POE2 Win11 24H2 Crashes - Constant crashing, >100% CPU usage, and more

Exact same thing for me man It is insane that this hasn't been fixed in legit hours its been this way btw since 24H over 4 weeks ago for a lot of us this update just made it way worse and affected more people idk whats going on over there.

yeah, I am raging over here where I have to close POE 2 7 times just to play again, and then an hr later load screen crash... I have a 4090 r7 7800XD with 32 gb of ram there is no way my system should be crashing while my little brother who is playing with a toaster doesn't get any crashes. Everything is updated too...

Programs crash not because they run on "toasters", but because of errors in the code. On the next page it will be forgotten. "Joe" has very short memory.

This is 99,9999% related to Win11 24H2. I haven't experienced any sort of crash before I updated to 24H2 yesterday and since then it happens constantly.

Somebody help. Literally unplayable.

Played for about 4 hours yesterday on my HTPC with no crashes. It's not as comfortable to play there, but I guess I can finally finish the campaign at least...

Desktop: Win 11 24H2 / 7800X3D / 64GB D5 6400 / 4090 (this system crashes hard on loading screens about once an hour)
HTPC: Win 11 24H2 / 5800X / 32GB D4 3200 / 4070 Super

happening to me, fresh install of win 11 today all drivers updated played for 2 hours, stopped had dinner come back and zone transfers with multi threading on locked up, disable it and can change zones but it chuggs please fix

As soon as it first started happening shortly after the 24h2 I have never played it since. Built brand new rig every zone would hard freeze into complete power off.. cycle wasn’t worth it after 5-10.. had a sour taste about this game after that experience. Will come back when it’s fixed on all sides. Really disappointed with the lack of communication, I get it it’s the holiday new year is right around the corner but I don’t think people need like full daily updates but it would be nice to have GGG start to explain what’s going on what they are seeing and the roadmap for what to expect bad or good. Stay safe everyone!

https://imgur.com/a/5-series-waiting-room-lian-li-evo-rgb-tl-hydroshift-tl-lcd-tl-led-ffFfFFm

CPU:7800x3D
STORAGE: Crucial T500 2TB x 2
RAM: Corsair Dominator 32gb DDR5 6000mhz CL30 EXPO1 2X16gb
MOTHERBOARD: X870E Aorus Pro Ice
GRAPHICS CARD: 3070 Founders Edition ~Waiting on 5 series~
POWER SUPPLY: NZXT C1000 2024
CPU COOLER: Lian Li Hydroshift 360 AIO - White
MONITOR: MSI MPG 271QRX QD-OLED, 27

Just started getting the crashes after getting into end game. During the acts, no prob, but now I've crashed 3 times in a row after maps. Seemed to get worse after the newest Win update. Always in loading screen.

I'm experiencing constant lock-ups, sometimes three times in a row. The temporary fixes are ineffective—DX11 causes the game to chug, reverting Windows has no impact, and disabling cores 0 and 1 doesn’t prevent the game from freezing. Based on what I’ve read, this seems to be an issue with Intel processors.

Specs:

- i7-9700K
- ROG E-Gaming motherboard
- RTX 3060 OC TI
- 32GB RAM
- Game installed on an NVMe

When the game doesn’t freeze, I get a smooth 150+ FPS with no lag or stuttering. However, when it does freeze—usually when going back to town or changing locations (loading screens)—my CPU usage spikes to 100%, the FPS drops to 23, and the PC locks up completely, requiring a full reboot.

Please FIX this!