System experienced significant instability following five minutes of gaming.
System experienced significant instability following five minutes of gaming.
While playing The Finals (and other games), after a few minutes of smooth play the GPU and power consumption will sharply decrease from around 97% and 300W to about 5% and 200-250W. The change happens quickly, then reverses itself repeatedly. This isn’t limited to the GPU – the CPU also experiences slight drops in usage and power. Occasionally the game crashes, causing AMD drivers and AMD Adrenalin to freeze, while mouse sensitivity becomes less responsive. The issue usually disappears once the game is closed and you wait a short time, or after a crash, but returns when you play again after 5-10 minutes. What’s unusual is that the problem isn’t always consistent; sometimes I play multiple matches in a row without issues. My system specs (IBuyPower RR001) include: motherboard Asrock B650m-c DDR5 CPU, Ryzen 7700X GPU, XFX Merc 319 RX 6950XT, RAM T-Force Delta DDR5-5600 2x16, storage Kingston NV2 2TB m.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD, HP1-S2850GD-F12S 850W power supply, and iBuyPower AIO cooler. I’ve checked thermal throttling, updated BIOS and drivers, cleaned/reinstalled software, and removed Nvidia drivers (though iBuyPower still had some left). CPU usage never exceeds about 55%. Help needed! – edited January 13, 2024, cloudybliss
I evaluated the RAM (updated specs included) over three cycles and found just one issue. I believe it was caused by the computer shutting down at the start of testing, with no problems in cycles 2 or 3.
Game crashes with a fatal error during execution. Device removal issue detected in D3D12 module.
Remove GPU drivers from ddu and attempt to install drivers that are 2-3 months outdated.
Sadly, this doesn't indicate anything significant—make sure to inspect every core. If one is nearly 100% complete, it could cause delays. Until then, we can't eliminate the CPU from consideration.
Ran HWinfo during game, captured several screenshots afterward. Seems CPU might be the problem.