Constant crashes with RTX 2080

[Mac]

Constant crashes within minutes of loading in, thats if it does load in at all without crashing. I have stress tested my CPU and GPU and all fine, run MEMTES86 on my Ram no issues. NVidia drivers updated to hotfix 451.85. Only running the game on high setting in borderless mode and V-Sync on. Anyone have any ideas why the constant crashes?

PC Specs:

Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor i7-10700K (3.8GHz) 16MB Cache

Motherboard ASUS® TUF Z490-PLUS GAMING (LGA1200, USB 3.2, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready

Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card 8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!

Storage Drive 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE

M.2 SSD Drive 512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)

Power Supply CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Processor Cooling PCS FrostFlow 120 Series RGB High Performance Liquid Cooler

[Eclipse]

are you running any OC software. this game is very touchy with any 3rd party software that touches OC settings. Dragon Center/MSI afterburner. just make sure you dont have your OC turned too high.

Also try lowering your Clouds settings to Medium.

I have a similarly powerful system, and simply running too high of settings caused memory leaks, leading to a crash.

I now use a combination of Ultra, High and medium settings.

MSI mobo
i7 8700k
rtx2080
32gb ddr 3200mhz
Samsung evo 970 m.2 ssd

[schwing27]

Do you have the game installed on your HDD or SSD?

Run the game in full screen only.

Turn Vsync OFF


I have the same GPU as you do and I haven’t had a single crash in the 10+ hours I’ve played so far. Silky smooth gameplay


Pro tip: Turn clouds and reflections quality to MEDIUM. Trust me. You’ll gain nearly 15-20FPS with those 2 combined at medium. And it’s hardly a noticeable graphical change.

[Mac]

SSD, i have been tempted to reinstall to HDD and see if that works?

[Eclipse]

you can also try Recompiliing your Shaders.

navigate to this folder,

usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Horizon Zero Dawn\LocalCacheDX12

in that folder, you can delete the file "PSOCache.bin" and upon starting the game, the game will recompile your shaders. this can fix corrupted shader files.

this happened to me and after i did it, the game looked better and ran way better too.

when you start the game it will say its configuring settings, but its not, its just a splash screen that used for multiple aspects of settings.

HDD would be worse than the SSD. its good you have on SSD. and Vsync should be 100% okay to run with your system.

[ecidemon]

Is it crash to desktop or the whole pc locking up?

Im on the epic version of the game but launch through steam for steam controller support and I had the screan go black losing video signal after a while of playing happening a few times. It was display driver crash. I did an undervolt of the gpu (2080ti on custom water loop) and it's been stable since playing hours on end both saturday and sunday. Not saying this is the solution for you but it's useful to know what type of crash it is.

[ProkC]

installing on HDD sounds like a bad idea, Id check on OC settings in MOBO and turn steam overlay off. The overlay was causing crashes on some post.

[Mac]

So nothing is OC'd, no overlays as made sure all are switched off. Graphics on favour quality but with reflections and clouds set to medium. Getting around 90fps and no stuttering etc but crashes often, mainly either loading in initially, when transitioning from inventory/map screen to main game and cutscenes. It ran perfect for the first 2 hours then haven't gone any longer than 5-10 mins without a crash.

Also, Nvidia settings- only thing I have changed is to have G-Sync on but V-sync off in game.

Resolution set to 165Hz so not sure if I need to reduce this maybe?

Just reinstalled the shaders so we shall see!

[schwing27]

Originally posted by Maclaverty:

SSD, i have been tempted to reinstall to HDD and see if that works?

No, do not put it on a HDD. SSD is best so you are ok there

Try the game in full screen mode.
VSync off
Clouds and reflections set to medium (2 very big resource hogs)



Try that and report back results.

[Commodore]

I have Windows 10 (2004), Intel i3-9100F, GTX 750ti (2gb), ddr4 8gb, SSD 240 and the game is stable at medium-maximum settings.

[Eclipse]

Originally posted by ⓀⒾⓦⒾ‰:

my stuffs oc'd to ♥♥♥♥ and i dont have problems
5ghz cpu and 2010mhz gpu

try make sure your audio isnt on surround, use stereo
make sure theres a save file path in your documents folder, i think it can crap out when trying to make or access it

try turn on h.a.g.s in windows display settings and if youre using anything other than windows 10 antivirus, disable it or allow full access for the game

you shouldnt have to lower any settings, your hardware will eat this game for breakfast

im running 2010mhz GPU too, oc'd but this game still wants a REALLY stable OC. and chips differ from batch to batch thats all.

[Mac]

Originally posted by ⓀⒾⓦⒾ‰:

my stuffs oc'd to ♥♥♥♥ and i dont have problems
5ghz cpu and 2010mhz gpu

try make sure your audio isnt on surround, use stereo
make sure theres a save file path in your documents folder, i think it can crap out when trying to make or access it

try turn on h.a.g.s in windows display settings and if youre using anything other than windows 10 antivirus, disable it or allow full access for the game

you shouldnt have to lower any settings, your hardware will eat this game for breakfast

How do you create a save file path?

[Mad-Evil-Beavis]

Set your textures to high not ultra-. Ultra costs a lot of vram. Set your fov slider to 70 or 80. Do not use the in game frame limiter and v sync. Run the game as administrator. Look on gpu z which how many pci e lanes your graphicscard run. With changing the video driver you must recompile the shaders. someone posted it in this thread.
Change your virtual memory size of your windows system.

Here is a video that could be important for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvMvUPWMuRY

It is bad that the game has not the same quality as on console. At the moment for me it is the better experience on the ps4 pro with a 860 evo ssd.

I hope for a patch in the next weeks that fixes the thirty frames issues with the hair and cutscenes. My frames are good. I´m using a Nvidia RTX 2080 graphicscard on an I7 4790K and G Skill DDR 3 Ram with an Asus Maximus VII Mainboard.

This is not Highend. I have games that run more bad then this Odyssey and RDR2 are for me not good optimized on the PC. For me is RDR2 more a bad port in the first month than HZD is. I hope Guerilla will patch it soon and give PC Player the same wonderful Experience as on the PS4 or PRo or better. ;)

[renaatp]

I've got the same problem! I'm trying it for the second day now, yesterday it just worked..
But today it constant crashes at the first second it's "turning on"
I've got a 1080TI... Installed it on my HDD and my SSD to see if it worked than but no...

[Mac]

So i have just completely disabled bullguard virus protection and just been able to to play for 10-15 mins without any issue. Just saved as i need to go to dinner but hopefully this is a good sign!

[Eclipse]

Originally posted by Maclaverty:

So i have just completely disabled bullguard virus protection and just been able to to play for 10-15 mins without any issue. Just saved as i need to go to dinner but hopefully this is a good sign!

after 2 decades of gaming, I find Webroot to be the best AV for Gaming PC's. lightweight, doesn't cause any issues, and very good AV too. maybe check them out!?