POE 2 0.3.0b patch crashing high end pc's

I just died at level 94 thanks to the driver crash (pause didnt work).
Im trying now updating gpu drivers and wiping out shader cache (10GB shader cache limit per app).

For specs im running the game in 4k with:
i7 13700k
RTX 5090
64GB RAM
Game on NVMe 4th gen.
Same issue as everyone here, still happening on the latest update which I hoped it would fix it.

Tried all the troubleshooting here, but no go.
+1
Got the freeze/crash every 2 maps, i've try everything that I read here and still crashing like crazy.
I don't know why they haven't fix it yet, it's impacting so many players and it's really annoying...
Praying for a quick fix
FIX THIS SHIT I DIED AGAIN IT IS GETTING ON MY NERVES.
Just on a whim...has anyone tried disabling Nvidia Reflex ?

Since the black screen loading gears "crash" happens to all nvidia users.
While the snow remains,
veiled in the haze of evening,
a cold leafless branch.
Flowers are only flowers because they fall,
but thankfully the Wind.
"
Just on a whim...has anyone tried disabling Nvidia Reflex ?

Since the black screen loading gears "crash" happens to all nvidia users.


Reflex was always OFF for me and still crashing
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Just on a whim...has anyone tried disabling Nvidia Reflex ?

Since the black screen loading gears "crash" happens to all nvidia users.


That’s not it. Change renderer from Directx 12 to Vulcan.
Just died, after fighting through the ascendency dungeons, almost had the damn time lord, and the game locked up, showed the gears, black screen behind it, and I could hear myself dying behind that black screen. SOOOO over this bs! Fix it! It didnt do this before!
https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1n5w8is/i_think_i_may_have_solved_performance_issues/

This fix worked for me and many others
My game just crashed while I was in my hideout. Pressed "P" to check passives and it died to desktop; here's the Error Report from Windows. Unsure if it's helpful, plus my config:

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Error Information
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-Source-
PathOfExileSteam.exe
-Summary-
Stopped working
-Date-
‎9/‎8/‎2025 18:25
-Status-
Report sent
-Description-
Faulting Application Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Path of Exile 2\PathOfExileSteam.exe
-Problem signature-
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: PathOfExileSteam.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 68be076a
Fault Module Name: PathOfExileSteam.exe
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 68be076a
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0000000000fe0c9f
OS Version: 10.0.26100.2.0.0.768.101
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: c407
Additional Information 2: c4077839d9c186165d8e5f9a1e1c5b54
Additional Information 3: 0a6e
Additional Information 4: 0a6eafdab1507b1ac66c7952c918420a
-Extra information about the problem-
Bucket ID: 0b352e935e09554f28405f28ba2c0cd7 (1747501283946532055)
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System Information
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Operating System: Windows 11 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 26100) (26100.ge_release.240331-1435)
BIOS: M.CA (type: UEFI)
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900K (32 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 32768MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 32548MB RAM
Page File: 9466MB used, 25129MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Display Memory: 32320 MB
Dedicated Memory: 16047 MB
Shared Memory: 16273 MB
Current Mode: 3840 x 1600 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Driver Version: 32.0.15.8115

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