Blackscreen when playing games

Epsichron · October 21, 2020

Hello, sorry if this is in the wrong place!

So, not too long ago I got an upgrade for my pc. (new motherboard, cpu, ram)

and ever since then, I've been getting blackscreening issues. For example:

Whenever I play a game such as minecraft, after around 10-20 minutes (always around that timeframe), the window goes black (not the entire screen).

I still hear sound (sometime) and then it fully crashes after about 10-20 seconds.

I have the latest drivers from nvidia experience, and I've also tried downgrading.

I also recently reset my windows due to this issue, but it still occurs.

GPU: GTX 770

CPU: i3 9100F 3.60GHz

RAM: 16GB 2400MHz

OS: Windows 10 Pro

(if any others are needed, I'll look into them. These are what I know from the top of my head.)

Thanks!

October 22, 2020

What power supply do you have? It might've gone bad. Also are you overclocking?

Omega Gaming · October 22, 2020

I am having the same issue!! But with me its a bit worse....when my tower stands up on its feet, I get all kinds of artifacts and even the system will shut down. Its laying on its side now, but if I try to play a game, or Stream using OBS....also about 20 mins into it...my screens go black..I can hear whats going on ., but the screens arent given a signal and I have to reboot my PC to fix it.

I have a new 600w PSU 80plus rating

ASUS HD 6950 Direct CU II GPU (yeah...its older)

Phenom II x4 955 BE

Windows 10 Home (should I upgrade for free to PRO???)

RAM: 12GB DDR3 1333

So I figured that it must be the graphics card, especially if it only really works with the PC laying on its side where gravity cant affect it, so I am looking now for a replacement card.

Of course...I could be the PCI slot on the motherboard...I tried the card in another slot but that also led to same problems....so it must be the card...RIGHT??