So I will start by saying I'm not a super techy person so apologies if I get terminology wrong.
So this started last night. I am able to run my laptop for basic admin and internet tasks, but when I try and run games I'm having issues as pictured, the laptop will also completely freeze and the only "fix" I have found is to restart the laptop.
The two possibilities that come to mind are
A) GPU is thermal throttling as it takes anywhere from 30 seconds to a couple of minutes after launching a game with the issue to happen.
B) the GPU is completely dead and the laptop is scraping by on integrated graphics until the load gets too high and crashes the laptop (idk if this is how computers work I'm kinda throwing words at the wall to see what sticks)
If anyone had any ideas as to what's happening/whether it's fixable I'd really appreciate any input, cheers!
Edit: Thanks for all your comments haha and for letting me down gently, I guess now I have an excuse to use this as a beginner home server rather than let it go to e-waste