Path of Exile Keeps Crashing On My High-End PC

BTW i have AMD processor so this Intel thing is irrelevant.

Also, Switching from DX11/12 to Vulcan seem to work fine. Might stutter a bit in the beginning but now works fine!

Turning down Performance Core Ratio to x54 with XTU worked for me after trying seemingly everything else. Unfortunate, but at least works. Thanks for the help.

4080 Super - i9-14900KF

I haven't crashed at all the previous weeks/months but after the latest update I've crashed twice at the exact same spot. After defeating spinning Piety in act 4 the game crashes right before reaching the entrance to the Harvest area.

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Trudde1337 wrote:

I haven't crashed at all the previous weeks/months but after the latest update I've crashed twice at the exact same spot. After defeating spinning Piety in act 4 the game crashes right before reaching the entrance to the Harvest area.

should be fixed with todays patch

I can't get the game to run, it just constantly crashes to desktop usually as soon as I start it up, rarely I make it to the character select screen. I did a fresh install this afternoon and if anything it's worse than before. I was hoping to be able to play in the new league after a break, but it looks like that isn't going to happen. I'm not interested in mucking around in my system settings when other games work just fine, this problem should be fixed by the devs when it's clearly a common problem.

I've had constant crashes to desktop (see error from Event Viewer below), even with the latest update, but running the game as Administrator solved it for some reason.

Faulting application name: PathOfExile.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x669e00e3
Faulting module name: PathOfExile.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x669e00e3
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000fbf537
Faulting process id: 0x0x132C8
Faulting application start time: 0x0x1DADD9BD1D83C96
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Grinding Gear Games\Path of Exile\PathOfExile.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Grinding Gear Games\Path of Exile\PathOfExile.exe
Report Id: 76d2b4f5-516e-42bd-92eb-1fbb66f74c48
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

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Psychofrump wrote:

I can't get the game to run, it just constantly crashes to desktop usually as soon as I start it up, rarely I make it to the character select screen. I did a fresh install this afternoon and if anything it's worse than before. I was hoping to be able to play in the new league after a break, but it looks like that isn't going to happen. I'm not interested in mucking around in my system settings when other games work just fine, this problem should be fixed by the devs when it's clearly a common problem.

usually a user end game hardware/software issues.
Nvidia had drivers that messed up poe.
should ggg then fix nvidias drivers also?

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I can't get the game to run, it just constantly crashes to desktop usually as soon as I start it up, rarely I make it to the character select screen. I did a fresh install this afternoon and if anything it's worse than before. I was hoping to be able to play in the new league after a break, but it looks like that isn't going to happen. I'm not interested in mucking around in my system settings when other games work just fine, this problem should be fixed by the devs when it's clearly a common problem.

SOLUTION :
I have been struggling with this issue for over a year and I fixed it by setting the power limits on my CPU to specific values based on the intel catalog. It is very simple you just need to go in the BIOS and set specific values to power limits. This solution worked for me and for 2 other people that I know.

For my i9 - 13900K the power limits are:
Long Term Power Limit - 125
Short Term Power Limit - 253
CPU Core Current Limit - 307
(if you have a different cpu you can look up the power limits)

Furthermore, Turbo boost causes rpm spikes which also causes power spikes simultaneously which causes programs and games to shut down. So, disabling Turbo boost also works if you are still crashing after setting the power limits.

Do not confuse this type of crash with some known in-game issues like piety crash. This solution is only for people struggling with constant crash to desktop using 13th and 14th generation intel processors.

Path of Exile is very sensitive to this issue somehow so some of your games and apps might work perfectly fine while poe is constantly crashing. Changing the power limits will not impact or damage your system in any way. Turning off turbo boost may cause lower performance capabilities in the very high end metrics but you can always just re-enable it if you are playing a new high demand game.

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immxrtal wrote:

My game crashes 50% of the time I try to log into a character, and then without fail within 15 minutes of being in game, even if I'm not doing anything.

I also have a high end PC:
i9 13900K
RTX 3090ti
32gb ddr4 3600mhz ram
1TB XPG nvme PCIe gen4
Alienware AW3423DWF UW-QDOLED
(2 secondary monitors, another UW and a 4k monitor)

I am very concerned for the start of the league.

Additional troubleshooting done:
Reinstall game through steam
Install game through official PoE client
Try Dx11, Dx12, Vulkan with Vsync off/adaptive/fast, engine multithreading on/off, graphics all the way down and all the way up, triple buffering on/off.

No matter the combination, the game will still crash at some point early in play, if not when just trying to load in.

SOLUTION :
I have been struggling with this issue for over a year and I fixed it by setting the power limits on my CPU to specific values based on the intel catalog. It is very simple you just need to go in the BIOS and set specific values to power limits. This solution worked for me and for 2 other people that I know.

For my i9 - 13900K the power limits are:
Long Term Power Limit - 125
Short Term Power Limit - 253
CPU Core Current Limit - 307
(if you have a different cpu you can look up the power limits)

Furthermore, Turbo boost causes rpm spikes which also causes power spikes simultaneously which causes programs and games to shut down. So, disabling Turbo boost also works if you are still crashing after setting the power limits.

Do not confuse this type of crash with some known in-game issues like piety crash. This solution is only for people struggling with constant crash to desktop using 13th and 14th generation intel processors.

Path of Exile is very sensitive to this issue somehow so some of your games and apps might work perfectly fine while poe is constantly crashing. Changing the power limits will not impact or damage your system in any way. Turning off turbo boost may cause lower performance capabilities in the very high end metrics but you can always just re-enable it if you are playing a new high demand game.

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SodaDog wrote:

Turning down Performance Core Ratio to x54 with XTU worked for me after trying seemingly everything else. Unfortunate, but at least works. Thanks for the help.

4080 Super - i9-14900KF

This is a power limit issue thats why disabling cores or turning down core ratio works. If you set your long, short, and current power limits to specific values based on the intel catalog, you wont need to handicap your cpu. Also try turning off turbo boost if setting the power limits isn't enough.