D3D12 "Failed to create resource for texture" error crashing game

I've been getting this error basically since the early access launched. I can play for an hour or so and then the game will freeze up. I can that hear the game is still running, the music is playing, sounds are happening. My character makes his/her little grunts and things as I move around, roll, use skills, etc. but the visuals are frozen. The included screenshot was from about 10 min ago, I heard the game continue until I died while looking at the screen as shown with the error window.


full sized - https://i.imgur.com/OLkzsCe.jpeg

I can relaunch and continue playing, but it consistently happens every hour or so.

After the last crash, I gave the game a break. Went back at it a little while ago and got it again.


full sized - https://i.imgur.com/x6r5UwM.jpeg

i´ve got exactly the same issue -.-

The only way to currently fix this issue is to switch to the Vulcan renderer in the options menu. By default the game is configured to use DirectX 12, the issue is between the game and the renderer. This is not a hardware related issue.

Using Vulcan might impact your performace a bit in a negative way, if it does so lower the settings a bit till you get decent FPS.

ugh, vulcan doesn't really work for me. it takes forever for any visual effects to load in with vulcan and it's impossible to play until they do. also loading between zones and the map and everything take way longer to load with vulcan. i'd rather have to restart the game every hour or so than deal with all that.

another - https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3711444/page/1#p25912059