Game randomly freezing

[gogmeister777]

Ok, I was getting the same thing and it's possible that the Prefer Maximum Performance thing the OP suggested has worked. I played for well over 3 hours without a problem.

The reason I say probably is because I recently overclocked my cpu (and also bought a new graphics card) just before getting GTA V but never properly tested it. GTA V was crashing too, randomly, sometimes after 5mins, sometimes after an hour, same way TW ended up doing. I assumed it was just the game since other people had the same thing but I was also worried that maybe the g-card was defective. I never got around to any testing and forgot about the overclock til yesterday.

However, when Witcher started crashing too, in the same way, I decided to increase voltage and also use the OP's suggestion. I was too impatient to try one at a time so I did both before I booted Witcher up and, like I said, it seems to be going fine.

TLDR I thank the OP for their suggestion since it may well have fixed my game (possibly GTA V too, gonna check it now) so I recommend everyone try it.

PS: For other overclockers out there, this might be interesting. Talks about how Prime95 and other programs don't necessarily reflect what will happen when you max cpu AND gpu at the same time while gaming.

http://blog.szynalski.com/2012/11/25/the-right-way-to-stress-test-an-overclocked-pc/

 

[Legendary15]

Have anyone tried to return to the old GTA drivers?

I've tried revering to old drivers still getting crashes

 

[Doyledeth]

No dice. I tried that last night and after an hour of play, freezing in the menu screen...AGAIN. So far, this is an aggravating and not fun launch which is making me beyond frustrated. Waited all this time to play a broken game.

 

[kyosukedei]

so i've had different things happen with different options. SO far the longest i've got the game running was just under an hour with much older 344.11 driver, but will crash at griphon. No matter what drivers i change too seems to be randomly crashing at random cut-scenes or dialogue basically. No other "fixes" have worked for me.

 

[deathiii]

I bought the XB 1 digital version and has played great up until now my game is stuck in the menu with the please wait screen on for over 30 min are the servers down or is it xbox live anyone with the same issue

 

[gwar_pain]

It seems that uninstall GeForce Experience worked for me (had GTX680)

 

[Schitzo]

The only thing which worked for me is to put the core mhz down. i habe a gtx 560 ti with 900mhz and with a free software i have set the core clock to 700mhz. the game crashes when the gpu reaches ~94°C, but this happens rarely.

 

[thenthomwaslike]

inventory freezes are happening quite frequently to me. the game has crashed a few times too. i've been running in borderless window mode (because it jitters in fullscreen because of my asynchronous crossfire setup) hairworks off obviously, shadows on high, hardware cursor on, ultra textures, ultra detail, high distance vegitation, high npc count, etc.

specs:
gpu1: amd 7970
gpu2: amd 7950
cpu: amd 8150
ram: 16 GB
mobo: asus 990fx sabertooth
os: win7 64bit

 

[JackyD31]

Hi guys just chiming in to update y'all and post a correction:

I was actually wrong and the performance option in the driver was not the fix at the least not for me. What did it for me and which I can consistently reproduce is NOT running the game through GOG Galaxy.

If I launch the game via it's executable from the game directory no freeze ups, If I do so via GOG Galaxy the game freezes up sometime between the 3 -20 mins mark when entering any of the menus.

The reason why I thought the performance option was the fix was that I changed that setting as I usually don't want my OC'd card to throttle in games but in the same breath I also launched the game via it's executable and not the GOG Galaxy launcher. When I posted this I never figured that the GOG client could have such an impact on the game, boy was I wrong.

When I got around to firing the game up again yesterday night I did so via GOG Galaxy and the game froze yet again while reading a book, this happened no more than a cpl min into the game. Upon restarting I launched the game through it's executable and no freeze ups for more than 6 hrs.

I can consistently reproduce the GOG issue, game freezes anywhere from 3 to 20 mins into the game.

I will update the OP accordingly. Apologies for the wrong analysis and the confusing it might have brought to some of you.

 

[Wrathe]

Does the GoG launcher make some steam overlay like Steam does? I might try disabling the steam overlay then....

 

[JackyD31]

Does the GoG launcher make some steam overlay like Steam does? I might try disabling the steam overlay then....

Good question dunno, I'll check but I think not as Galaxy is still rather spartan at the moment. Are these freezes also happening on the Steam version?

Edit: just checked Galaxy and there doesn't seem to be an overlay, there at least aren't any settings to disable/enable nor any options set a key to summon it.

 

[Elder_Drake]

People are reporting the exact same game freezes on the Steam forums and the reports are all over the spectrum of GPUs, CPUs, and differing brands (Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, etc). To add to this it is a hot topic there as well as here so I believe there is no "SOLVED" fix for this issue and it is nice to share what you believe to be a fix but a little misleading as well. It is an issue the developers need to address and I am sure they are well aware of it and have it as a priority.

That said it would be nice to see someone from the team take a moment to chime in maybe on a sticky about this issue. That they are aware of it and working on it as it really is a game breaking bug that is ruining the experience they worked so hard to deliver.

 

[Wrathe]

Had a few on my i7 4790k with a asus 980 strix. I played 4 hours with issues on launch, then I enabled my secondary monitors to have some chat on them. Crash after 30 min, played another 2 hours without a crash. Next day I crashed again, rolled back drivers, crashed again. Disabled hairworks and did not crash for the rest of the day.

This computer has been rock solid with everything thrown at it so far for months and now this..... I think I'll try giving the gpu more voltage today.

 

[JackyD31]

People are reporting the exact same game freezes on the Steam forums and the reports are all over the spectrum of GPUs, CPUs, and differing brands (Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, etc). To add to this it is a hot topic there as well as here so I believe there is no "SOLVED" fix for this issue and it is nice to share what you believe to be a fix but a little misleading as well. It is an issue the developers need to address and I am sure they are well aware of it and have it as a priority.

That said it would be nice to see someone from the team take a moment to chime in maybe on a sticky about this issue. That they are aware of it and working on it as it really is a game breaking bug that is ruining the experience they worked so hard to deliver.

Yeah I know it's a hot topic atm, I also asked a mod to remove the solved tag in the thread title as obviously my 1st assessment was wrong and the GOG thing doesn't apply to everyone ie steam users.

Still I was shocked at how consistently I am able to reproduce the freezes when going through GOG and not get any when avoiding GOG. Though the game isn't flawless I still experienced 2 CTD's but these are unrelated to the freeze up as the behavior is totally different, game CTD's and closes a 1 or 2 sec after doing so, while generating a crash dump which it does not do for the freezes.

 

[Elder_Drake]

Yeah I know it's a hot topic atm, I also asked a mod to remove the solved tag in the thread title as obviously my 1st assessment was wrong and the GOG thing doesn't apply to everyone ie steam users.

Still I was shocked at how consistently I am able to reproduce the freezes when going through GOG and not get any when avoiding GOG. Though the game isn't flawless I still experienced 2 CTD's but these are unrelated to the freeze up as the behavior is totally different, game CTD's and closes a 1 or 2 sec after doing so, while generating a crash dump which it does not do for the freezes.

Hey, no harm no foul and you are trying to help the community which is really a nice thing to do. I hope I did not come off as a jerk, I was just saying the "Solved" tag was misleading but hell you can't do anything about it and you had good intentions. Maybe you are also on to something and it will help someone looking into quashing this bug, you never know. I have faith though that they will have this hotfixed today and sooner rather than later. No way they will let a massive bug like this ruin an experience they have vested so much of themselves into. lol, I actually feel bad for the guy(s)/gal(s) under the gun fixing this. I imagine some angry boss over their shoulder asking "found it yet?"...5 seconds later "I checked some things myself, how about now? No? Ok, now?" and on and on.

I have faith and will just hold off on playing till they deploy a fix or solution. Happy gaming and thank you for trying to help (and maybe you did).

 

[bullsheet.646]

last night i played for 1 hour and had no crashes at all or freezes but today when i fire up the game, i played for 30 minutes and the freezd happens, this is only hsppening with witcher 3, gts is really flawlessly(better infact) but w3 is really messed up right now, i have no performance issues at all only these freezes are really often

 

[vfragos]

This fix worked for me. Thank you so much! I had the problem with the gpu overclocked not on default clocks.

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Just saw you updated your post. The solution for me was the first one (the power management setting) Ps. The post edit dosen't work, for me at least.

 

[JackyD31]

This fix worked for me. Thank you so much! I had the problem with the gpu overclocked not on default clocks.

---------- Updated at 12:06 PM ----------

Just saw you updated your post. The solution for me was the first one (the power management setting) Ps. The post edit dosen't work, for me at least.

Hi there glad I could help, so it is indeed a combination of both or either of those, arghh this makes the issue even more erratic and difficult to deal with for the devs.

 

[HammerRei]

ATI GPU Is there any possible solution for ATI GPUs? I own the R9 280X and got the same misfunctions as nVidia users are facing. Freezing the game after several time, especially when the tutorial boxes or some GUIs are open. Well and the sound continues...

 

[DollynhoBR]

DUDE, THX A LOT, I DONT KNOW WHY, BUT IT WORKED (almost) FOR ME! i have a nvidia gtx 970 g1, thx dude!
I was crashing every 30min before, after your hint, i get 1 crash/day AT MAXIMUM, thx!