Really odd CTD/Freeze

[smartdude2]

Was in a game of DOTA 2 and all of a sudden the game froze and CTD frozen unable to do anything. Attached is a picture of what it looked like, is this a GPU issue?

 

OS: Windows 7 64 Bit

Memory: 16329 MB

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

Hard Disks: C:  223.6GB | E:  1863.0GB

Motherboard:ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. SABERTOOTH Z77

PSU: Corsair AX860

[techguru]

ram or gpu most likely

could be hdd as well (bad sector or something)

[techguru]

check your temps as well..and check your admin logs

[smartdude2]

Temps seem to be fine, sitting around the 50 Deg C mark, I forgot to mention that when trying to play Battlefield Hardline, every now and again I am stumped with an DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED crash, the gpu is in its slot fine and there is sufficent power for it...  Just odd that these issues have started, after nearly two years of issue free use.

[techguru]

that error basically says that the card is loosing contact with the motherboard

that could either be the slot..the card..or the power

[techguru]

your gonna need a second videocard to test to see what the prob is

[smartdude2]

Got an old 650 in the draw, Ill give that a shot