# \[DX12\] DX12 crashing video driver after windows update Oct 1 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Platform & Builds\ **Tags:** unreal-engine, crash, bug-report, question\ **Created:** [October 1, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/dx12-dx12-crashing-video-driver-after-windows-update-oct-1-2016/372123 "2016-10-01T04:20:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rama](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/rama/32/882413_2.png) [@Rama](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Rama)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/dx12-dx12-crashing-video-driver-after-windows-update-oct-1-2016/372123/1 "2016-10-01T04:20:41Z")
Dear Friends at Epic, The most recent windows update was just forced down my throat by microsoft today, and after a lengthy update process, now using -Dx12 when running UE4 4.11 simply crashes the video driver. I have a Nvidia Titan X that I updated to the latest drivers after this happened, but still I just get crashes now. My hardware and -Dx12 and UE4 4.11 were working happily together before the update that I finally couldnt get win10 to put off any longer, today, Oct 1st 2016. I tested 4.13 with -DX12 with the Elemental Demo and it is working great, same hardware, after the windows update that has made 4.11 -Dx12 reliably crash the video driver. I mainly write this so that others know about this issue if they encounter something similar. I’ve tests several 4.11 projects, and they are all crashing the video driver if I use -DX12, but this is all happening only after the most recent windows 10 update. Again 4.13 -DX12 seems to be just fine. It seems windows update has now halted all of my -Dx12 progress in my 4.11 project. I also write this in case anyone has a 4.11 project they can’t upgrade from so that you Epic might consider a hotfix/patch or something for such folks for DX12, again all of this made necessary only after most recent windows update. Have fun today! #❤ Rama