PSA for 13th and 14th Gen Intel CPUs and crashing

[dreman]

I know this isn't the support forums, but I figured there would be more exposure in here and help get the word out.

This isn't specific to Helldivers, but it certainly affects it. If you're on a 13th or 14th Gen CPU and your games/apps have been crashing (especially DX12 ones), it might be because of your CPU and motherboard. Both game and hardware developers are aware of the issue, but until a BIOS update is pushed out, we need a temporary manual fix.

tldr: "If you're using a 13th or 14th Gen Core i9 or i7 and you're experiencing these crashes with certain games, you might want to downclock, undervolt, and/or set a power/current limit on your CPU. There's a good chance one or more of those will fix the problem."

read more here: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/is-your-intel-core-i9-13900k-crashing-in-games-your-motherboard-bios-settings-may-be-to-blame-other-high-end-intel-cpus-also-affected

This fixed crashes I was seeing across multiple games, so hopefully it'll help others. Good luck out there brothers.

[CatTank]

WIN 8 COMPATIBILITY resolves this faster too

[dreman]

I had tried every combination of compatibility mode and/or running as admin but nothing seemed to fix it permanently. Turning down the settings seemed to just delay the crashes but not resolve the issue. Manually changing the settings in the BIOS seems to have fixed my crashes in helldivers, cyberpunk, and even cs2. Word going around discord and reddit is that doing this helping many people not just with games but with video editing software and other memory crashes as well.

Mileage may vary though, I guess. Just trying to get the word out for people who still can't play thinking it's the game and that Arrowhead is going to "fix" it. There is nothing Arrowhead can do. We are waiting on Intel and motherboard manufacturers, and we may be waiting for a while unfortunately.

[Ellerian]

I don't have Helldivers, but just seen this post and it answers so many problems I've been having lately.