Video crash and reloads on the fly

From time to time (about 1.5hrs of gameplay) "graphics engine" reloads on a fly: first client freezes (about 5 sec, no respond at all), then appear gears and player can wander around w/o any models visible but labels visible (example on screenshot , for 5-10 seconds more), then everyting returns to normal (exept fog of war - it resets as new, but acual map is same).

I think it might be as result of not sufficient VRAM to current game configs, have same problems in other games, "fixed" with reducing texture size or rendered resolution/render sacling.

In between of such "crushes" client works fine w/o any staggers/freezes/jumps etc.

Sysinfo (brief):
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 265KF
Installed(RAM) 32,0 GB
Adapter Type NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8Gb
Resolution 3840 x 2160 x 60 hz
Storage drive PCIe SSD

Game confings - as proposed by client
Res 4k (display naative)
Mode Windowed borderless
No video enhancement (But same on DLSS:Balanced)
Other as autodenect configured.

Game installed via steam.

If required more info about system - mail me, i'll send complete OS SysInfo tool report.
Sorry can't provide more /debug info nor try other config since free time has ended :(
Last bumped on Sep 20, 2025, 8:26:43 PM
Hi,

I'm suffering from the same issue. I've posted a query to Nvidia and they're pointing at the GPU boosting above limit :(

Here's the info I've posted:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3833608

So far I've not received any feedback on this from GGG.

I think this was not happening with nvidia driver version 576.88 that's been recommended elsewhere to sort out issues with FPS degradation. I've sorted the fps degradation doing a clean install (detailed here: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3842642/page/2) but now I've got this different one.
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LichoCPU#1054 wrote:
Hi,

I'm suffering from the same issue. I've posted a query to Nvidia and they're pointing at the GPU boosting above limit :(

Here's the info I've posted:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3833608

So far I've not received any feedback on this from GGG.

I think this was not happening with nvidia driver version 576.88 that's been recommended elsewhere to sort out issues with FPS degradation. I've sorted the fps degradation doing a clean install (detailed here: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3842642/page/2) but now I've got this different one.


Same issue as this thread https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3839584/page/1#p26371827
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LichoCPU#1054 wrote:
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LichoCPU#1054 wrote:
Hi,

I'm suffering from the same issue. I've posted a query to Nvidia and they're pointing at the GPU boosting above limit :(

Here's the info I've posted:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3833608

So far I've not received any feedback on this from GGG.

I think this was not happening with nvidia driver version 576.88 that's been recommended elsewhere to sort out issues with FPS degradation. I've sorted the fps degradation doing a clean install (detailed here: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3842642/page/2) but now I've got this different one.


Same issue as this thread https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3839584/page/1#p26371827


Just tried some hours running 576.88 and Vulkan API and no cog of death issues. Performance is lower than DX12 yes, but no freezing at all.

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