What causes my games to frequently crash?
What causes my games to frequently crash?
Hi!
I've got a question about some of the games installed on my PC. The games in question are Rust, Grand Theft Auto V and brawlhalla, all on steam, and Call of Duty warzone on battle.net. Rust and GTAV share a similar problem: I am able to start the game up, but the game crashes as soon as I join an online lobby. Brawlhalla and Warzone crash on startup. Rust, GTAV and brawlhalla crash without a report, warzone has a report about Directx encountering an unrecoverable error. Here's a list of things I've tried:
-verifying file integrity on the games, no files were missing
-clearing my steam download cache
-lowering graphics to the bare minimum before joining a lobby
-scanning for malware, no malware was found
-updating gpu drivers
-restarting my PC multiple times
-reinstalling the games
-changing power plan of my PC
None of these methods worked. I was able to play these games just a month ago, but all of a sudden they just stopped working. I am still able to play other steam games like CS:GO and TF2 as well as War Thunder for some reason. I am under spec for Rust, having only 8gb of RAM instead of the recommended 10gb, but once again, the game worked perfectly just a month ago.
My PC specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3350G
GPU: AMD RX570 8gb
RAM: DDR4 8gb 2666mhz (single channel)
Storage: 1x 240gb SSD & 1x 1TB external HDD
Could anyone please help me with my issue?
brand and model of the PSU?
ssd capacity?
cpu/gpu temperatures and usage while playing?
I don't remember the brand and model of the PSU, but I know it's a 450w unit. I bought a pre-built PC and it has never failed me before, so this shouldn't be an issue. The SSD still has 10gb of space left. CPU and GPU usage are around 30% for each game, with 70% during warzone since I'm the farthest from the menu. Temperatures are also low for the same reason.
Seconding
@rgd1101
in the previous discussion (#4).
PSU's degrade over time and have a designed in EOL (End of life) that is not tied to calendar time.
It's quite frequent for early PSU failures to show mysterious crashes and other issues, particularly during high power usage periods such as gameplay.
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I also propose checking the Reliability History and Event Viewer for error codes, warnings, and informational events that precede or coincide with the crash times.
This could help identify a trend of rising errors, both in quantity and variety.
Everything that has ever existed has faced challenges before its first issue. For a PSU, it's probable it encountered numerous problems well before any symptoms appear.