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What causes frequent game crashes?

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I have a Lenovo Legion Y530 laptop, a new 1TB SSD (all of my games on it), and 8GB RAM (around 60% used when idle) + Intel CORE i5 8th Gen, and Nvidia GTX 1050. I have updated all of my drivers, only the game running (no other apps opened), but it keeps crashing. I don't even remember what I've tried, but I browsed many forums, nothing really helped me. My laptop meets the minimum requirements of the games (The Sims 4 and Planet Zoo have the most frequent crashes) Is there anything I can do to get rid of the crashes or is the only option a better laptop (but I don't have money for a new one, so wouldn't be happy to hear it's the only option)?
Edit: When I run the games on the lowest settings crashes become less frequent.
 
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Software such as Windows can crash and when it does crash you get a BSOD and when enabled a crash dmp is generated, programs or games when they crash can on occasion close to the desktop but the computer will still be 100% functional.

Hardware failure such as a weak power supply and/or overheating are not software related and when a computer for example suddenly turns off or freezes etc the behaviour should be described as the "computer shut down unexpectedly" or froze and not as having crashed as the latter implies a software issue as opposed to an obvious hardware issue when described properly.

Having the correct info means that helpers will not be looking for a software issue when the problem is clearly hardware related.
 
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