Couldn't pass the main menu - Now working like a charm with only a push on a button !

[Symphoenix]

Hello there !

If you have a recent ASUS motherboard and you experience constant crashes as soon as the main menu appears, try using the new version of the free tool ; ASUS AI Suite 3 V3.03.36 !
My friend couldn't play the game at all and now, it's working flawlessly just after pressing the "Easy Optimisation" button...

Hope this helps !

[Alt0153]

or just dont install that crap at all

[Double]

Your friend probably has a 13th/14th gen i9 or i7. What might be happening is AI suite is applying a power limit to the turbo boost max, which by default is set to "unlimited" and is now known to cause crashes in DX12 games and possibly others. I have an i9-14900k and was having the same problem until I set my Turbo Boost Power Max and Turbo Boost Short Power Max to 253 watts (close to the TDP) via Intel Extreme Tuning Utility. Board manufacturers going forward are going to have to fix this

[Symphoenix]

My friend has a Ryzen 9 5950X mounted on an ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA combined with a 4090 from Gainward.
I believe you are right concerning the fact that it corrects some energy settings !
Really guys, give it a try !
It helped a lot of people :)

[GODzilla]

I advise against it, this program is overkill and I had so much trouble getting rid of it the last time I tried it. Only afterwards I discovered they have a seperate uninstallation programm for the AI suite, probably because they know it's not easy to uninstall the usual way.

It completely screwed with my fan and energy settings, taking it all over without asking and being unstable at the same time.

Best advise is to read up on your UEFI (BIOS) settings and change the settings yourself. For me a program like AI suite counts as intrusive bloatware and I would suggest to stay away from it.

[Symphoenix]

Maybe you are talking about Armoury Crate, which is crap (I agree) ?
Because AI Suite is quite useful.

[GODzilla]

Oh...I think you're right. Sorry, my bad. I thought the AI suit would be just some bare bone version of the Armoury Crate and never took a second look.

Still...any kind of auto optimization just rubs me the wrong way. Been building and using my own pcs for 25 years or so. Most of the time - I'm not saying always - automatic is bad. I wanna know what it does, I wanna know the reason it does it and then I will want to do it myself, be able to reproduce and roll back if necessary.