Unreal Engine 5.1 crashing on startup

RafaelUSA7 · December 11, 2022, 2:46pm

I installed the Unreal Engine 5.1 but it’s not opening could someone help me solve this problem please

my computer specs:
Windows 10 Pro 21H2 19044.2251
Processor Intel i7-2600 3.40GHz
16GB RAM
480GB SSD + 1TB HDD (I installed the UE5 on the HDD)
GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750Ti

Manudog · December 11, 2022, 3:14pm

Hello RafaelUSA7,
In the project settings, change DirectX from version 12 to 11.

RafaelUSA7 · December 11, 2022, 3:59pm

How can I change this setting? the crash is on the Unreal Engine startup, I could’nt even create a project yet

Manudog · December 11, 2022, 4:02pm

Are your drivers up to date?
Do you have the same problem with another version?

speed-bp · January 10, 2023, 5:37am

hello, i have the same problem but when opening unreal it shows recomended driver version 30.00.00 while im on driver version 27
does this mean i have to get the latest driver version to run unreal?