Disconnects, and Black screens(Vulkan, DirectX12)

I'm unsure what is going on. I have the latest drivers, and in both cases, the issue only occurs, say, every few maps.

Vulkan = disconnect on entering maps(occasionally):
This happens occasionally. I click the portal, and I disconnect. The portal does not get consumed, so it's just inconvenient.

DirectX12 = Game freezes, then goes into a black screen, and then into cog wheels.
This is Worse by far; the game freezes. It does not pause the game; the game happens while the screen is frozen. Then I get a black screen with loading wheels. It then resumes, generally with everything dead. But I can't play during this time.

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Perkytricks#5016 wrote:

DirectX12 = Game freezes, then goes into a black screen, and then into cog wheels.
This is Worse by far; the game freezes. It does not pause the game; the game happens while the screen is frozen. Then I get a black screen with loading wheels. It then resumes, generally with everything dead. But I can't play during this time.

That's a driver TDR; Windows essentially turned your driver 'off and on again' because it decided the driver probably malfunctioned. It's possible that if you try one or two older versions of the driver for your video card it might stop happening. If not, either underclocking or overvolting your card might improve stability - be very conservating when tweaking voltage, and make sure you've thermal headroom; the more power getting sent to it, the more heat it will output.

I dont think under-clocking my graphics or cpu is going to be my first step. Especially consider vulkan works fine, except for the random disconnects. It seems like a rendering poe issue.

Well, I certainly agree that underclocking your CPU is unlikely to be useful.

But, as I say - you're describing the symptoms of GPU driver instability. If you'd like confirmation, you could post a link to the game's log file on Pastebin the next time this happens.

https://www.poecommunity.help/information/log-file