5070Ti Driver Crashes

[zpirateko]

ASUS Prime 5070Ti

7 5700X3D

RM850X

B550 Eagle

2X16 DDR4-3200

Windows 11

 

I recently purchased a 5070Ti, upgrading from a 3060. The upgrade went smoothly, however I can't play most games due to constant driver crashes. Issue is most apparent on GTA V Enhanced and MSFS2024, but it's not limited to them. The crash occurs at a random time, usually 5-30 minutes into playing. It does not seem to correlate with GPU load, I can make this crash happen by staying on the loading screen of MSFS. When it happens, my displays freeze, cannot make inputs, audio may bug, 10-20 seconds later my displays unfreeze and the game crashes with error messages like ERR_GFX_STATE or DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG either (0x0) or (0x887a0006). I have not overclocked my GPU, it runs at cool temperatures.

 

So far I have done the following:

• Updated drivers, rolled back drivers, ran DDU
• Reseated GPU, checked connections
• Purchased a new PSU (old one was an RM650, believed that I was getting insufficient power. Did not fix.)
• Enabled/Disabled HAGS, Resizable BAR
• Gone through different settings, high and low, used NVIDIA app optimise settings
• Updated BIOS, checked VBIOS

Not sure what steps to take from here, is it likely to be a faulty GPU at this point? I may take it into the store next week if I can't get this sorted over the weekend.

[DoctorNick]

2 hours ago, zpirateko said:

ASUS Prime 5070Ti

7 5700X3D

RM850X

B550 Eagle

2X16 DDR4-3200

Windows 11

 

I recently purchased a 5070Ti, upgrading from a 3060. The upgrade went smoothly, however I can't play most games due to constant driver crashes. Issue is most apparent on GTA V Enhanced and MSFS2024, but it's not limited to them. The crash occurs at a random time, usually 5-30 minutes into playing. It does not seem to correlate with GPU load, I can make this crash happen by staying on the loading screen of MSFS. When it happens, my displays freeze, cannot make inputs, audio may bug, 10-20 seconds later my displays unfreeze and the game crashes with error messages like ERR_GFX_STATE or DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG either (0x0) or (0x887a0006). I have not overclocked my GPU, it runs at cool temperatures.

 

So far I have done the following:

• Updated drivers, rolled back drivers, ran DDU
• Reseated GPU, checked connections
• Purchased a new PSU (old one was an RM650, believed that I was getting insufficient power. Did not fix.)
• Enabled/Disabled HAGS, Resizable BAR
• Gone through different settings, high and low, used NVIDIA app optimise settings
• Updated BIOS, checked VBIOS

Not sure what steps to take from here, is it likely to be a faulty GPU at this point? I may take it into the store next week if I can't get this sorted over the weekend.

Did you DDU in safe mode before installing the new card? If not, do that. Also you can toggle prevent windows update from installing drivers, in DDU options.

[the_helper417]

3 hours ago, zpirateko said:

ASUS Prime 5070Ti

7 5700X3D

RM850X

B550 Eagle

2X16 DDR4-3200

Windows 11

 

I recently purchased a 5070Ti, upgrading from a 3060. The upgrade went smoothly, however I can't play most games due to constant driver crashes. Issue is most apparent on GTA V Enhanced and MSFS2024, but it's not limited to them. The crash occurs at a random time, usually 5-30 minutes into playing. It does not seem to correlate with GPU load, I can make this crash happen by staying on the loading screen of MSFS. When it happens, my displays freeze, cannot make inputs, audio may bug, 10-20 seconds later my displays unfreeze and the game crashes with error messages like ERR_GFX_STATE or DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG either (0x0) or (0x887a0006). I have not overclocked my GPU, it runs at cool temperatures.

 

So far I have done the following:

• Updated drivers, rolled back drivers, ran DDU
• Reseated GPU, checked connections
• Purchased a new PSU (old one was an RM650, believed that I was getting insufficient power. Did not fix.)
• Enabled/Disabled HAGS, Resizable BAR
• Gone through different settings, high and low, used NVIDIA app optimise settings
• Updated BIOS, checked VBIOS

Not sure what steps to take from here, is it likely to be a faulty GPU at this point? I may take it into the store next week if I can't get this sorted over the weekend.

I would DDU in safe mode, then take it to the store. Very possible it could be a gpu fault.

[zpirateko]

On 1/17/2026 at 12:53 AM, DoctorNick said:

Did you DDU in safe mode before installing the new card? If not, do that. Also you can toggle prevent windows update from installing drivers, in DDU options.

After doing this, it worked fine for a day or two and I believed the issue to be fixed, however, I have just experienced the crash twice whilst playing flight simulator. I haven't done proper testing yet, but it's the exact same crash. Could reinstalling windows help?

[DoctorNick]

6 hours ago, zpirateko said:

After doing this, it worked fine for a day or two and I believed the issue to be fixed, however, I have just experienced the crash twice whilst playing flight simulator. I haven't done proper testing yet, but it's the exact same crash. Could reinstalling windows help?

You could check event viewer under system. Filter for critical errors.

[zpirateko]

On 1/21/2026 at 2:09 AM, DoctorNick said:

You could check event viewer under system. Filter for critical errors.

 

Three critical errors appeared
 

Faulting application name: FlightSimulator2024.exe, version: 1.6.34.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Faulting module name: FlightSimulator2024.exe, version: 1.6.34.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0x80000003
Fault offset: 0x0000000003402179
Faulting process id: 0x5A4C
Faulting application start time: 0x1DC906FF9F52055
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\MSFS2024\FlightSimulator2024.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\MSFS2024\FlightSimulator2024.exe
Report Id: 62fb2c79-9b56-4119-94cb-2a842619e086
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID: 

And then two which are identical:

 

Faulting application name: FlightSimulator2024.exe, version: 1.6.34.0, time stamp: 0x00000000 Faulting module name: FlightSimulator2024.exe, version: 1.6.34.0, time stamp: 0x00000000 Exception code: 0x80000003 Fault offset: 0x0000000003402179 Faulting process id: 0x5A4C Faulting application start time: 0x1DC906FF9F52055 Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\MSFS2024\FlightSimulator2024.exe Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\MSFS2024\FlightSimulator2024.exe Report Id: 62fb2c79-9b56-4119-94cb-2a842619e086 Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID:

 

Anything useful?

[DoctorNick]

17 hours ago, zpirateko said:

 

Three critical errors appeared
 

Faulting application name: FlightSimulator2024.exe, version: 1.6.34.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Faulting module name: FlightSimulator2024.exe, version: 1.6.34.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0x80000003
Fault offset: 0x0000000003402179
Faulting process id: 0x5A4C
Faulting application start time: 0x1DC906FF9F52055
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\MSFS2024\FlightSimulator2024.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\MSFS2024\FlightSimulator2024.exe
Report Id: 62fb2c79-9b56-4119-94cb-2a842619e086
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID: 

And then two which are identical:

 

Faulting application name: FlightSimulator2024.exe, version: 1.6.34.0, time stamp: 0x00000000 Faulting module name: FlightSimulator2024.exe, version: 1.6.34.0, time stamp: 0x00000000 Exception code: 0x80000003 Fault offset: 0x0000000003402179 Faulting process id: 0x5A4C Faulting application start time: 0x1DC906FF9F52055 Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\MSFS2024\FlightSimulator2024.exe Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\MSFS2024\FlightSimulator2024.exe Report Id: 62fb2c79-9b56-4119-94cb-2a842619e086 Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID:

 

Anything useful?

Alright try DDU again in safe mode. You can toggle the prompt in DDU options. Also select "prevent windows update from installing drivers". Then run DDU again and choose safe mode. After rebooting to safe mode choose "clean and shutdown for installing new GPU". I would try downloading Nvidia studio drivers instead

https://www.nvidia.com/en-in/geforce/drivers/results/260369/