The game tends to freeze or stop working after about 5 to 10 minutes of play.
The game tends to freeze or stop working after about 5 to 10 minutes of play.
Hi everyone, how are you doing today?
I’m not a PC expert by any means! My old computer finally gave up on me, and it was so outdated that I decided to just get a new one. Because of some money issues and my lack of experience with computers, I went with a prebuilt system. I ended up buying an HP Prodesk 600G1 TWR with these specs:
* CPU: Intel i5 4570 3.2 GHz
* RAM: 8GB DDR3
* GPU: AMD Radeon RX 580 4GB GDDR5
It’s not the most powerful setup, but it's definitely a huge improvement over what I had before. For the most part, everything runs really smoothly – things are much faster, and games play significantly better with improved graphics and higher frame rates. However, I’ve been experiencing some frustrating crashes: often after just 5-10 minutes of gameplay, or sometimes even right when starting a game. Sometimes I get an error message, other times the screen just freezes for a few seconds before returning to the desktop without any explanation.
I didn't buy a new hard drive; I already had a 1TB SSD with Windows 10 installed on it, which I put in the new system along with another 1TB HDD for storing files like college documents and games. While it’s generally recommended to do a fresh Windows install, I couldn’t bear to lose all my data and software – my internet connection here in Egypt isn't reliable enough to redownload everything.
Here’s how some of the games are performing:
* WatchDogs: Runs perfectly on max settings at 50-60 FPS with no crashes.
* WWE2K19: Max settings, 60FPS, no crashes.
* Hitman: High setting, 60FPS, no crashes.
* Valorant: Max settings, 60FPS, no crashes.
* Dota2: Max settings, 80 FPS, no crashes.
* Assassin’s Creed Syndicate: Max settings, 60FPS, no crashes.
* FIFA19: Crashes when using DX12, but works fine on DX11 (never crashed on my old system with DX12).
* Rise of the Tomb Raider: Crashes immediately after loading a level on max settings; stable at 60FPS on high settings.
* Assassin’s Creed Origins: Runs at 40-50 FPS on very high settings, crashes after about 5 minutes – runs smoothly at 40-50 FPS on medium settings.
* Grand Theft Auto V: Crashes after 5-10 minutes of offline play and 20 minutes of online gameplay (never crashed on my old system).
I’ve also run some other tests, like Unreal Engine 4 (successfully built a scene without crashing) and Blender (rendering with both GPU and CPU didn't cause any crashes). I’ve also noticed that even when playing on max settings, the textures often take a long time to load properly – for example, in Assassin’s Creed Origins, NPCs appear as low-poly placeholders before they fully render. Similarly, in Rise of the Tomb Raider, some objects only load when I get closer to them, and the textures generally look quite poor even at max settings.
I'm really puzzled by all this. Initially, I suspected a problem with the power supply, but if that were the case, *all* the games would crash, not just some – and they’d typically crash to the desktop rather than causing a GPU shutdown or a BSOD. My old system had an AMD graphics card too, so I didn't change the driver when I first tested it. After the crashes started, I removed and reinstalled the driver, but the problem persisted. The only thing left to try is reinstalling Windows, but I really don’t want to go through that process again because of all the time it would take to redo everything.
Sorry about my English – thanks for your help! Stay safe everyone.
I bought from another state different from the one I live . I wanted to make going back to repair store as my last option as you know with the whole virus thing its super hard to move between states.
I think I will try installing a new windows this weekend and see how that goes with me. Anyway thanks for the reply.
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