Loading screens crash my PC

Loading screens get my PC stuck, mouse move stuttery, sounds keep repeating and i cannot close the game or do anything else while this is happening.
I ALWAYS have to forcefully shut down my PC, there is no other way around it.
I think it might be a CPU related issue of the games because the CPU usage ramps up on loading screens to almost 80% for PoE, it happens both in Poe1 and PoE2.

Specs:
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB VRAM
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8 Core
32gb Ram
Windows 11

This issue also keeps occuring for one of my friends.

I had the same issue, i switched to vulkan and it seemed to fix it. i have similar specs and under way heavier loads via other games, my pc never just locks up like that.

Та же проблема, перехожу на новую локацию зависает пк полностью, помогает только выключение зажатой кнопкой, что очень вредно для ПК

RTX 4060,5 5600, 16 gb
игра не использует так много чтобы зависать намертво, не понимаю почему так

Have same issue

GeForce RTX 4070 Super 16GB VRAM
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 6-Core
RAM 32.0 GB
Windows 11

-Update: Still not fixed.

Have the same issue
When entering a random loading screen my PC sometimes completely freezes and i have to force shut down.

RTX 4070 Super
Ryzen7 7800X3D

I'm actually starting to get tilted at this, it is also on starting the game.

It happens about 6-10 times a day, this is outrageous.

Also happens when changing the Render thing. Vulkan to Dx12 and vice versa

https://prnt.sc/5amQ5vPCc3cN

A screenshot of a pic i took with my phone, this is what happens during a loading screen.

Same problem. Full system freeze on loading screens, requires hard restart. Similar specs to everyone else. Some recommendations from this thread might have made it less frequent but it is not fixed, even after Dec. 9 patch.

Ryzen 5 7600X
RTX 4070 12GB
32GB DDR5 6000 Ram

Happens to a friend of mine too, who also has the Ryzen 5 7600X but RTX 4060 16GB.

What I have tried:
DX11
Vulcan
DX12
Medium textures
Image quality: Every option
Vsync off
Shadows low
Capped FPS
Engine Multithreading off (The quality was too poor to continue using this so I technically didn't crash with it on)
NVIDIA Reflex on/off

I would love to play but this is a really serious issue that could harm my system.

Same thing happening here too..

13th gen i9-13900k
128GB DDR5 Memory
RTX 4090 24GB
Samsung SSD 990 Pro with Heatsink
Windows 11 (ver. 24H2)

This is the only game that I have had this kind of issue with and I have tried every workaround that I could find with no impact.