Is It Safe to Delete NVIDIA’s 18 GB DirectX Shader Cache?
My main drive has been running low on storage, so I used a disk-usage tool to find out what was taking up space. I found that an NVIDIA…
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Why Has My Gaming Performance Suddenly Dropped So Much?
I built my PC near the end of 2024, originally using a Radeon 6750 XT. After upgrading to an RTX 5070 and later an RTX 5080, American Truck…
My Windows 11 PC Keeps Crashing—How Can I Tell Whether It’s Hardware or Software?
My PC is only about two years old, but it has been crashing more and more often. At first it happened occasionally during long gaming sessions, but now…
How can I use an RTX 3050 and GTX 1060 to run three monitors?
I'm using Kubuntu with two NVIDIA GPUs: an RTX 3050 connected to two monitors and a GTX 1060 that should drive a third monitor. The system detects both…
GPU Crashes to Black Screens During Games Despite Normal Temperatures
My PC has recently started losing video output during games. Both monitors go black, but the game audio and voice chat continue, and the GPU fans ramp up.…
Games Keep Crashing With Half the Screen Turning Black
Every game I play eventually crashes, and sometimes the entire computer becomes unstable. My graphics drivers are up to date, I don't have unnecessary programs running in the…
What could be causing a brief PC stutter every minute or two?
My computer briefly freezes or hiccups for less than a second every minute or two. It is barely noticeable during normal Windows use but very disruptive while gaming.…
New RX 9070 XT crashes games after 20 minutes
I recently upgraded from an RTX 3080 10GB to a Radeon RX 9070 XT. Games run normally at first, but they consistently crash after a few minutes, usually…
Games Keep Crashing With Half the Screen Turning Black
Every game I play eventually crashes, and sometimes the computer becomes unstable too. My graphics drivers are up to date, and I don't have unnecessary programs running in…
PC briefly stutters every minute or two while gaming
My computer freezes or hiccups for less than a second about once every minute or two. It is barely noticeable during normal Windows use, but very distracting in…
How Can I Fix Unreal Engine Crashes Caused by a Lost D3D Device?
My game crashes after about 10 minutes with this error: "Fatal error: [File:Unknown] [Line: 187] - Unreal Engine is exiting due to D3D device being lost (Error: 0x887A0006…
Nvidia Driver 617.14 Caused Slow Performance and Corrupted Game Files—How Can I Fix It?
I updated my Nvidia graphics driver to version 617.14 today, and since then my browser has become sluggish, the display takes a while to sync when the computer…
Games and Chrome Crash to a Black Screen After GPU Driver Updates
Driver 616.92 causes my PC to go to a black screen and reboot while gaming. I also tried three older driver versions, changing the display refresh rate from…
What Is Intel HD Graphics, and Which Driver Should I Install?
My computer lists Intel HD Graphics as its GPU, and I'm trying to figure out which graphics driver I should upgrade to. I'm using a laptop, so I'm…
What is Intel HD Graphics, and how do I update its driver?
My computer lists its GPU as Intel HD Graphics, and I'm not sure what that means or which graphics driver I should install. I'm using a laptop, so…
DX12 Games Keep Crashing Without Errors on Windows 11
For more than a year, several online games—including Fortnite, Dead by Daylight, PEAK, R.E.P.O., Split Fiction, and Halloween: The Game—have been crashing unexpectedly. Some games can run for…
Why is WoW stuck around 25–30 FPS regardless of graphics settings?
I'm trying to figure out what is limiting my FPS in the latest version of World of Warcraft. The game stays around 25–30 FPS whether I use the…
DX12 Games Keep Crashing Without Errors While DX11 Games Work
For more than a year, several online games—including Fortnite, Dead by Daylight, PEAK, R.E.P.O., Split Fiction, and Halloween: The Game—have been crashing unexpectedly. Fortnite and Dead by Daylight…
Windows 11 Hard-Freezes Randomly After Update—How Can I Diagnose It?
Since updating to Windows 11 version 25H2 (OS build 26200.9445), my Acer Aspire A715-42G randomly becomes completely unresponsive. The mouse cursor and keyboard stop working, Ctrl+Alt+Delete and Task…
Dual monitors flicker and show green artifacts during startup on Windows 11
My gaming PC has developed a dual-monitor startup problem since a graphics driver update. When both displays are connected while the computer starts, the screens flicker with black…