So, I just lost my latest Hardcore character to this issue, which is okay (R.I.P. Raz 3.0), but I really want to stop this from happening in the future. My GPU seems to fail randomly when I am playing D3, the screen will just go blank and my monitor will start cycling through inputs, trying to find an active one. To be honest I can't tell if it's my GPU specifically because it sounds like my whole system just goes into a restart so I press alt+f4 (just in case) and then promptly hit the restart button.
This has happened about 3-4 times over the past week or two, and this last time it finally killed me (I was in a T6 rift). I really want to enjoy playing D3, but I only really enjoy hardcore and I just can't play knowing that this can keep happening. Diablo 3 is the only game that this happens on, I can raid for hours straight in WoW and be fine.
My GPU is a GTX 970 if that matters at all, any help is greatly appreciated.
I'm not a hardware specialist but it seems like your card is overheating.
I keep v-sync on for that reason, if I don't then the 970 runs wild and pushes out ~400 fps and brings the temp up to around 60c. With V-sync on, the temps stay around 45c, which is more than acceptable.
I read through all of that and the only thing that I haven't done is to try and scan/repair the game. I'll try that now, and if all else fails i'll just try a fresh install. Thanks for the input!
Just happened again in a Grift, I am officially done with this game.
To ensure that it wasn't a problem with my hardware, the day before I started playing D3 again I ran games that I knew would push my system to its limits. I ran Watch Dogs with AA maxed out and Farcry 4 maxed out for hours at a time, my temps went up but nothing out of the ordinary happened. I even raided for 5 hours in WoW with the new AA options to the max and not once did my system crash. I was about 45 minutes into a D3 session with low settings when the crash happened, I even lowered the amount of sound channels being used.
It was fun while it lasted.
Edit: For the record, I do realize that D3 is a CPU intensive game, but I have a core i5 4670, it should be more than enough.
So, I just lost my latest Hardcore character to this issue, which is okay (R.I.P. Raz 3.0), but I really want to stop this from happening in the future. My GPU seems to fail randomly when I am playing D3, the screen will just go blank and my monitor will start cycling through inputs, trying to find an active one. To be honest I can't tell if it's my GPU specifically because it sounds like my whole system just goes into a restart so I press alt+f4 (just in case) and then promptly hit the restart button.

This has happened about 3-4 times over the past week or two, and this last time it finally killed me (I was in a T6 rift). I really want to enjoy playing D3, but I only really enjoy hardcore and I just can't play knowing that this can keep happening. Diablo 3 is the only game that this happens on, I can raid for hours straight in WoW and be fine.
My GPU is a GTX 970 if that matters at all, any help is greatly appreciated.
Here's the archive photo of my fallen buddy:
His final stats: http://www.diabloprogress.com/hero/lee-1628/Raz/57713605
I keep v-sync on for that reason, if I don't then the 970 runs wild and pushes out ~400 fps and brings the temp up to around 60c. With V-sync on, the temps stay around 45c, which is more than acceptable.
I read through all of that and the only thing that I haven't done is to try and scan/repair the game. I'll try that now, and if all else fails i'll just try a fresh install. Thanks for the input!
Just happened again in a Grift, I am officially done with this game.
To ensure that it wasn't a problem with my hardware, the day before I started playing D3 again I ran games that I knew would push my system to its limits. I ran Watch Dogs with AA maxed out and Farcry 4 maxed out for hours at a time, my temps went up but nothing out of the ordinary happened. I even raided for 5 hours in WoW with the new AA options to the max and not once did my system crash. I was about 45 minutes into a D3 session with low settings when the crash happened, I even lowered the amount of sound channels being used.
It was fun while it lasted.
Edit: For the record, I do realize that D3 is a CPU intensive game, but I have a core i5 4670, it should be more than enough.