This setup is reliable and consistent.
This setup is reliable and consistent.
MB: asus m5a99fx pro 2.0
RAM: Kingston KHX 1600C9D3/4GX
CPU: AMD FX8350
OS: win 10 64bit
Experiencing serious graphics issues and frequent application crashes on roughly half of my programs and games.
Increasing the core V to 1.5 stops the graphics glitches and most functions become stable, though it eventually leads to a crash requiring a BIOS reset to proceed.
I've tested nearly everything, but performance is very limited with minimal improvement remaining.
Well your motherboard is solid, so I’d rule that out as the issue. Instead of letting Windows 10 pick the drivers for your board, I’d make sure to install the ones provided in the support DVD that came with it. The 4GB RAM isn’t the minimum today—8GB would be better to prevent virtual disk usage when memory is limited. When system memory is low, Windows will use this as a storage solution. Virtual disks are roughly 1000% slower than RAM. If your OS runs on a mechanical hard drive, that’s even worse. Choosing an SSD can improve performance.
Tell me about your temperatures while running, your GPU and PSU specs, and how much your CPU has been overclocked.
don't purchase amd cpus, it's my best estimate they usually have issues. I had an 8150, which was likely the worst and unreliable CPU I've ever bought. It was terrible once, and after upgrading to intel everything improved significantly.
Well your motherboard is quite solid, so I’d rule that out as the main issue.
Instead of letting Windows 10 pick the drivers for your motherboard, I’d make sure you install the ones provided in the support DVD that came with it.
Having 4GB of OS system memory isn’t the ideal minimum anymore; 8GB would be preferable to prevent virtual disk usage when memory is limited.
When there’s not enough free RAM, Windows may turn to virtual disk as a storage solution.
Virtual disk usage is roughly 1000% slower than using RAM. If your system runs on a mechanical hard drive, this slows things down significantly.
An SSD would improve performance slightly.
In your situation, the problem seems to stem from low physical memory, causing Windows to switch to virtual disk mode.
If you’ve just upgraded to another 4GB stick of memory matching what’s in your system, it should fix the issue.
Each program set to auto-run after Windows loads consumes a portion of system memory.
If you have many such programs, try disabling auto-start so they don’t use memory unnecessarily.
Check your system resources to see how much free RAM you have.
You can view this by opening search in Windows 10 and typing: Msconfig.
Press Enter to launch the program, then go to the Startup tab in the new window.
Uncheck the programs you don’t want to auto-run after Windows loads.
Click Apply and restart your system.
After restarting, review your system resources again—you should notice less memory usage.
The aim is to free up RAM so Windows doesn’t rely on virtual disk.
This can help you regain more available memory.
Your best long-term solution remains adding more RAM.
Temperatures are normal, PSU: bequiet! 850W, GPU: SLI 2x 760 GeForce, not overclocked, just trying to get it stable.
DukeisHere: thanks, not helpful.
Shaun o: I should have mentioned, four sticks so 16G, I think mem is okay.
Not new to computers; I've been building systems since the '90s.
I've never faced this issue before...
It could be something is failing... any advice on what to check would be great, thanks everyone so far... even AMD dis-ser.