Hitman 2 BSOD crash all the time

[CrimeMaster Gogo]

Below are my specs:
Windows 10 pro
Ryzen 2600x
RTX 2060 (6 GB)
16 GB RAM @ 3200
B450 Aorus motherboard
1440p 144Hz monitor

I think my system is decent enough to run this since it has run all the other AAA titles at all graphic scale

But all I have seen out of this game is the annoying IOI logo before it crashes my system to the point that I have to Hard Reboot my system by pressing the Reset key.

I tried DX11 as well as DX12 both fullscreen as well as borderless mode and I have encountered 20 crashes till now.
My refund window is almost over (Just 30 minutes of gameplay left)

Will someone suggest me to make it stable before I run out of patience and refund this.

Thanks in advance

[Hardware]

Can you try in windowed mode ? I'm just curious.

A steam guide exists but he only applies when you have soft crash to desktop not for hard BSOD, the cause is probably different when you have to do a hard reboot. Try with Hitman 2016, it's the same engine.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1967012899

[CrimeMaster Gogo]

Originally posted by Hardware:

Can you try in windowed mode ? I'm just curious.

A steam guide exists but he only applies when you have soft crash to desktop not for hard BSOD, the cause is probably different when you have to do a hard reboot. Try with Hitman 2016, it's the same engine.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1967012899

Thanks for your response.

I checked into this guide & noticed that I didnt get any error code like 0x80000003 in hitman2_app.log,
Also looked into Hitman2_system.log and got this message Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered

I made my CPU as well as GPU back to default settings & played it in windowed mode. It didn't crash for 5 minutes & then I switched it to full screen to check more.

It ran for few minutes before I noticed such visuals (rainbow effect) as attached here
https://imgur.com/a/9JkXh3e

I think it isn't expected to run like this. Can I change any setting to make it look normal ?
I have 20 minutes of game time before refund window expires

[CrimeMaster Gogo]

Weird visual bug in all levels

Will someone suggest why I am seeing rainbows in all the levels.
It really hurts my eyes.

https://imgur.com/a/9JkXh3e

[Hardware]

Originally posted by CrimeMaster Gogo:

It ran for few minutes before I noticed such visuals (rainbow effect) as attached here
https://imgur.com/a/9JkXh3e

I think it isn't expected to run like this. Can I change any setting to make it look normal ?
I have 20 minutes of game time before refund window expires :BEgloomy:

Wow it's like a party lighting omg ahahah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfUeUCErCmQ

You can't debug that in 20 minutes, refund the game or upgrade your drivers/firmware, then check your temps and GPU because he's most certainly in bad shape to render artifacts like that.

[CrimeMaster Gogo]

Originally posted by Hardware:

Originally posted by CrimeMaster Gogo:

It ran for few minutes before I noticed such visuals (rainbow effect) as attached here
https://imgur.com/a/9JkXh3e

I think it isn't expected to run like this. Can I change any setting to make it look normal ?
I have 20 minutes of game time before refund window expires

Wow it's like a party lighting omg ahahah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfUeUCErCmQ

You can't debug that in 20 minutes, refund the game or check your temps and GPU because he's most certainly in bad shape to render artifacts like that.

Trust me, my GPU is working normal because all other AAA games run smoothly for me without any issues.

For this game, I noticed two things:

1. This weird lighting only comes with DX12. DX11 runs smoothly without such visual bug. But DX11 make it look like ♥♥♥♥
2. This game doesn't run in HDR for me. For whatever reasons , game doesn't recognise that my monitor is HDR enabled and is currently turned ON

Now only 12 minutes left in my return Window. I will try one more time after few hours if I get some suggestions here else I have to return it.