[FIX] GPU Crash Error or D3D Device Removed in Unreal Engine (Nvidia 30 Series) - Easy Steps

Are you experiencing GPU crashes or D3D device removal issues not only in Unreal Engine but also in other games like Overwatch 2, Quake Champions and others? You're not alone! In this video, I'll show you how to fix these problems by installing the recent Nvidia Studio Drivers and undervolting your GPU using MSI Afterburner.

Thanks for watching, and I hope this video helps you solve your GPU crash and D3D device removal issues.

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00:00 The Problem - GPU Crashed or D3D Device Removed
00:34 Nvidia Studio Drivers - Installing the recent drivers
01:16 MSI Afterburner - Installing for undervolting
01:44 MSI Afterburner - Unlocking voltage setting
02:03 MSI Afterburner - Undervolting process
03:58 MSI Afterburner - Start minimized option
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[qhqsupport]

ADDITIONAL INFO:

I had crashes in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0
with 875mV - 1950Mhz profile (and even 950mV - 1950Mhz too), so I decided to try low down frequency. Stable one for me is 875mV - 1750Mhz.

So if you are experiencing crashes in "special games", you can try to lower the frequency a little bit. It will make your GPU more stable and you can go with this game fluently.

[caiocsampaio]

I was almost sure I had some kind of memory problem because my game always crashed after like 15min but well... this saved my pc. Thank you very very much

[IronfinInc]

I've been seeing crashes with Unreal Engine with my new setup for a few days. Incredibly frustrating.
The combo this video suggested worked wonders. I've been working all night without a single crash whereas before it was usually crashing within 2 minutes of loading a level.

My setup for those that might want to see what this fix worked on.
X470
Ryzen 9 5950X
MSI RTX 3090 - Driver is 527.56
64GB of RAM (Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3600MHz)
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB M.2 NVMe

Thank you for posting the video.

[dustiegaming]

you just saved my life, I was suffering to fix this problem for gaming like 6 hours. my game keeps crashing after I started the game and this video actually worked :D tysm!

[charlytutors]

Thank you very much! This helped me too =) on laptop with 3080(16Gb) and the latest Studio drivers 531.61

[AlfredoConcha]

Update: I used the warranty, they tested my RTX and found problems with the GPU. Already have the new EVGA RTX 3050 XC GAMING, tested two benchmarks and played in ultra Cyberpunk for 2 hours. No problems, all working fine!! :D (drivers 526.86)

[cryingpsycho]

I have no idea what this does but it fixed it for me
Thank you

[MuttonheadsOfficial]

Latest Nvidia drivers are completely buggy with Unreal Engine. Got "GPU Crashed or D3D Device Removed" every 2 minutes with these latest drivers. This issue with Windows 11 and DX12 has been around for months, and nothing has been fixed since. The various tips found on the forums work more or less well. For me, the 517.40 drivers are much more stable, so there is a problem with the drivers. Nvidia, It's time to get the job done!

[glyukzt]

Increasing pagefile size fixed it for me. I probably need more RAM though

[Djonsing]

DLSS/DLAA technology works wonders! Even on relatively weak RTX it is possible to set super high resolution

[kevinbell]

BIZARRE SOLUTION:

During the Window Index Score Test and Web Browser open - My computer would crash, tried installs BIOS etc.

NOTHING WORKED! Then It occured to me change the screen resolution. (this occured to me particularly because it was showing a REFRESH RATE in error (showing 59mhz instead of 60mhz).

Anyway after setting it to the HIGHEST RESOLUTION then restarting, then setting it to the "native" resolution then restarting again. Finally to put it where I wanted it 1366 x 768 now it finally showed the correct 60mhz.

No more crashing! Seems some type of eletronics error corrupted the CARD's coding? Removing the CARD from the Mother Board would likely have also resolved this CORRUPTED DATA CODE issue (clearing out the board's memory).

[sizad]

Thank you! Your video helped solve my problem

[mikeyff]

rtx 3050 laptop 4gb gpu any suggest or the same my frequency is about 2000+ so what should i do

[masouddana]

Hi man
thanks for shareing your info.
I have RTX 3070 EVGA card graphic, I follow your steps but same error exist.
The error appear when I want to render the scene.I didn't set fancy render setting.just active AA and every thing else is default.I Also delete every thing out of camera.
what should I do?

[Armada]

For me, the cause of the crash was MSI Afterburner. I've tried both DX11 and 12 and UE5 crashes in both cases; turned Afterburner off, and both DX11 and 12 work fine. UE4, however, runs fine with Afterburner.

[TheElectricCherry]

It’s crashing with a 6600xt, 50mV under volt with a 2661 MHz core target and 2000MHz memory target

[Scorpion-mdhb]

thank i already undervolted my 3070ti to 825mv butthe crash still there, i did it again on 812mv and it was stable and the un5 problem was resolved thank u again. Ps:try to remove or disable rivatuner(it also causes the prob)

[hannyang]

Got this error when open msi afterburner . Uninstall RivaTuner Statistics Server work for me, and still can use msi afterburner to low down gpu fan speed .

[hdg]

It worked! but wait.. I need to test it for longer time, what about the PSU people are talking about? I have a 850w now and why is it need to be bigger (more watts) after this change?

[AlfredoConcha]

OMG it worked for me!! but wait, this means my PSU need to bigger, right?