when i play steam games, or origin, my pc crashes, im exhausted

[Kruger SSP]

Ive tried everything, reformatting, tweaking , EVERYTHING, im tired of my pc crashing when i play a steam game or a origin game, ive read enough forums that windows 10 isnt friendly to 3rd party game applications, should I just switch to linux?

[Phantom]

Did this happen any time in the past on the same PC?

[Kruger SSP]

it was fine with windows 7, for awhile i found ways to disable things in windows 10 which made my gaming just fine, but they forced updates through windows 10 and my pc just crashes over and over, ive tried everything , googled for days and found forums that windows 10 isnt working well with 3rd party gaming applications, guess microsoft wants people to buy there games through the windows store and use there apps etc......

[Kruger SSP]

my pc works just fine, its just when i play team fortress2 or an origin game, windows crashes all the time , IVE DONE EVERYTHING

[Nerd]

What are your system specs?

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by sasquatch researcher:

it was fine with windows 7, for awhile i found ways to disable things in windows 10 which made my gaming just fine, but they forced updates through windows 10 and my pc just crashes over and over, ive tried everything , googled for days and found forums that windows 10 isnt working well with 3rd party gaming applications, guess microsoft wants people to buy there games through the windows store and use there apps etc......

There's nothing wrong with Win 10 and Steam games. M$ recently released the May update, have you reinstalled all your drivers?

[Kruger SSP]

Computer Information:
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Model: GA-78LMT-S2P
Form Factor: Desktop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: AuthenticAMD
CPU Brand: AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor
CPU Family: 0x15
CPU Model: 0x1
CPU Stepping: 0x2
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3616 Mhz
4 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Supported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported

Operating System Version:
Windows 10 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
DirectX Driver Name: nvldumd.dll
Driver Version: 23.21.13.9135
DirectX Driver Version: 23.21.13.9135
Driver Date: 3 23 2018
OpenGL Version: 4.6
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x1244
Revision: 0xa1
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1768 x 992
Desktop Resolution: 1768 x 992
Primary Display Size: 62.99" x 35.31" (72.20" diag)
160.0cm x 89.7cm (183.4cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x

Sound card:
Audio device: LG TV (2- NVIDIA High Definitio

Memory:
RAM: 8189 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Media Type: DVD
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 953317 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 897824 Mb
OS Install Date: Dec 31 1969
Game Controller: None detected
VR Headset: None detected

[Kruger SSP]

i just got done reinstalling windows 10 for the 4th time, and just redid all my drivers etc, just an hour ago i checked my geforce driver and its up to date, though i could uninstall and reinstall again

[Nerd]

Im not surprised you're having problems tbh, youre running an extremely old gpu.

[Kruger SSP]

all i like is researching things into google search engine, watching youtube and playing my video games on steam, i wish steam had there own operating system, lol, id ditch windows in a heart beat

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by sasquatch researcher:

all i like is researching things into google search engine, watching youtube and playing my video games on steam, i wish steam had there own operating system, lol, id ditch windows in a heart beat

They do. - https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/

But being linux based game choices are limited.

[Kruger SSP]

wow, thx man, i never knew that, ill read up and it and give it a whirl, ty so much!!!!

[mluthanen]

Switching to only Linux will SEVERELY limit the functionality of your computer and the games available to you. Not only will you have to learn a new OS, but it's incompatible with just, like, so many programs.

Try dual-booting with SteamOS and see if you can play games with that that crashed your system with Windows. That, at least, will help determine if you've got malfunctioning hardware.

The prevailing wisdom, and my advice, is that your goal should be to get your computer working right with Windows.

- Linux is nice for niche cases when you have to do something Windows can't (we use an Ubuntu bootable USB drive at my IT company sometimes when customer computers are acting too weird to fix with a Windows solution or repair disk).

- Windows is nice for people who want their computers to do as many things as possible.

Your GPU is really too old to be reliable or even adequate for all but the most modest/old games. Replace it ASAP. If you can't, monitor the temps with something like PrecisionX. It could just be overheating. Consider cleaning the heatsink with compressed air and maybe even reapplying the thermal compund. Plenty of instructional videos on YouTube for that.

Also, make sure your CPU isn't overheating. Use something like CoreTemp to monitor the temp. The solution to your problem could be as simple as replacing the heatsink and/or reapplying thermal compound.

EDIT: You report only certain games cause crashes. That probably wouldn't be explained by overheating, of course, unless they're the only demanding ones you play.

I still recommend you do the above heat maintenance on your system.

[Kruger SSP]

i get a windows error, and the blue screen of death etc, mainly after like 8 mins of game play etc, ive read many older forums of people with the same exact issue, its been unresolved for them still till this day., even the steam says the same thing about microsoft , making it difficult for gamers , forcing gamers to the xbox live deal, Ill try the steam operating system , besides its free, i can always reformat again etc

[Kruger SSP]

Originally posted by mluthanen:

Switching to only Linux will SEVERELY limit the functionality of your computer and the games available to you. Not only will you have to learn a new OS, but it's incompatible with just, like, so many programs.

Try dual-booting with SteamOS and see if you can play games with that that crashed your system with Windows. That, at least, will help determine if you've got malfunctioning hardware.

The prevailing wisdom, and my advice, is that your goal should be to get your computer working right with Windows.

- Linux is nice for niche cases when you have to do something Windows can't (we use an Ubuntu bootable USB drive at my IT company sometimes when customer computers are acting too weird to fix with a Windows solution or repair disk).

- Windows is nice for people who want their computers to do as many things as possible.

Your GPU is really too old to be reliable or even adequate for all but the most modest/old games. Replace it ASAP. If you can't, monitor the temps with something like PrecisionX. It could just be overheating. Consider cleaning the heatsink with compressed air and maybe even reapplying the thermal compund. Plenty of instructional videos on YouTube for that.

Also, make sure your CPU isn't overheating. Use something like CoreTemp to monitor the temp. The solution to your problem could be as simple as replacing the heatsink and/or reapplying thermal compound.

EDIT: You report only certain games cause crashes. That probably wouldn't be explained by overheating, of course, unless they're the only demanding ones you play.

I still recommend you do the above heat maintenance on your system.

[Kruger SSP]

i mainly play tf2 on steam alot, and plants vs zombies, neither one of them games are demanding in power, i had no problems playing mass effect andromeda either, i meet all the requirements, but maybe my nvidia 500 series is to weak?but why why was it rocking 2 months or so ago, i feel this has to do with windows 10 updates etc, im gonna try me a new operating system, a free one. I really dont care for windows 10 anyways, got nothing to lose