Almost All Games Crash - Possible GPU Issue

Alex_184

Commendable
Mar 26, 2016
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Hello, so I got this PC in April 2016 and everything was great till December 2017. So I got Rainbow Six in December and after approx 5 minutes of game time it crashed to desktop and I would have to close the game through the control panel. I thought this might be a problem with the game itself so I just left it, then I got Fortnite and again, same problem - 5 minutes into a game and it crashes to desktop. At this point I was getting annoyed and thought there might be bugs with the games but now I bought battlefield 1 and same problem, crash to desktop. All these games run extremely smoothly when I’m playing them but then just crash. When I play FIFA 18 I do not have any of these problems but I just assume it’s becsuse FIFA has pretty low requirements.

I have tried to uninstall my graphics drivers using Guru3D software and then reinstall them but nothing has changed. I’m getting extremely worried that there’s something wrong with the hardware I bought and that I’ll have to get new parts after just a year and a half :( (

I have checked the PC temperature and have also checked if the RAM is faulty. Nothing wrong. Also did a stress test and there were no issues. I have not checked my GPU as i was not sure how i could do that hence I am starting to think its the GPU causing the problems.

PC Specs:

-AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor
-Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM
-Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA ATX AM3+
-Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
-MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB
-Corsair CX 500W

I really appreciate any contributions, thank you.