My PC was stable last night while playing Marvel Rivals for several hours. After putting it into hibernate and starting it again today, the game began crashing. The main monitor is connected to an ASUS TUF RTX 3080 over DisplayPort, while a second monitor uses the integrated graphics. When the game crashes, the main display disconnects and only reconnecting or restarting the computer restores it.
I removed the riser cable, reset Afterburner settings, restored stock BIOS settings, and even tried underclocking the card, but the crashes continued. Time Spy can complete both GPU tests and the CPU test, but an OCCT VRAM test reproduces the crash and reports numerous errors. GPU temperatures are around 65–70°C, with memory temperatures around 70–75°C. Could this be a failing graphics card, or is there anything else worth trying?
1 Answer
Run Display Driver Uninstaller in Safe Mode, then install a fresh NVIDIA driver with the card and Afterburner settings fully at default. It may be worth uninstalling Afterburner temporarily so no profiles or background changes remain. After that, repeat the OCCT VRAM test. If it still produces errors and crashes, especially after a clean driver setup, that points more toward a hardware or VRAM problem than a normal driver issue.
I already used DDU to reinstall the NVIDIA drivers a few days ago. The system was stable during gaming last night, but started crashing today. I’ve also removed the BIOS and Afterburner tuning, so I’ll retest the VRAM after confirming everything is at default.