Lol, that took a day and a half the first time…
I might try and see if there’s a fresh version of the driver.
The tip about virtual texture size seems like a good lead, as does that page you linked, thanks @adonai 
I guess my PC could use a stability test, but I neglected to mention that about a third of the time, there’s a message about the crash telling me to try verifying the game files, which usually does the trick, but takes about twenty-five bloody minutes…