Hard crashing PC locks up

I don't have this problem every day, but when it happens, it happens a lot. Only by manually disabling CPU cores for the game, I don't get complete PC crashes because I can still quit the game via the Task Manager. yesterday I had no problems, today all the time

5 7600x3D
4080 Super
32Gb
W11 24H2
Anyone still experiencing this issue, go into your Task Manager>Processes and Set the Affinity of PathOfExile to NOT use CPU 0 and CPU 1. This will allow your PC to have enough resources leftover if PoE Freezes to close the game or cause it to crash the program instead of your OS.

I have been doing this for 1 week and have had 0 hard OS freezes requiring a restart.

You have to do this every time that you start the game. You can add args into steam launch to always launch with the affinity set to this but don't ask me how.
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+1 again and again.

IDK 1 fucking month... we represent like 1% of players so we are trash ?

It's like really bad experience.


It is the 1% with the most disposable income too. Not good.
since I have used this method I have never had them crash again

1> Open nvdia panel change opengl/vulkan > DXGI
2> go to nexus mod > Download zanepoe2-fix-crashes > and extract the file to the game folder .
3 > open zanepoe2-fix-crashes and after open the game
4 > switch dx12 > vulkan
5 > enjoy +30h zero crash
9900k
4070s
32gb ram
W11 23H2

hard locked twice and actually rebooted my pc twice in the last week

im done playing until this gets addressed

playing stalker 2, indiana jones, alan wake 2, cyberpunk etc etc all maxed out without any issues at all
it is just this game and no other that causes problems
Do not waste the remainder of thy life in thoughts about others

-Marcus Aurelius 167 A.C.E.
Last edited by NZPlayer#3546 on Jan 3, 2025, 4:43:03 PM
Same here. Started playing game since it launched in EA and had hard crashes since. After disabling CPU cores via task manager was able to close the game without shutting down my PC and those crashes were not that often. After I have reached ACT III in game issue got lot worse. Now game is crashing on almost every loading scene and even when try to close the game system will completely freeze. Had to uninstall game today since it is unplayable at this point and GGG is apparently deaf to players feedback regarding this severe issue.
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norj#5385 wrote:
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+1 again and again.

IDK 1 fucking month... we represent like 1% of players so we are trash ?

It's like really bad experience.


It is the 1% with the most disposable income too. Not good.


I know I'm not as inclined to spend any more money with a company that doesn't seem to value their user-base enough to give a simple update. I'd even be OK with a simple marketing:

"We're very sorry that you're experiencing issues and we are working very closely with our partners to find a solution that will let you all get back to playing the game as soon as possible"
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Awiin#7252 wrote:
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norj#5385 wrote:
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+1 again and again.

IDK 1 fucking month... we represent like 1% of players so we are trash ?

It's like really bad experience.


It is the 1% with the most disposable income too. Not good.


I know I'm not as inclined to spend any more money with a company that doesn't seem to value their user-base enough to give a simple update. I'd even be OK with a simple marketing:

"We're very sorry that you're experiencing issues and we are working very closely with our partners to find a solution that will let you all get back to playing the game as soon as possible"


If this game had a pirated version or a private server, I would play that one after this. Absolute disaster-class PR.

On the other hand it is good that this has revealed which streamers are actually on our side and which ones are blatant shills with good camouflage.

Furthermore, I ask anyone who sees this message to please give a negative review for Path of Exile 2 on Steam.
I cannot send/reply to direct messages because my in-game character has not finished Act 1.
What to do:
1)Write a short review about the hard crashes in notepad.
2)Copy and paste it to steam reviews, put up a negative review.
3)Copy and paste it to steam discussions, put it up there.
THIS WORKS my game just froze and my pc did not i was able to pull up task manager and close game out and restart it! :) Thanks buddy!


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Vexxler#5062 wrote:
Anyone still experiencing this issue, go into your Task Manager>Processes and Set the Affinity of PathOfExile to NOT use CPU 0 and CPU 1. This will allow your PC to have enough resources leftover if PoE Freezes to close the game or cause it to crash the program instead of your OS.

I have been doing this for 1 week and have had 0 hard OS freezes requiring a restart.

You have to do this every time that you start the game. You can add args into steam launch to always launch with the affinity set to this but don't ask me how.
I used to be in these threads daily... and then I gave PoE Uncrasher a shot. Game changer. 1 Week and 10 hours no crashes. Every thing on default settings. 9800X3D and 4080 Super. Whoever made that is GOAT level

Still waiting for a real fix tho.

Furthermore, I ask anyone who sees this message to please give a negative review for Path of Exile 2 on Steam.
Last edited by chrisEm119#1403 on Jan 3, 2025, 5:31:16 PM

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