Video card error while playing WoT

[loshmy]

So I played WoT on SD for quite some time, but when I updated it on HD and started playing on maximum settings. My PC has the requirements ofc (games like DOOM 2016, GTA 5, CoDs worked completely fine). Anways, I played some matches on WoT until it crashed and the message said:

"A video card error has occured. This error is usually caused by the graphics driver crashing; try updating the drivers, check the video card setting or restarting the game."

Now, I don't care about the game itself, but I am really worried if I did messed up my graphics/video card?? :(

[nullable]

Instead of telling use your system is good "ofc", why not just post the system specs?

Ok as for the crash. Have you updated the drivers? Does the crash occur consistently? Or did it occur one time and you're just fussing over a scary sounding error message?

In general some sort of crash doesn't harm hardware or imply you've done anything that will harm it. Games aren't perfect, neither are drivers or hardware. And sometimes a crash is just a crash, not impending doom.

[_I_]

was there a windows update?

after windows feature updates, reinstall all drivers
get them from the oem or mobo mfg sites, and amd/intel/nvidia

[loshmy]

Originally posted by Snakub Plissken:

Instead of telling use your system is good "ofc", why not just post the system specs?

Ok as for the crash. Have you updated the drivers? Does the crash occur consistently? Or did it occur one time and you're just fussing over a scary sounding error message?

In general some sort of crash doesn't harm hardware or imply you've done anything that will harm it. Games aren't perfect, neither are drivers or hardware. And sometimes a crash is just a crash, not impending doom.

Yes there was a Windows update and I also reinstalled all drivers. However it still crashed quite a few times so I deleted it. And yes am fussing over that thing.

[loshmy]

Originally posted by _I_:

was there a windows update?

after windows feature updates, reinstall all drivers
get them from the oem or mobo mfg sites, and amd/intel/nvidia

Yeah I did

[Fajita Jim]

Have you dusted the system out? It doesn't take much dust to really interfere with air cooling, especially as close to the edge as chips run these days.

[GOD RAYS ON ULTRA™]

Time to cough up your computer specs.

[[☥] - CJ -]

Temps, Unstable OC, PSU issues, RAM issues, Driver issues.
All possible causes for the driver to crash

If you tried updating the driver and it didnt help, download and use DDU in safe mode to clean uninstall the driver then reinstall the latest and see what happens.

When it asks you to disable automatic driver installs do so, otherwise windows update may auto install an obsolete driver when you reboot which you dont want.

[loshmy]

Originally posted by Fajita Jim:

Have you dusted the system out? It doesn't take much dust to really interfere with air cooling, especially as close to the edge as chips run these days.

I did. Although I have the water colding system.

[Cathulhu]

Originally posted by Hardware Hero™:

Time to cough up your computer specs.

[loshmy]

Well here you go since you all wanted it. Think that I am lying as much as you want, but I can assure you, modern games worked completely fine on this.

OS: Windows 10 64-bit
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz 2.80 GHz
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB
RAM: 12.0 GB
HDD memory: 2TB

[_I_]

post a cpuz validation link
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
cpuz -> validate button -> submit button
it will open a browser, copy the url (address) and paste it here

psu, brand/model age?

[loshmy]

Originally posted by _I_:

post a cpuz validation link
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
cpuz -> validate button -> submit button
it will open a browser, copy the url (address) and paste it here

psu, brand/model age?

Idk what age is the PC, I bought it in 2017.

[Cathulhu]

Wouldn't be surprised if the videocard is unstable because it is dying.

[loshmy]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

Wouldn't be surprised if the videocard is unstable because it is dying.

What do you mean by "it's dying" lol I bought it like 2 months ago.

[Bibo1]

That GPU is too weak for max settings. I wouldn't be surprised if you ran out of GPU memory.
The CPU etc are old components so when you bought it they were definitely not new.
Edit: Launch date of CPU was 2009. GPU was 2014
Reduce the ingame settings to Medium then try it out again.