I've been experiencing crashes while playing shooter games for the past five days, and I'm really frustrated. I typically get around 10 to 30 minutes of gameplay before the games crash with nvlddmkm.dll and Kernel32.dll errors. I've been troubleshooting like crazy—reinstalling GPU drivers multiple times, running stress tests, doing SFC and DISM repairs, verifying game files, and checking my disk space. Everything seemed fine until I noticed my GPU is hitting crazy clock speeds (over 3000 MHz) when I launch games. This issue only happens with shooter games like Fortnite, Helldivers 2, and Deadzone Rogue; other games run perfectly fine for hours. I suspect this problem started after I updated my Nvidia drivers. There's no BSOD, just the games crashing. Any advice on how to fix this?
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It sounds like you've done a lot of troubleshooting already! Since the crash logs are crucial for diagnosing BSOD issues, can you check for any dump files in C:WindowsMinidump? If you find any, zip them up and upload to a file sharing site like catbox.moe or mediafire.com. It might give us clearer insight into what's going wrong. Also, remember to check that your system is set to create small memory dumps, which could help in the future!
Have you tried reseating the GPU and its cables? Sometimes a simple physical reconnect can solve weird issues. Also, if that doesn't work, consider rolling back to an older Nvidia driver. The newer ones have been causing problems for a lot of people lately, so going back could potentially fix the crashes.
I noticed you mentioned having a crash log from Deadspace Rogue. That could be super helpful. If you haven't done so already, uploading crash logs can really narrow down the issue. You can share the logs you have, and we’ll take it from there. Here’s the link you shared: [Crash Log](https://files.catbox.moe/0z0ua8.log)
I actually cleaned the GPU and its cables, but I'll try using an older driver next.