Hey guys I am getting the “GPU Crashed or d3d device removed” error almost every day since July.
Here’s the things I have tried:
Filed 600+ crash reports.
Upgraded cpu to Ryzen 9 5950x
Upgraded c drive to 2 tb nvme m.2 Fury X
Upgraded ram to all the same sticks of Kingston Fury 64 Gb DDR4 Ram.
Upgraded spare drives to faster ssds.
Uninstalled/ installed Windows 30+ times (varied between 10 & 11)
Changed PSU to 1000W Gigabyte gold modular
Changed motherboard to MSI B550M Gaming Pro
Upgraded GPU to RTX 3080
Changed cables from PSU to power cables.
Added 8 more fans to case.
Done the tdr “fixes” a few thousand times in registry.
Tried 8 different bios on mobo.
Changed hdmi cables to higher quality.
Changed fuse for PSU.
Upgraded monitor to new 4K in case that was the issue.
Installed/Uninstalled every nvidea driver released since 2023 (both studio and game ready DDU used each time).
Tested on 5 other PCs.
Recreated game from scratch 3 times.
Used every version of Unreal Engine 5 that has been released (5.0 occasionally works for some reason (1 out of 5 times), I think its because my game uses plugins and assets I bought from the marketplace that dont work on 5.0 and Unreal Engine likes to remain useless to me, I cant use 5.0 with my VR template).
Turned power saving to performance in nvidea control panel.
Removed riva tuner from Afterburner.
Undervolted voltage in afterburner.
Uninstalled all other software.
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I looked through my logs and it seems that unreal hasnt crashed upon load or when I have been working on my game between 11:23 and 14:37 on Thursdays for the last 3 weeks.
If you can work on your project between those hours on a Thursday you might be able to continue your work, I am not sure how it works with time-zones etc (I am in GMT).
If you are a small game studio like myself then you will have to do your work during lunch time on Thursdays, the rest of the week you will be able to get back to looking at this Unreal Engine logo and buying new things to replace that will have absolutely no effect whatsoever:
