POE 2 Complete PC Freeze while loading screen

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GundamZero#1042 wrote:

I found something from a reddit user which seemed to work and it's much simpler than I thought. Of course you have to do all the fixes / corrections first, I've played 4 hours over the course of last night and this morning not a single crash yet, fingers crossed... I typically crash randomly anywhere every 30 minutes like clockwork was super annoying especially if trying to clear Pinnacle Boss or breach farming.


---System---
i7 12700k, RTX2070 (driver version 566.03) , 32GB RAM, Win 11 fully updated


---Steps---
1. On Steam > verify integrity of game files
2. Delete POE2 shader cache files
3. Nvidia settings changes below


---Nvidia Settings---
Most are default some key highlights that worked for me:

- Power management mode = Optimal power
- Shader Cache Size = 10GB (because C drive has less than 40GB free)
- Texture Filtering Quality = High Performance
- Triple Buffering = On


---In-game Graphic Settings---
Renderer = DirectX12
Mode = Windowed Full Screen
VSync = Off
Dynamic Resolution = unchecked
Upscale Mode = NVIDIA DLSS
Image Quality = Balanced
HDR = unchecked

Texture Quality = High (default)
Texture Filtering = 8x
Lighting = Shadows + Global Illum (default)
Shadow + GI Quality = Low (default)
Sun Shadow Quality = High (default)
Number of Lights = High (default)
Bloom = 100%
Water Detail Level = High (default)
Nvidia Reflex = On + Boost
Foreground FPS Cap = Checked and 144 (my monitor refresh rate)
Background FPS Cap = Unchecked and 30
Triple Buffering = Checked
Dynamic Culling = Unchecked
Target Framerate = 120 (maximum to the right)
Engine Multithreading = Checked


some of your settings may differ for the default and I think the key is to stick to "Default" within the "Detail Settings" section and also have Nvidia Reflex On + Boost.

Credit goes to this reddit user check their original post > https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/s/i30cRkRZMb

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Remiri#0816 wrote:

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GundamZero#1042 wrote:

I found something from a reddit user which seemed to work and it's much simpler than I thought. Of course you have to do all the fixes / corrections first, I've played 4 hours over the course of last night and this morning not a single crash yet, fingers crossed... I typically crash randomly anywhere every 30 minutes like clockwork was super annoying especially if trying to clear Pinnacle Boss or breach farming.


---System---
i7 12700k, RTX2070 (driver version 566.03) , 32GB RAM, Win 11 fully updated


---Steps---
1. On Steam > verify integrity of game files
2. Delete POE2 shader cache files
3. Nvidia settings changes below


---Nvidia Settings---
Most are default some key highlights that worked for me:

- Power management mode = Optimal power
- Shader Cache Size = 10GB (because C drive has less than 40GB free)
- Texture Filtering Quality = High Performance
- Triple Buffering = On


---In-game Graphic Settings---
Renderer = DirectX12
Mode = Windowed Full Screen
VSync = Off
Dynamic Resolution = unchecked
Upscale Mode = NVIDIA DLSS
Image Quality = Balanced
HDR = unchecked

Texture Quality = High (default)
Texture Filtering = 8x
Lighting = Shadows + Global Illum (default)
Shadow + GI Quality = Low (default)
Sun Shadow Quality = High (default)
Number of Lights = High (default)
Bloom = 100%
Water Detail Level = High (default)
Nvidia Reflex = On + Boost
Foreground FPS Cap = Checked and 144 (my monitor refresh rate)
Background FPS Cap = Unchecked and 30
Triple Buffering = Checked
Dynamic Culling = Unchecked
Target Framerate = 120 (maximum to the right)
Engine Multithreading = Checked


some of your settings may differ for the default and I think the key is to stick to "Default" within the "Detail Settings" section and also have Nvidia Reflex On + Boost.

Credit goes to this reddit user check their original post > https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/s/i30cRkRZMb

This ACTUALLY worked for me, did a whole day session without a crash on 24h2.

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snurrfint#5780 wrote:

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Remiri#0816 wrote:

This ACTUALLY worked for me, did a whole day session without a crash on 24h2.

Clearing the cache has a positive effect for a while. Like 1-2 days depending on how quickly you fill it and start redo content. Its been documented before.

I suspect that whatever process is resposible for the fork-bomb that causes the freeze is delayed in favour of actual caching. When the cashe is filled again the freezes are back.

Just so that you are aware that they will come back eventually. Its probably more time efficient and safe to keep the cache and start disable and enable multi-threading before and after every new map sadly.

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Remiri#0816 wrote:

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snurrfint#5780 wrote:

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Remiri#0816 wrote:

This ACTUALLY worked for me, did a whole day session without a crash on 24h2.

Clearing the cache has a positive effect for a while. Like 1-2 days depending on how quickly you fill it and start redo content. Its been documented before.

I suspect that whatever process is resposible for the fork-bomb that causes the freeze is delayed in favour of actual caching. When the cashe is filled again the freezes are back.

Just so that you are aware that they will come back eventually. Its probably more time efficient and safe to keep the cache and start disable and enable multi-threading before and after every new map sadly.

I actually didn't clear the cache out, unless verifying files did it without me knowing, but ill report back if i crash again after a bit.

Rly the only changes I made were to NVIDIA-related settings, and I enabled Triple Buffering but I don't see how that could be the straw breaking the camel's back here.

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ImpressiveSkill#1374 wrote:

freezing issue, and long load screens fixed by using ''Vulkan'' under renderer, which you can find under options > graphics.