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I think my graphics card is dying...
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It's not dead but like
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More and more often
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games are just freezing for a second
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or unexpectedly quitting entirely
AzureChrysanthemum
Did you already replace an expensive part the last time your computer had issues?
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I replaced the harddrive but that was like
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less than $100
AzureChrysanthemum
I say this because I do honestly wonder if it might just be time to buy a new rig entirely
AzureChrysanthemum
You seem to be having consistent issues and now that Crypto is bleeding out you can actually GET parts
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This one is only like 4 years old
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I could afford a new computer but I could also like
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NOT buy a new computer
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and have an extra $1k
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Oh right I also replaced some of the RAM
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Current card is a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
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I have no idea if that's good or how to tell what would be better
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I'm assuming it's not SUPER good
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Yeah cursory research suggests it was a "budget graphics card" 3 years ago
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Well, I'll meditate on this
AzureChrysanthemum
Yeah and honestly if you have the skill you can just keep ship of Theseus-ing a computer for a good long while
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Okay looked at newegg
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Buying a new graphics card
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Or buying a new computer
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Run about the same
AzureChrysanthemum
oof yeahhhhh
Doctor Ansem
GPU prices have been coming down lately, though
Doctor Ansem
Not to mention you can actually find them now
EsperBot
Is the momentary freeze happening specifically in DRG
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it is
EsperBot
I've been having that happen too, usually near the start of a game session
EsperBot
I think it's actually from loading assets in
EsperBot
I don't think it's graphics card related
EsperBot
game crashes certainly could be, although that could also just be a bad driver or bugs in the game
EsperBot
But the usual signs of a dying graphics card are usually artifacting in what IS being rendered
EsperBot
like 
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huh
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well regardless
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it's been happening more and more with a number of games
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In ways that make me think the computer is starting to show it's age
EsperBot
Entirely possible.
magnet
if it's when loading stuff in it could be your harddrive, which fortunately those are one of the cheapest and easiest to replace computer parts
magnet
or could be RAM
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The hard drive is the newest part of the computer
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And the RAM
EsperBot
THe asset-loading freeze is happening on my computer as well with a new and high-end SSD so I doubt that that's a hardware problem
EsperBot
I think it's just a bug with the game
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huh