im literally losing my mind here quick background: new build, RTX 3080, everything stock. Two days ago a big-budget action game started crashing right after loading a save with this:

Fatal error
The game has crashed and will now close.
DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED
The GPU device instance has been suspended.
event Viewer shows a display driver error right at teh same timestamp. I'm not overclocking anything. before I start swapping parts like a madman, can someone tell me where to actually look first?
id really like to avoid buying parts I dont need... if someone can tell me which logs or settings to look at first, Ill hpapily report back with teh details.