mention, that it seems to go in spurts. for example, when i initially posted about this, it had done it about 5 times in a row. now i've been playing for the last 25min with no problem. i have not run Prim95 or any stress test. how do i go about doing that?
 

George Mulligan

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Google it. It's a free download, and running it is pretty simple once you have it. If it runs fine without crashing during a stress test, you'll know you're issue is not related to hardware, and probably something like patch downloads. If it crashes, it likely means a defective component, including a possible bad PSU.
 
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