POE 2 Complete PC Freeze while loading screen

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hesham8#4339 wrote:

Not to be that guy — but for many Intel users, the board defaults are completely incorrect.

My MSI z690 board defaults my 13600K to:
- 288W TDP on a 181W chip
- insane draw power limits for long/short workloads: whatever the wattage max is (288). Intel default is 125/181.
- Massive voltage (line limit 18!!). My 13600K is stable at mode 5.

What was the temperature of your cores and the case on that default settings? Have they exceeded the limits stated in the official data sheet?
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LaioNoob#1780 wrote:
Trying a lot of games today just to see if it happens in any other game (it dosnt).

And Guess what? I happens also in POE 1, game freeze and complete lock off pc, there are a lot of post since AUGUST poe 1 24h2 problem... and it's not solved...

Not good news :(


to be fair, PoE 1 isn't their primary focus of fixes atm.


What he is saying is the problem is much worse than we think BECAUSE it persisted FROM POE1... I had about 4-6 links of people from POE1 the past year reporting about this exact same freeze issue.. some just from fighting monsters or particles etc. etc. this means the issue is MUCH worse.


unless the game is literal copy+paste from PoE1, i'd say the problem is different. similar and suspiciously convenient, yes. worrying, yes.
Disabling the "Threading Optimization" in the Nvidia driver control panel solved the 24H2 freeze problem.
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POSSIBLE FIX

So I found this idea online somewhere and so far it has been working great. Navigate to the Steam folder where POE2 is installed. Should look like:

Drive Letter\Steam\steamapps\common\Path of Exile 2

Find the PathOfExile_x64Steam.exe file and right click. Go to Properties. Go to Compatability tab. Check box run as Admin and Check box run in compatability mode for Windows 8. Hit Apply and OK.

Haven't had one crash yet since this change. Hopefully it works for you all. Best of luck!

Computer Specs
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
GPU: RTX 4090
RAM: 32.0 GB
NV.2: Samsung 990 PRO 4TB
OS: Windows 11 Pro
OS VERSION: 24H2


This has worked for a while, but alas, just hardlocked. Oddly, everything didn't slow down, like usual, just locked while loading a map.

Ryzen 7 5600X3d
RTX 3070 TI
Win 11 24H2
Last edited by Imahuntudown#1330 on Dec 22, 2024, 8:46:00 PM
That Program helped me. Could play normally after days of crashing

https://github.com/Kapps/PoEUncrasher/releases/tag/v1.2.0

same problem sadly
Shame is still not fixed :(
Every day I read the last few pages of the crash threads hoping to see a stealth patch went live and the issue is fixed. I see there is nothing, but still scroll to cope cause all of my friends can play the game safely, but I can't.

Everyday I'm bombarded with a fix that works for some one and consider giving it a go, but never do. I think to myself, "This worked for that guy, maybe I should try. That doesn't seem too bad." But then the voice in my head reminds me how absurd of an issue this situation is. And how the last crash I experienced left me with no video output on the reboot. And how some one else in the thread is sending their PC in for repair cause of these crashes. And I just make my daily forum post, and leave. I built my PC last month with a 9800X3D and a 4080SUPER to be future proof and last me years... and I simply can't even play this game for fear of damaging my parts.

I'm done downloading third party software, limiting my CPU utilization %, disabling cores... Searching for 23H2 iso cause I have no roll back option just to crash again. Nothing works and its a POE issue cause no other game I have ever played in 10+ years of PC gaming has ever behaved like this.

I mean the whole thing is just ridiculous and it's a true shame it's not fixed. And what's even worse, is that this made it through all the testing and never was identified? I mean how does an issue this dramatic go unnoticed in their offices? Damn. Ultimate shame.

I was under the impression coming from Diablo 4 and Last Epoch, kinda new to the ARPG scene... that GGG was going to join the ranks of the Larian Studios and From Softwares of game development cause they are a wonderful studio with creativity, passion and innovation. While that may be true on the surface, if you dig deep you will find that they are no better than the Bungies, Activisions, and Blizzards of the world.

At the bare minimum, we should have a pinned message at the top of the bug page here that says something like "We are aware of crashing issues and are targeting a fix for...." They pride themselves on transparency with the community but care more about their image and good will so they ignore the portion of the community that is impacted by this issue, including some very well known streamers. Makes me feel like they are controlling the narrative as to not impact sales during the holiday. In fact, that's exactly what this is - optics. One tweet or forum post detailing the issue and you are off putting potential buyers. No better than Ubisoft, Activision, etc...

Despite this mishandling and incompetence, I'll still sink dozens of hours into the game because it is very well designed. I have 19 hours played so far with 15-20 crashes. Haven't played in more than a week. And wont be until this is fixed.
Last edited by chrisEm119#1403 on Dec 22, 2024, 5:49:37 PM
Fixed three of the GAZILION of crashes:

One of the lucky ones getting the PC frozen on every login screen + infinite amounts of D3D12 crashes

YES. GGG gotta fix their shit but in the mean time. Can confirm the following as many people here addressed.


Freeze- it really has something to do with Windows most recent update (it might happen on other versions if whatever is causing it was also bad built like the recent one)

I had the rollback option - It's annoying having most of your PC and Software configs reset but it WORKS, ROLL that shit back if you can



D3D12- kinda obvious but just get the fuck out of DirectX 12. Vulkan sucks but its stable


Bonus- I had many crashes like the D3D12 without the error. these one were usually on busy screen animations like starting a boss fight or engaging a huge pack

Can confirm NVIDIA Reflex OFF got rid of them



Taking suggestions on the the one which makes you still be able the hear in game sounds and press your buttons but the screen freezes right before closing it if you keep spamming skills/trying to move. It seems to be the one MFer remaining with these changes.


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That Program helped me. Could play normally after days of crashing

https://github.com/Kapps/PoEUncrasher/releases/tag/v1.2.0



This worked for me. Got into one of the freeze events and it recovered!! Whoever developed this is the MVP.

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