Game crashes after 3-5 minutes

[SadAsianPorn]

my hardware : NVIDIA GeForce RIX 3070
Intel(B) Core(TM) i5-9400 CPU @ 2-906Hz
15. 93 GB RAM
1920 x 1080 165Hz
Widnows 10

I've already tried to turn off the overlay,update drivers and download directx11

[Dewgrove]

It's the game, lately I haven't been able to even play maybe 30 minutes before hardcore crashing. Never had issues until very lately. Probably broke their game with the update.

[Nussy Snake]

I've never had this issue so I doubt it has to do with a specific update (its been over a year I think) but could it possibly be a cache or RAM issue? Or outdated drivers?

[cuss]

Yep, last update was about a year ago.
(3-5 min crashing) Check your temps, check your Error Logs, and disable unnecessary background processes. Last resort, try rolling 'back' your GPU drivers.

[Darek871]

Originally posted by SadAsianPorn:

my hardware : NVIDIA GeForce RIX 3070
Intel(B) Core(TM) i5-9400 CPU @ 2-906Hz
15. 93 GB RAM
1920 x 1080 165Hz
Widnows 10

I've already tried to turn off the overlay,update drivers and download directx11

Hello, you can try out some of the solutions in this guide, where I've tried to list the main causes of problems with the game. Don't forget that this kind of problem comes either from a conflict or instability, not being compatible with the game. It's sad and annoying, but sometimes it's like a police investigation. It shouldn't exist, but there's nothing else we can do.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2917352107

[A93ntZ3r0]

Originally posted by Dewgrove:

It's the game, lately I haven't been able to even play maybe 30 minutes before hardcore crashing. Never had issues until very lately. Probably broke their game with the update.

Well, I had a similar problem and I was able to fix it, skip to the fix at the bottom if you don't bother the details.

I own an Alienware 18 laptop, originally, it had 2 * 780m GPUs, but at some point I lost one of them, and years later, when I got Days Gone I had to play it with the remaining 780m GPU.
I was able to finish the game a couple of times with no issues, and started my third play through.

But unfortunately, I lost the remaining GPU so I stopped playing almost all games except the ones that the built-in GPU was able to handle.

Anyway, on October this year, I got a new gpu, Nvidia 980m, that's the maximum gpu that my laptop can handle.
I tested some games including Days Gone and they all worked good.

Lately, I discovered that Days Gone crashes after playing for some time "unfortunately I can not remember If i tested it enough with the new GPU", also a free game called YLands that I added lately to my library, crashes randomly when I click "Adventure" from the main menu.

In the Windows Event Viewer, after the crash, there is always this error regarding a file called "nvlddmkm.sys".

I tried to stress test the GPU using Furmark app, it crashes if i select any Antialiasing setting.

I tried so many things but nothing changed, like:
- Updating the drivers or even trying older drivers making sure to use DDU app every time.
- A lot of registry editing and changes to Windows settings.
- Even a fresh install of Windows 10.

At this point, I thought that the problem is one of the following:
1 - the GPU is bad.
2 - the power supplied to the GPU is not enough, but if that so, the whole system would shutdown, or maybe I am wrong.
3 - I read somewhere that there is a specific Windows 10 update "kb5032189" rolled back in November that caused some problems, and people suggested uninstalling it, but I did not have the option to uninstall it, so I am not sure if this is the real problem.

THE FIX:
The only fix that worked for me was to downclock the GPU clock using the app MSI Afterburner.
I started with -25 and gradually lowering the clock by -5 untill I found out that at -40, the crashes are gone, even while stress testing the GPU using Furmark app.

So sorry for the wall of text but I hope someone finds this helpful.

[johnnyhaddadin74]

Playing on my steam deck with zero issues

[[THM]Alpha Ghost]

I get an hour then pc crashed and its the same every hour.

[SadAsianPorn]

Well,I don't remember what I actually done but the game works perfectly and I almost finished it.

[big potato]

Originally posted by THMAlpha Ghost:

I get an hour then pc crashed and its the same every hour.

Did you ever manage to fix it ?

[HorribleGamer]

so GLAD I dont blindly update my drivers. I let everyone else beta test them for a year.