TL;DR: Download and run EVGA Precision X1 before running the game. Set power target to 75%. Set boost lock to on (bottom right corner). Apply, save. Leave running in background while playing.
I have been experiencing very frequent CTDs with the A32NX mod - no other plane (including vanilla A320 Neo) seems to have been affected. This was both on the latest version of the sim (1.15.7.0) as well as previous. I also tried the stable (0.5.4 & 0.6.0) and development versions of the mod, to no avail. The crash would occur about 20-30 minutes into the flight. No other mods or add-ons.
I noticed the the spike would coincide with a GPU spike.
Windows 10 latest with no pending updates as I’m writing this. Geforce driver 466.11.
While I don’t know what the exact cause is, I have found a workaround, and I have a theory. My theory is that something about the game/mod/GPU driver causes a sudden spike in energy needs that cannot be handled by my PSU. The GPU crashes as a result.
Workaround is to use EVGA Precision X1. Download and run before running the game. Set power target to 75%. Set boost lock to on (bottom right corner). Apply, save. Leave running in background while running the game. This eliminates the CTDs for me completely, and I hope it helps you, too.
Note: 90% and boost lock also seems to work, but I’ve tested it less.
Note: Credit to user Hayuf from another forum.
I am using:
- Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO Motherboard
- EVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB BLACK EDITION Graphics Card
- 32 GB RAM
- RM850X 850W Gold Modular PSU
- AMD Ryzen™ 9 3900X, AM4, Zen 2, 12 Core, 24 Thread, 3.8GHz, 4.6GHz Turbo, 64MB L3, PCIe 4.0, 105W, CPU OEM
I did not submit this to Zendesk. Never used developer mode. I play on Steam.
Usually underclocking the GPU is enough, I used to reduce the clock by -500 Mhz and that stabilises the crash to reboot issue…
I haven’t had that problem recently though, I keep everything at stock speed and default setting.
Thank you for your response. I have also tried -500 Mhz with MSI Afterburner, but it did not help in my case, sadly. Good suggestion that might help others nonetheless.
But yeah, it does seem weird that it causes a spike in PSU load. We both have 850W PSU, and mine’s an 80Plus Titatinum. Both of us have similar types of hardware, even though I have i9-9900K.
I always thought that those crashes are related to overheating from the GPU trying to render too many things. I don’t know how 850W PSU would not be enough for the load.
It could be that your PSU handles the spikes better? What GPU are you on?
My GPU temperature does not exceed 82 C, so this is probably not it.
I also ran Furmark to really push the GPU and it would never crash, FYI.
My hardware is:
- MSI MPG Z390I Gaming Edge AC Mini-ITX Motherboard
- Intel Core i9-9900K 8-Core, 16-Thread, 3.60 GHz, 5.00 GHz Turbo, 16 MB Cache
- 32 GB (2x 16GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200 MHz DDR4 RAM
- INNO3D GEFORCE RTX 2080 TI GAMING OC X3 Graphics Card (I also use the Inno3D TuneIT app to adjust the clockspeed, and temperature target)
- Silverstone SX800-LTI 800W SFX-L 80Plus Titanium PSU. (My mistake, it’s not 850W)
The reason why I thought it’s related to temperature was because when I built this PC the first time, I built it into a small form factor Mini-ITX case. In it, I get frequent crash to reboot whenever I play heavy games like Final Fantasy XV or Dragon Age Inquisition. So when I decided to move into a new larger case (Micro-ATX) using the exact same hardware but also upgrading my CPU Cooler to Noctua NH-D15, I stopped getting those crashes again on the same games.
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Thank you! I’m also on Noctua. It’s eerie how similar our builds are, and it makes me realise how important the details are when the machine is pushed to the maximum.
