Q: My 2010 MacBook Pro keeps crashing

Hi, Ive had this computer nearly six years with no problems but in the last few day it has started to crash around every hour. It is a 15in mid 2010 MacBook pro with 8gb of memory and running OSX El Capitan 10.11.6. When it crashes the user is doing different tasks.

This is the panic report from this mornings crash

Any advice in what may be causing the problem would be appreciated.

Anonymous UUID:       EA32FD66-A904-7C5E-30C4-61225E11CB9D

Mon Sep  5 10:07:48 2016

*** Panic Report ***

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f9568ebd5): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 3 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff912ee7a000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4\n"@/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphic sControl-3.12.8/src/AppleMuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff911db0ac60 : 0xffffff80124dab52

0xffffff911db0ace0 : 0xffffff7f9568ebd5

0xffffff911db0adc0 : 0xffffff7f931eefa4

0xffffff911db0ae80 : 0xffffff7f932bbadd

0xffffff911db0aec0 : 0xffffff7f932bbb48

0xffffff911db0af40 : 0xffffff7f93540a23

0xffffff911db0b0b0 : 0xffffff7f932dfb79

0xffffff911db0b0d0 : 0xffffff7f931f5cfd

0xffffff911db0b180 : 0xffffff7f931f3690

0xffffff911db0b380 : 0xffffff7f931f5141

0xffffff911db0b450 : 0xffffff7f94b5f6c0

0xffffff911db0b530 : 0xffffff7f94b5c9ef

0xffffff911db0b5b0 : 0xffffff7f94b5d597

0xffffff911db0b630 : 0xffffff7f94b5ddbb

0xffffff911db0b770 : 0xffffff7f94b5e817

0xffffff911db0b8a0 : 0xffffff7f94b9064f

0xffffff911db0b8e0 : 0xffffff7f94b913ba

0xffffff911db0b920 : 0xffffff7f94b8ad0a

0xffffff911db0ba90 : 0xffffff7f94b8b601

0xffffff911db0bad0 : 0xffffff7f94b86e49

0xffffff911db0bb00 : 0xffffff7f94b6a30b

0xffffff911db0bb50 : 0xffffff8012ae2352

0xffffff911db0bb80 : 0xffffff8012ae2fca

0xffffff911db0bbe0 : 0xffffff8012ae0037

0xffffff911db0bd20 : 0xffffff8012597f90

0xffffff911db0be30 : 0xffffff80124df2c3

0xffffff911db0be60 : 0xffffff80124c28f8

0xffffff911db0bea0 : 0xffffff80124d26a5

0xffffff911db0bf10 : 0xffffff80125b8eca

0xffffff911db0bfb0 : 0xffffff80125ecd86

      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0)[05FC5D7E-BB0B-3232-BBBD-8A49B687 0D8B]@0xffffff7f93198000->0xffffff7f9340dfff

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[5447B943-A94D-3BD4-A60F-98B24D19CE93]@0xffffff 7f92d2c000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[4EB2843C-C821-3AD0-B333-575FD6ED6FB1]@0xff ffff7f93188000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[A360453D-2050-3C49-A549-AC0DD5E87917]@0 xffffff7f93141000

         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(10.0)[56199CA6-3C8D-3EBB-B5EF-7B1B467 8ACF9]@0xffffff7f93418000->0xffffff7f936c5fff

            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0.0)[05FC5D7E-BB0B-3232-BBBD-8A49B6 870D8B]@0xffffff7f93198000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[5447B943-A94D-3BD4-A60F-98B24D19CE93]@0xffffff 7f92d2c000

         com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.12.8)[3186B630-FFF4-32C9-BAB9-DCD0C9DB6BA2]@ 0xffffff7f95680000->0xffffff7f95693fff

            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.12.8)[C57F5F56-2229-365F-9765-F24AA4687 584]@0xffffff7f95678000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[5D7574C3-8E90-3873-BAEB-D979FC215A7D]@0xfffff f7f92fb3000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[5447B943-A94D-3BD4-A60F-98B24D19CE93]@0xffffff 7f92d2c000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[A360453D-2050-3C49-A549-AC0DD5E87917]@0 xffffff7f93141000

            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.1.0)[C49819CE-729A-36B2-9AC1-744A43DC23 6F]@0xffffff7f9567b000

         com.apple.GeForceTesla(10.0)[07CD2F70-A8DD-32EA-85C0-90433204BDAC]@0xffffff7f94 b2f000->0xffffff7f94bfafff

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[5447B943-A94D-3BD4-A60F-98B24D19CE93]@0xffffff 7f92d2c000

            dependency: com.apple