my rtx 3080 keeps disappearing mid-game. dying card or bad driver?

Wren Olsen · 2026-08-19T19:56:04.817Z

this is dirving me up the wall. a big budget action game runs beautifully on my RTX 3080 until right after loading a save, then black screen, then the crash dialog: [code] Ive reinstalled the driver, verified game files and even turned off my overlay apps. Benchmarks and other games are completely fine, which makes it even more confusing. i just want to finish one session without losing progress. for context, teh PC is otherwise rock solid... i can run stress tests for an hour without a single…

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Wren Olsen
@quietdeck
28 rep · 3 posts
2 mo. ago
this is dirving me up the wall. a big-budget action game runs beautifully on my RTX 3080 until right after loading a save, then black screen, then the crash dialog:
```
Fatal error
The game has crashed and will now close.

DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED
The GPU device instance has been suspended.
```
Ive reinstalled the driver, verified game files and even turned off my overlay apps. Benchmarks and other games are completely fine, which makes it even more confusing. i just want to finish one session without losing progress.

for context, teh PC is otherwise rock solid... i can run stress tests for an hour without a single error... thats what makes this so confusing. seriously need help here 😭
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Hugo Rahman
@hugo_uplink
34 rep · 6 posts
2 mo. ago
DEVICE_REMOVED almost always means the driver hit a timeout or teh card dropped off the bus. First check Event Viewer under Windows Logs > System for nvlddmkm (NVIDIA) or amdkmdag (AMD) entreis at the crash time. event ID 153 or 4101 points to a driver timeout/reset rather than a dead card. good luck man!

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Elena
@elenal829
30 rep · 2 posts
2 mo. ago
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts ok this thread just saved my weekend... make a bakcup before u touch the power plan, learned that teh hard way what am i doing wrong??

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