RTX 5090 Black screen and fan goes to max.

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Ichiroku#3871 wrote:

Update: Noticed my GPU hit about 82c while playing poe. This in itself shouldn't really be a problem as the RTX 5090 is rated for 90c, but I figured maybe I can do something about it.

tl;dr: was able to reduce GPU temps by about 10c, to around 70c. Now the game no longer crashes.

I don't know if this is an actual fix, I've been playing for about an hour and no issues yet.

If I had to take a guess, I read somewhere that the error I've linked before was about the GPU going from idle to performance mode, which then triggers a bug in the driver that crashes it. Maybe my GPU somehow goes into some kind of temporary idle mode to cool down a bit then go back into performance mode, which then crashes the driver.

I don't know if this will help anyone, but figured I'd post it. Good luck exiles.

This doesn't work for me. My 4090 was hitting like 80+ too, the worst of it comes when I open the merc window or have tons of map effects/monsters on screen. It'd climb from 60-85 within seconds. I ended up undervolting the card so it doesn't go above 80 now, but the renderer still crashes no matter if it's dx12 or vulkan.

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obake1#0447 wrote:

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Ichiroku#3871 wrote:

Update: Noticed my GPU hit about 82c while playing poe. This in itself shouldn't really be a problem as the RTX 5090 is rated for 90c, but I figured maybe I can do something about it.

tl;dr: was able to reduce GPU temps by about 10c, to around 70c. Now the game no longer crashes.

I don't know if this is an actual fix, I've been playing for about an hour and no issues yet.

If I had to take a guess, I read somewhere that the error I've linked before was about the GPU going from idle to performance mode, which then triggers a bug in the driver that crashes it. Maybe my GPU somehow goes into some kind of temporary idle mode to cool down a bit then go back into performance mode, which then crashes the driver.

I don't know if this will help anyone, but figured I'd post it. Good luck exiles.

This doesn't work for me. My 4090 was hitting like 80+ too, the worst of it comes when I open the merc window or have tons of map effects/monsters on screen. It'd climb from 60-85 within seconds. I ended up undervolting the card so it doesn't go above 80 now, but the renderer still crashes no matter if it's dx12 or vulkan.

I ended up setting a way more aggressive fan curve too. Maybe you can try that too. If it doesn't work, then we'll just have to wait till GGG tells us anything about this problem unfortunately.

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xMiolo#1425 wrote:

Hi guys, i found a possible solution... for now i am without crash for about 4 hours...

go to production_Config.ini file, localized in
"C:\Users\YOUR_USER\Documents\My Games\Path of Exile"

edit two lines in this file:

renderer_type=Vulkan
device_type=Vulkan


If you already changed in game the Dx12 or Dx11 to Vulkan, probably the "device_type" is already setted to vulkan... but "renderer_type" still setted to Dx12, so, change to vulkan in this file.

Besides that, i also changed the file to READ_ONLY, preventing POE to change without need.

i Hope it solve your problems. <3

UPDATE :
It worked ! ; I don't know what spaghetti code GGG has but in my case this change made me able to play the whole day (4-5 hours) without a single issue; thank you man you are my saviour :D

I will still bump the post from time to time , since there are a lot of people that are having this issue and it's probably related to the rendering driver crashing for some unknown reason ... so GGG should still fix this problem for everyone !!!

Guys, device_type=Vulkan isn't even an option anymore.

5090 + 9800x3d, black screens every 10 mins, only hard reebot work to use PC again, GGG HELP, wtf?

Hello,

I have been having this issue since a year now. It seems really random. As you mention, once or twice a day and for no apparent reason the screen will go black, you will hear distorted audio and the fans will go crazy.

The funny thing is that after restarting everything works fine. It does not happen every day either.

My specs (less than 2y old computer) are kind of similar to yours and I have not been able to find a fix.

13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700KF (3.40 GHz)
32 GB DDR
RTX 4080 16gb
W11 pro


Truly frustrating. I have tried other games and for example in Dota2 the same happens. Some days it has also occurred while watching youtube.

Switching to Vulkan does not seem an option since that is a different renderer.

Truly given up with it. I have read many posts in reddit and in other forums and a lot of people point the issue to the power cable to the RTX or PSU.


This is what I find in the logs

2025/10/10 12:05:16 2529172421 847c33a1 [CRIT Client 18108] [D3D12] Device Removed. Reason: 0x887a0006
2025/10/10 12:05:16 2529172421 4de16de4 [INFO Client 18108] [RENDER] Restarting device
2025/10/10 12:05:16 2529172421 a0d81d7 [INFO Client 18108] [RENDER] Stopping device
2025/10/10 12:05:16 2529172421 577e699a [DEBUG Client 18108] [WINDOW] TriggerDeviceDestroyed
2025/10/10 12:05:16 2529172421 98c76d5b [DEBUG Client 18108] [D3D12] Failed to CreateResource (error: 0x887a0005)
2025/10/10 12:05:16 2529172421 98c76d79 [DEBUG Client 18108] [D3D12] Device removed reason: 0x887a0006
2025/10/10 12:05:16 2529172421 e0a9b589 [CRIT Client 18108] [D3D12] GPUAllocator::Data::Data() CreateResource failed
2025/10/10 12:05:16 2529172421 c48de4e7 [WARN Client 18108] Failed to save minimap: GPUAllocator::Data::Data() CreateResource failed
2025/10/10 12:05:17 2529173531 665e1faf [INFO Client 18108] [STREAMLINE] Shutdown Start
2025/10/10 12:05:17 2529173593 b40c667 [INFO Client 18108] [STREAMLINE] Shutdown complete
2025/10/10 12:05:17 2529173593 665e1f88 [INFO Client 18108] [STREAMLINE] Shutdown in 0.06191 seconds
2025/10/10 12:05:17 2529173765 4de16f2a [INFO Client 18108] [RENDER] Starting device: DirectX12
2025/10/10 12:05:17 2529173890 10dd04f8 [DEBUG Client 18108] [SHADER] Load shader cache: ShaderCacheD3D12
2025/10/10 12:05:19 2529175140 665e1faf [INFO Client 18108] [STREAMLINE] Init Start
2025/10/10 12:05:19 2529175187 665e1f88 [INFO Client 18108] [STREAMLINE] Init in 0.045314 seconds
2025/10/10 12:05:19 2529175187 b40c6a0 [INFO Client 18108] [STREAMLINE] Initialized (Enabled)
2025/10/10 12:05:19 2529175250 e0a9b589 [CRIT Client 18108] [D3D12] Finding adapter failed
2025/10/10 12:05:19 2529175250 a0d821e [WARN Client 18108] [RENDER] Failed to start device
2025/10/10 12:05:19 2529175250 a0d823a [WARN Client 18108] [RENDER] Falling back to DirectX11
2025/10/10 12:05:19 2529175250 4de16f2a [INFO Client 18108] [RENDER] Starting device: DirectX11
2025/10/10 12:05:19 2529175406 10dd04f8 [DEBUG Client 18108] [SHADER] Load shader cache: ShaderCacheD3D11
2025/10/10 12:05:20 2529176203 665e1faf [INFO Client 18108] [STREAMLINE] Init Start
2025/10/10 12:05:20 2529176203 665e1f88 [INFO Client 18108] [STREAMLINE] Init in 8e-05 seconds
2025/10/10 12:05:20 2529176203 b40c6a0 [INFO Client 18108] [STREAMLINE] Initialized (Enabled)
2025/10/10 12:21:19 ***** LOG FILE OPENING *****
2025/10/10 12:21:19 403765 f2498ec7 [INFO Client 15012] [JOB] Irrecoverable Exception Callback: SET
2025/10/10 12:21:20 403859 f95431a6 [INFO Client 15012] [HTTP2] User agent: PoE release/tags/3.26.0i Windows x64
2025/10/10 12:21:20 403859 f95431a1 [INFO Client 15012] [HTTP2] Using backend: cURL
2025/10/10 12:21:20 403875 9fe6088b [INFO Client 15012] Enumerated adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
2025/10/10 12:21:20 404062 9fe5d200 [INFO Client 15012] Enumerated device for adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080. Selected feature level: 49408. Max feature level: 49408
2025/10/10 12:21:20 404187 9fe5eec2 [INFO Client 15012] Enumerated output for adapter NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 of \\.\DISPLAY6
2025/10/10 12:21:20 404187 9fe6088b [INFO Client 15012] Enumerated adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
2025/10/10 12:21:20 404187 9fe5d200 [INFO Client 15012] Enumerated device for adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver. Selected feature level: 49408. Max feature level: 49408
2025/10/10 12:21:20 404187 88fcfced [INFO Client 15012] [ENGINE] Init

I am just running into this issue with this league 3.27 at first I thought it was related to the breach mechanic since it my display would crash every time I got near the breach walls. The only thing that i can think of is I updated my drivers for battlefield 6 between this and last league. I tried to roll back drivers and tried all the fixes in this thread but haven't found a fix. I basically can't play this league as it crashes (screen black can still hear game running and other apps like discord) as soon as I go into an instance or hideout.

Can still play other games without an issue the only game that causes this same black screen issue is palworld but I dont think theres any relation there?


Specs
B850 Steel Legend WiFi
Ryzen 7 9800X3D
G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory
Gigabyte Gaming OC RTX 5090
Win 11 Pro

Display
AW3225QF 32

I am having the same problem and my computer is about as premium as you can get.

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 16-Core Processor (4.30 GHz)
64GB DDR5 RAM
RTX 5090 GPU

It crashes so much that I have been having to play on Xbox instead of PC, which is painful considering how much I spent on my PC...

PLease look into this!. I have a 3080ti and having the same issues, using Vulkan fixed things for a few dayS but we are back to square one now somehow, every 20 minutes to an hoir only happens with this game.
PoE2 for me never played PoE1 but i have the same logfile errors.

[This pertains to PoE2, I am not creating a new post this is literally the only one i could find that has any traction for this issue]

I tried disabling rebar and above 4g decoding to test but no change, also can confirm my temps were in 60c's for anyone that is worried this was an overheating issue.

I ran the nvidia-smi tool and it does not even detect my card when this happens which is very worrying.




Not sure if more verbose debugging was enabled but i see more details in my logs this time before the crash



2026/01/01 09:46:08 470484 cf20e573 [CRIT Client 8684] Attempted to remove an effect pack, "Metadata/Effects/Spells/supports/Shattered_Fang/EPKs/cast_buff.epk ", from animated object "Metadata/Monsters/WereWolf/WereWolf.ao" but the effect pack is not on the object.
2026/01/01 09:46:53 515031 ff72f321 [CRIT Client 8684] Tried to issue a MoveTo with NaN speed! Object: Metadata/Monsters/Breach/Monsters/FingerDemon/FingerDemon@79
2026/01/01 09:47:59 581312 cf20e573 [CRIT Client 8684] Attempted to remove an effect pack, "Metadata/Effects/Spells/supports/Shattered_Fang/EPKs/cast_buff.epk ", from animated object "Metadata/Monsters/WereWolf/WereWolf.ao" but the effect pack is not on the object.
2026/01/01 09:48:24 605781 cf20e573 [CRIT Client 8684] Attempted to remove an effect pack, "Metadata/Effects/Spells/supports/Shattered_Fang/EPKs/cast_buff.epk ", from animated object "Metadata/Monsters/WereWolf/WereWolf.ao" but the effect pack is not on the object.
2026/01/01 09:50:59 761296 cf20e573 [CRIT Client 8684] Attempted to remove an effect pack, "Metadata/Effects/Spells/supports/Shattered_Fang/EPKs/cast_buff.epk ", from animated object "Metadata/Monsters/WereWolf/WereWolf.ao" but the effect pack is not on the object.
2026/01/01 09:51:17 778718 ff72f321 [CRIT Client 8684] Tried to issue a MoveTo with NaN speed! Object: Metadata/Monsters/SkeletalKnight/SkeletalKnightStrongbox@79
2026/01/01 09:51:20 782609 cf20e573 [CRIT Client 8684] Attempted to remove an effect pack, "Metadata/Effects/Spells/supports/Shattered_Fang/EPKs/cast_buff.epk ", from animated object "Metadata/Monsters/WereWolf/WereWolf.ao" but the effect pack is not on the object.
2026/01/01 09:51:48 810640 e0a4d558 [CRIT Client 8684] [D3D12] Device Removed. Reason: 0x887a0007
2026/01/01 09:51:48 810640 62858696 [INFO Client 8684] [RENDER] Restarting device
2026/01/01 09:51:48 810640 b335e0c2 [INFO Client 8684] [RENDER] Stopping device
2026/01/01 09:51:48 810656 3a81fd40 [DEBUG Client 8684] [WINDOW] TriggerDeviceDestroyed
2026/01/01 09:51:49 810671 5219671d [DEBUG Client 8684] [ENTITY2] Regather Pass Types
2026/01/01 09:51:49 810734 5219675b [DEBUG Client 8684] [ENTITY2] Regather Object Types

I tried creating custom registry value to increase my GPU'S crash timer to try and give it time to recover and i was able to play a full map then a vaal map then crashed while sitting in hideout.

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers

"TdrDdiDelay" DWORD32 Decimal = 60 #60 seconds
"TdrLevel" DWORD32 Decimal = 60 #60 seconds
"TdrDelay" DWORD32 Decimal = 3

I was tailing the game logfile while in game and I could see many lines of CRIT level logs

2026/01/01 11:06:58 1813031 3ef232c2 [INFO Client 14872] : 8 Items identified
2026/01/01 11:07:04 1819015 2d8e9b94 [DEBUG Client 14872] Got Instance Details from login server
2026/01/01 11:07:04 1819015 91c6cce [INFO Client 14872] Connecting to instance server at 64.87.49.36:21360
2026/01/01 11:07:04 1819062 91c6525 [DEBUG Client 14872] Connect time to instance server was 47ms
2026/01/01 11:07:04 1819109 2caa1e50 [DEBUG Client 14872] Client-Safe Instance ID = 307119879
2026/01/01 11:07:04 1819109 2caa22d9 [DEBUG Client 14872] Generating level 78 area "MapCaldera" with seed 4016371325
2026/01/01 11:07:07 1821796 f0c29dd2 [INFO Client 14872] Tile hash: 4136047350
2026/01/01 11:07:07 1821796 f0c29ddd [INFO Client 14872] Doodad hash: 1123030328
2026/01/01 11:07:07 1821890 7fbd122f [INFO Client 14872] [SCENE] Set Source [(null)]
2026/01/01 11:07:07 1821890 7fbd122f [INFO Client 14872] [SCENE] Set Source [Caldera]
2026/01/01 11:07:07 1821984 99240e14 [DEBUG Client 14872] [SCENE] Height Map Texture: 810 x 810
2026/01/01 11:07:07 1822203 1a62038d [DEBUG Client 14872] InstanceClientSetSelfPartyInvitationSecurityCode = 0
2026/01/01 11:07:19 1834125 2d8e9b94 [DEBUG Client 14872] Got Instance Details from login server
2026/01/01 11:07:19 1834140 91c6cce [INFO Client 14872] Connecting to instance server at 64.87.51.84:21360
2026/01/01 11:07:19 1834187 91c6525 [DEBUG Client 14872] Connect time to instance server was 31ms
2026/01/01 11:07:19 1834234 2caa1e50 [DEBUG Client 14872] Client-Safe Instance ID = 2693646704
2026/01/01 11:07:19 1834234 2caa22d9 [DEBUG Client 14872] Generating level 65 area "HideoutArcaneIsle" with seed 1
2026/01/01 11:07:20 1834781 f0c29dd2 [INFO Client 14872] Tile hash: 4018123892
2026/01/01 11:07:20 1834781 f0c29ddd [INFO Client 14872] Doodad hash: 1270739861
2026/01/01 11:07:20 1834796 7fbd122f [INFO Client 14872] [SCENE] Set Source [(null)]
2026/01/01 11:07:20 1834812 7fbd122f [INFO Client 14872] [SCENE] Set Source [Arcane Isle Hideout]
2026/01/01 11:07:20 1834828 99240e14 [DEBUG Client 14872] [SCENE] Height Map Texture: 690 x 480
2026/01/01 11:07:20 1834968 1a62038d [DEBUG Client 14872] InstanceClientSetSelfPartyInvitationSecurityCode = 0
2026/01/01 11:09:36 1971625 e0a4d558 [CRIT Client 14872] [D3D12] Device Removed. Reason: 0x887a0007
2026/01/01 11:09:36 1971625 62858696 [INFO Client 14872] [RENDER] Restarting device
2026/01/01 11:09:36 1971625 b335e0c2 [INFO Client 14872] [RENDER] Stopping device
2026/01/01 11:09:37 1971765 3a81fd40 [DEBUG Client 14872] [WINDOW] TriggerDeviceDestroyed
2026/01/01 11:09:37 1971796 5219671d [DEBUG Client 14872] [ENTITY2] Regather Pass Types
2026/01/01 11:09:37 1971984 5219675b [DEBUG Client 14872] [ENTITY2] Regather Object Types


I did a full 4k high benchmark in superposition benchmark with 0 issues, again this does not happen in any other games I am 100% certain at this point this is an issue with the game.