POE 2 Complete PC Freeze while loading screen

I just sent the dxdiag info to Timothy at GGG. Since yesterday the game has been completely unplayable for me with constant computer freezes, whereas before the recent patches I had it happen here and there during loading screens and not at this frequency.

Specs: 5800x3d, 4080, 32GB RAM, Windows 24h2.

I'm afraid I have to agree, it's gotten much worse since today. I had 3 freezes in two hours, each time during map transitions. Previously, I had installed the new Windows 11 24H2 update (KB5048667). I cannot play like this...

AMD 78003XD
RTX 4080 Super

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Trenchfoot#1019 wrote:

Possible workaround: I haven't had the loading screen hard-lock since I switched upscaler from DLSS to NIS. Specifically I was using DLSS for DLAA, now it's NIS at native resolution.

Win11 24h2 / 7700x / RTX 4090

I am not using any upscale still crashing. I am getting 120fps no drops @4k max setting native. It’s definitely not the upscaler.
9800x3d
4090
64gb ram

Had 1 hour after work yesterday and 1 hour today before work...

Freezed 5 times with unavoidable PC reset yesterday, trying to load in town. Then played 30 min.

Today read forum and reddit, found "affinity" solution to PC locking-out. Now it's just game that stucks, I can finish PoE process without reboot...
Still, can't load to location (end of Act 1, the Manor) after 7 trys. 1 hour spend without chance to play.


It was ~30% chance to get freeze on EA start. Now it's at least 80% for me. Dunno, game progression make it worse or game files build.


AMD Ryzen 5600x, RTX 2080 (driver 566.36), Win 11 24h2 b2605

I need more testing but since yesterday i was not able to go back to town. I just did a mini-testing of 3-4 zones including town (act 2 caravan which i cannot enter no matter what, pc just crash).

Fullscreen the game, downscale the resolution to 77% or something, and a window update (idk what it updates). Somehow magically i can play again. Will be back to gaming once i have time and see if it still crashes

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Seba2007#3315 wrote:

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Trenchfoot#1019 wrote:

Possible workaround: I haven't had the loading screen hard-lock since I switched upscaler from DLSS to NIS. Specifically I was using DLSS for DLAA, now it's NIS at native resolution.

Win11 24h2 / 7700x / RTX 4090

I am not using any upscale still crashing. I am getting 120fps no drops @4k max setting native. It’s definitely not the upscaler.
9800x3d
4090
64gb ram

Dang.

The only "fix" to the crashes that works for me is to disable multithreading every time before you load into a new area and then reactivate it when the area has loaded, which instantly restores the fps back. It is a pain to do every time though, surely ggg can disable multithreading automatically when loading?

Same Problem, Specs are as follows (Win 11 24H2)

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
ASUS ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming WiFi
Palit RTX 4080 GamingPro
64 GB Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-6000 CL30

Even with the latest version, the PC freezes when loading.
However, by using an app called BES (Battle Encoder Shirasé) to lower the CPU usage by about 5%, the PC no longer freezes.

Could you please fix the game processing that reduces CPU usage when loading?


Sorry for the machine translation.

I have this issue.

50% or more of the time I open a portal back to village I experience a hard lock and have to force power off my PC and restart.

7800X3D
3070 Ti Super
32Gb RAM
Win 11
All drivers and systems up to date