Directx 11 not working?

[Doug]

Every time I attempt to launch Hitman with Directx 11 selected, it immediately fails to launch, and the program shuts down. It runs fine on Directx 12 ... until it always inevitably crashes about 20 minutes in, sending my computer into BSOD. I wanted to know if there was someway of forcing the game into dx11, or some known fix for it crashing upon opting for dx11. Thanks

[Kunovega]

What are your system specs?

Are your drivers (for everything, not just GPU) up to date?

Have you verified the game files?

Have you done anything at all to attempt solving the issue?

And what do you mean by "forcing" it into DX11, when you start the game you can select options from the launcher instead of play, adjust your settings there including dx11. If your system can't run it in dx11 from there, how do you think forcing it is going to work?

You could also try re-installing dx 11 as that might be what is corrupt on your system

I've played this game in dx11 for more than year without problems, dx12 is unstable so i do not use it

[Doug]

So far I have verified, uninstalled and reinstalled, as well as checked for SATA drivers, as whenever I blue sreen I get DPC_WATCHDOG VIOLATION as an error code. However, based on my googling for a fix for that error code, I need to check my drivers for a device I do not have listed in my Device Manager (IDE ATA/ATAPI). http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-3128566/fix-windows-error-dpc-watchdog-violation.html is the main fix that I've seen spread around the internet, but I can't seem to figure out why dx11 does not work, or why this game specifically crashes on dx12

[kn00tcn]

ata isnt the device, it's a category, those instructions are to reset the sata driver, which you're probably using unless you only have an m2 or pcie nvme SSD (i dont have win10 or an SSD to know for sure)

are you saying no other game, dx12 or otherwise, crashes? does it crash in dx12 mode if you idle in the game?

in dx11, it crashes before it even creates the window or goes into fullscreen? speaking of which, try windowed or borderless if that's an option

dont crashing apps give a bit of information, particularly showing a 'faulting module'?

you still need to give specs, temperatures, & ram/vram usage

i used to follow gpu driver versions a lot more closely & have seen various types of bugs, being on the latest driver is not always a fix & sometimes it's a known issue that is not in your control (such as an announcement saying a future driver will fix a bug), but without specs or logs, i cant really say anything

[Lactose]

Sorry for necro, but I'm having the same issue, game would crash a little more than 1 hour in with dpc watchdog. Did you manage to fix it?

i7 6700hq (73c), gtx 1060 (80c)

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Lactose:

Sorry for necro, but I'm having the same issue, game would crash a little more than 1 hour in with dpc watchdog. Did you manage to fix it?

i7 6700hq (73c), gtx 1060 (80c)

And what have you tried to fix it?

[Lactose]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

Originally posted by Lactose:

Sorry for necro, but I'm having the same issue, game would crash a little more than 1 hour in with dpc watchdog. Did you manage to fix it?

i7 6700hq (73c), gtx 1060 (80c)

And what have you tried to fix it?

Reinstall windows (10, 1803)
Updated drivers and bios
Stock clocks and volts
New ram and ssd

Stress tests, SoTR and Doom runs just fine for me, for some reason hitman always crash after 1hr+ in, so a hardware issue is unlikely here.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Lactose:

Originally posted by Kunovega:

And what have you tried to fix it?

Reinstall windows (10, 1803)
Updated drivers and bios
Stock clocks and volts
New ram and ssd

Stress tests, SoTR and Doom runs just fine for me, for some reason hitman always crash after 1hr+ in, so a hardware issue is unlikely here.

1. And you've tried both dx11 and dx12?

For most people it's stable in one and crashes more frequently in the other, it's a matter of figuring out which one is more compatable with your hardware

2. Since that's a laptop, do you have a high performance mode option instead of power saver? Have you tried it?

3. What driver suite are you using for nvidia? Do you opt out of the nvidia audio drivers that are pointlessly bundled wiht the graphics drivers even though 99% of users do not need them and they crash for some people?

4. did you update your harddrive firmware?

5. More possible solutions:

Read:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware-winpc/dpc-watchdog-violation/b210ba33-f9fe-44e3-8e93-ab71cd8f35e2

Watch:

https://youtu.be/bQ3TMtyI3Uw

Unfortunately this isn't specifically a hitman problem, it just happens to be a game that is pushing your hardware in a way that it's finding some other fault in the system, you just haven't been (un)lucky enough to see it with other programs, they probably aren't as demanding, Hitman's a bit on the unruly side* and can run hotter than a lot of other games

*polite way of saying this game isn't the best optimized

[Lactose]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

Originally posted by Lactose:

Reinstall windows (10, 1803)
Updated drivers and bios
Stock clocks and volts
New ram and ssd

Stress tests, SoTR and Doom runs just fine for me, for some reason hitman always crash after 1hr+ in, so a hardware issue is unlikely here.

1. And you've tried both dx11 and dx12?

For most people it's stable in one and crashes more frequently in the other, it's a matter of figuring out which one is more compatable with your hardware

2. Since that's a laptop, do you have a high performance mode option instead of power saver? Have you tried it?

3. What driver suite are you using for nvidia? Do you opt out of the nvidia audio drivers that are pointlessly bundled wiht the graphics drivers even though 99% of users do not need them and they crash for some people?

4. did you update your harddrive firmware?

5. More possible solutions:

Read:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware-winpc/dpc-watchdog-violation/b210ba33-f9fe-44e3-8e93-ab71cd8f35e2

Watch:

https://youtu.be/bQ3TMtyI3Uw

Unfortunately this isn't specifically a hitman problem, it just happens to be a game that is pushing your hardware in a way that it's finding some other fault in the system, you just haven't been (un)lucky enough to see it with other programs, they probably aren't as demanding, Hitman's a bit on the unruly side* and can run hotter than a lot of other games

*polite way of saying this game isn't the best optimized

1. I haven't tried DX11 long enough, but I'd probably stop playing even if its stable since 11 nerfs my fps by 20.

2. Yup, always, from the nv control panel, device manager to advanced power options

3. I tried multiple version, currently on 416.34 installed with DDU and only the graphics driver, nothing else (GTX 1060)

4. They're up to date

I'm gonna redownload WC3 and see how it goes, 5 hours of combined aida synthetic load and 3mark firestrike didnt crash anything. Thank you

Hopefully Hitman 2 will be better