Ever since installing BG3 my pc randomly lags and/ or crashes

[0hjuice]

Ever since installing BG3, I've had issues with my whole system lagging out so bad that I have restarted it several times and screen flickering. It doesn't just happen with BG either, it affects other games as well: Cyberpunk, Valorant, Muse Dash, etc. It will also lock up while trying to use OBS and watching a screen share in a zoom call. I've checked temps and nothing is overheating, all my drivers are up to date, and I'm losing my mind. Is anyone else having these problems or is my gpu/memory needing to be replaced at this point?

[0hjuice]

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PC Specs:
Asus PRIME B550M-A (WIFI)
Ryzen 5 5600xX
XFX Speedster QICK319 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
XPG Z1 DDR4 3200MHz 8GBx4
Vetroo V240 CPU Water Cooler 240mm

The SSD it's installed on has 150 gb of space left with the game installed.

might be gpu issue cpu overheating? or not enough airflow. bg3 is intensive.

Try a spare hd with fresh windows install and test. Might be powersupply actually

no thermal issues (already checked) gpu doesn't get above 70C and cpu doesn't get above 60C, my boot drive is an SSD and the game is installed on a separate SSD

[0hjuice]

Postat inițial de Ironwu:

I'm off for a bit. But will think about this. Something is tickling the back of my mind related to performance when in Windows.

Will Check back later.
Good Luck

appreciate the help

[0hjuice]

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might be gpu issue cpu overheating? or not enough airflow. bg3 is intensive.

Try a spare hd with fresh windows install and test. Might be powersupply actually

no thermal issues (already checked) gpu doesn't get above 70C and cpu doesn't get above 60C, my boot drive is an SSD and the game is installed on a separate SSD

power supply never gave me issues til after I installed and played BG for a couple hours

[Beef Hammer]

Stop saying "nothing was wrong with hardware before so it cant be now" and just start testing everything in your PC. For all you know you've had bad ram or psu that are just now showing their fault. You gotta run diagnostics on the whole system, it has to be said in about every single game forum but, a game will NOT break your PC.

[0hjuice]

Postat inițial de Beef Hammer:

Stop saying "nothing was wrong with hardware before so it cant be now" and just start testing everything in your PC. For all you know you've had bad ram or psu that are just now showing their fault. You gotta run diagnostics on the whole system, it has to be said in about every single game forum but, a game will NOT break your PC.

im pretty sure people's pc were breaking when Cyberpunk was released, dont have to be so hostile about it dude. I'm not saying my hardware can't CURRENTLY be the problem, it's just awfully convenient that all of this suddenly started happening right after playing the game. I have been suspecting memory problems since most if not all of the issues can be memory related. Don't want to buy parts willy nilly without having some sort of proof it isnt software related.

[Beef Hammer]

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Stop saying "nothing was wrong with hardware before so it cant be now" and just start testing everything in your PC. For all you know you've had bad ram or psu that are just now showing their fault. You gotta run diagnostics on the whole system, it has to be said in about every single game forum but, a game will NOT break your PC.

im pretty sure people's pc were breaking when Cyberpunk was released, dont have to be so hostile about it dude. I'm not saying my hardware can't CURRENTLY be the problem, it's just awfully convenient that all of this suddenly started happening right after playing the game. I have been suspecting memory problems since most if not all of the issues can be memory related. Don't want to buy parts willy nilly without having some sort of proof it isnt software related.

Nothing hostile dude, just trying to help you, and no, not a SINGLE pc was damaged from cyber punk.

[wendigo211]

Since it does sound like a memory issue, try manually setting the size of your page file. Also is the game installed on the same SSD as your OS and user profile? The game doesn't put all its files in the install directory and there was a post about the save game files being huge (10 GB in one case). Also, do a RAM test and make sure it's working properly.

[The_Dipl0mat]

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I have been having odd problems myself too since installing this game. Not sure if it is steam or the game though, as the game itself runs fine steam is the thing that causes wierd problems. But it started at the same time I first installed and ran this game. Reinstalled windows and it hasn't even fully fixed it which is a shame.

Curious if you get some kind of resolution. Stress tested my comp before and after, no problems. Ran a memory test, no problems. It's weird.

The only thing I have in common with your system is that I am using an ASUS Motherboard. Maybe the game bricks ASUS Mobos?

Yeah I've had some weird issues, and have an ASUS MOBO. Whenever I start it up after an update or the initial installation it blue screens my computer and then it's just fine until the next update

[0hjuice]

Postat inițial de wendigo211:

Since it does sound like a memory issue, try manually setting the size of your page file. Also is the game installed on the same SSD as your OS and user profile? The game doesn't put all its files in the install directory and there was a post about the save game files being huge (10 GB in one case). Also, do a RAM test and make sure it's working properly.

separate SSDs for the boot drive and BG3, whats a ram test?

[Gracey Face]

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Postat inițial de wendigo211:

Since it does sound like a memory issue, try manually setting the size of your page file. Also is the game installed on the same SSD as your OS and user profile? The game doesn't put all its files in the install directory and there was a post about the save game files being huge (10 GB in one case). Also, do a RAM test and make sure it's working properly.

separate SSDs for the boot drive and BG3, whats a ram test?

Memtest86 and Windows memory diagnostic. They don't catch everything but they catch obvious faults.

[wendigo211]

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Since it does sound like a memory issue, try manually setting the size of your page file. Also is the game installed on the same SSD as your OS and user profile? The game doesn't put all its files in the install directory and there was a post about the save game files being huge (10 GB in one case). Also, do a RAM test and make sure it's working properly.

separate SSDs for the boot drive and BG3, whats a ram test?

Assuming you're running Widows, run "Windows Memory Diagnostic" from the start menu. There are better diagnostic tools, this Tom's Hardware article might help[www.tomshardware.com]. I know my MSI board has one built into the BIOS. I'm not sure if your ASUS board has one. Anyway, these apps stress test your ram and identify any address values that might not be working.

[The_Dipl0mat]

If it's RAM go ahead and let us know, that might be one of my issues

[アンジェル]

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What can say. You have not detailed the specs of your system. If your whole system is lagging out, sounds like BG3 is installed on a drive without enough storage space to accommodate everything.

PC Specs:
Asus PRIME B550M-A (WIFI)
Ryzen 5 5600xX
XFX Speedster QICK319 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
XPG Z1 DDR4 3200MHz 8GBx4
Vetroo V240 CPU Water Cooler 240mm

The SSD it's installed on has 150 gb of space left with the game installed.

No DxDiag, no assistance.

[Ironwu]

I remember what it was about desktop working OK, but everything slowing down when a window was open.

Internet.

In my case, it was Comcast doing some sort of router update. Everything NOT related to internet access worked fine. Anything that touched the internet slowed to a crawl. Installs and updates simply failed.

One easy test is to run a stand-alone game that has no internet requirements. If that runs OK, but a similar one that does have internet requirements fails to run smoothly, then that's the answer.

Let's hope it is that simple. :)

[0hjuice]

Alright, ran Windows Memory Diagnostic, memtest86, and DxDiag. Nothing was flagged as an issue on any of the scans. The issue is not with my internet provider because it has happened with single player games that I can play offline. Like I said, everything will usually work fine on my PC for a few hours, but once I try to switch to a different game or use OBS/zoom and alt tab between windows because single monitor set up it starts lagging so bad to the point of needing to restart the system.