PoE1 and 2 only DPC_Watchdog_Violation

I've uninstalled PoE1 and 2 from my PC and I cannot play them. It only happens with those games but eventually, either 1-2 hours or even 30 minutes, my PC BSOD`s to a DPC_Watchdog_Violation only while playing PoE1 or 2.

But I think it is important to report the bug since they may be others experiencing the same problem.

I`ve played Elden Ring for hours (3-4 hours straight) and didnt experience no crash nor BSOD.

I`ve played Last Epoch for about 2 hours and also didnt experience it.

Im thinking of installing either Cyberpunk 77 or Expedition 33 to force more heavy weighted games on my gpu, but so far it only happens in PoEs.

My config:
Ryzen 5700X3D
9060XT 16GB
32GB Ram 3200MHz
SSD M2

What I tried:
1. Its not a thermal problem.
2. Its not a drive problem, I used DDU to clean install and even went back a some versions of the driver.
3. Its not a BIOS config problem. I config the DOCP, tried overclocking the CPU, disabled energy savings, etc.
4. Its not the SSD M2 since I have 2 and tried on both.
5. I even disabled some of Windows 11 telemetry and slop to lower background processes.
6. Tried Vulkan and DX12
7. Tried Medium Textures.
8. Tried disabling or changing Windows 11 Power Options.
9. Stress tested the GPU and it wasnt the problem
10. Tested both M.2 SSDs using Crystal Info Mark to no issues.
12. Stress tested the power supply, the CPU and also the RAM to no issues.
13. Tested the normal launcher vs the 64x version.

I have done some other things but I cannot remember anymore.

this belongs in tech support, not bug reports as it is a localized issue.

Others are also getting BSOD, so I don't think it is necessarily a local issue on individual hardware.

Agreed. Its also something that happens only regarding PoE. I even formatted the PC and reinstalled both games before eventually deleting both for good, so for sure not an windows or corrupted instalation.

I`d guess that GGG designs their games using the max amount of requests from the memory and cpu all at once, way more than most games, even such ARPGs like Last Epoch. All these requests may be increasing CPU latency too much on specific hardwares like recent AMD cards that dont have much stability yet.

I think I found a solution.

To add context: Path of Exile 1 and 2 were the only games that were causing BSOD, specifically DPC_Watchdog_Violation, meaning that the CPU was stuck in a huge latency spike caused by some pack of processes that cause Windows force a restart.

BSOD sucks of telling what is exactly causing it, so google wasnt much help either. Basically everything can cause a DPC_Watchdog_Violation, from faulty drivers to even USB port to even badly configured windows.

I unninstalled both PoE 1 & 2. Went on to play other games, started the new Season of Last Epoch, played Borderlands 3 with my cousing, started another "Factory must grow" in Factorio etc.

Thats where I realize something: all those games lagged or stuttered if some specific AMD Radeon configurations were enabled.

The suspects were:
1. Radeon Super Resolution;
2. AMD Fluid Motion Frames;
3. AMD FSR Upscalling;
4. AMD FSR Frame Generation;
5. Radeon Anti-Lag;
6. Radeon Chill;
7. Radeon Image Sharpening 2;
8. Radeon Enhanced Sync;
And perhaps even basic configurations forced by AMD GPU driver;

For example, in Factorio, after making a clean installation the game was sluggish, like as if it were running at 20fps even though the fps counter were still hitting my limit of 60fps. I disabled all those configurations and the game started running great.

Same happened with Borderlands 3 and Last Epoch. That made me want to try it on Path of Exile. I reinstalled PoE 1 and had to manually add the game to the AMD Driver to manually disable all of them. I currently have 3 hours of PoE 1 playtime so, while it is not a certainty, for sure is a huge progress since the BSOD before happened after 30 min of playtime.

I basically made this post so others suffering the same problem could google and find it, meanwhile, Im gonna leave this here and keep testing it.

Ill also try it out different configuration settings in Cyberpunk 77 to see what could be causing the specific issue.