DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG

[UN0W3N]

Game keeps crashing with this error "DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG" or going into a black screen forcing me to Alt-Tab and end task via Task Manager.

I disabled FidelityFX and I have all drivers up to date. My aging system is still within the parameters for the recommended settings, as I run the game almost maxed out at a resolution of 2560x1440.

Any help or tips would be appreciated.
My thanks in advance!

[UN0W3N]

So no one has any ideas, am I the only one here getting these issues? In an even stranger twist of fate, the game only crashes when I'm playing at a 2K resolution, since it can run for hours on end at 1080p without a single crash.

This is the only game which does this to me and trust me when I say that I play a lot of recent titles during a single week. Unreal Engine 4 titles which perform far worse than CryEngine and yet they don't crash to desktop or lock into a black screen...

[doomedSniper]

Actually this error is very common. You'll have to repair Direct-X.
Diagnose DX via this command. dxdiag. This worked for me in the past.

[UN0W3N]

How do you explain that I had no more crashes once I lowered the resolution? Another "experiment" worked right now, I removed all OC from my GPU's software (Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming App) and even though the frame rate suffered so more, no crashes to report after an hour and a half of playing at the same details as before.

[doomedSniper]

Originally posted by UN0W3N:

How do you explain that I had no more crashes once I lowered the resolution? Another "experiment" worked right now, I removed all OC from my GPU's software (Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming App) and even though the frame rate suffered so more, no crashes to report after an hour and a half of playing at the same details as before.

Yes, this is true. It is another dependency. An indirect one but still, the responsible one is the direct-X. An IO breakdown between the application and the display software which is caused by the OC. I can't tell anything further.

Most of the problems generally do not possesses singular solutions. Determining the part which is causing the error is vital. The fact is there might be many other solutions to this particular problem. It is not reasonable to discuss them all, no one can actually via just writing. So, in my view the optimal way is to pointing the most common cause itself. It eases up the job mostly.

[doomedSniper]

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/193904/dxgi-error-device-hungremoved-fix-might-not-work-f/

Here's another one, with overclocking. One of the 3 million works in practice. It's literally impossible to tell, which will be working.
But whatever the dependency, DX does the evil at the end of the day.

[UN0W3N]

Thank you for your tips, doomedSniper!
I will let you know if any progress is observed.

[UN0W3N]

In that link above, it mentions "Now in the configuration tab for several GPU's, it should be set to maximize 3D performance. Choose "Deactivate mode for several GPU's" instead." and the thing is, I don't have those options at all in my Nvidia Control Panel since I never used more than one GPU mounted in the PC at any given time.

The Nvidia forum stil proved somewhat useful since I found another thread which details my issue with Contracts 2. Again, it talks of removing the overclock from the GPU, that guy actually underclocked his graphics card. Hopefully it won't come to that in my case and I still think this problem stems from Cryengine itself and not my GPU which ran Cyberpunk 2077 for dozens of hours (as lousy as it did) without even 10% of the CTDs I encounted in Contracts 2 in the span of the first couple of hours of gameplay.

Obviously "DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG" was never encountered by me in another title I played until now. Comparing apples to oranges in terms of graphical engines, but not even the blasted UE4 gave me so many crashes or black screens, nevermind forcing me to dial down on that measly auto-OC I had on the GPU from its own software.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/geforce-graphics-cards/5/436693/dxgierrordevicehung-error-on-multiple-games-other/

[fanjiaguo]

It's really strange, in another computer with a g t x 1650 graphics card, the game can be used completely, but this problem keeps appearing in my computer with a 2060 graphics card at home, I checked all the hardware devices and found no problems, I re-installed I installed the w i n 10 system, updated the graphics card driver, repaired the D X, but still did not solve any problems, for this error, this game cannot give me the most perfect experience, and the whole Internet, I can't find any solution, hope Game companies can optimize this rather than let us players down. Of course, if there is a solution, you can share the solution. I think many players gave up the game because they couldn't find a solution.

[UN0W3N]

Apparently, my issue might have been caused by the factory OC setting on the GPU. After I downclocked it with MSI Afterburner, I'm getting far fewer in-game crashes and no more visual artifacts either.

Sometimes, the GPU itself could be the problem, not the software. Nothing can stop the passage of time and the crazy prices on brand new PC hardware in the past couple of years. My 1070 should have been retired a long time ago. Still not sure when will that actually happen.