How I resolved DirectX error under Windows 64 bits

[isidore12]

If you have experienced the game crashing and displaying an DirectX error, you could try:

1. I had the same issue on both Win7 and Win10. Upgrading windows won't solve it.
   
2. Use fullscreen (not borderless)
   
3. Disable any pop-up from other application or the other system (like windows updates)
   
4. Use DirectX9
   
5. Don't use overlay application (like ACT)
   
6. Close your anti-virus
   
7. Close your firewall
   
8. Install the latest GPU drivers (just the drivers) using "Clean installation"

Optional:

• Clean installation of Windows
  
• Disable all not necessary services using msconfig
  
• Downclock GPU (both GPU and Memory) using MSI Afterburner

It seems it solved the DirectX error for me. Hopefully, it would help you too.


Edit 1: I use DirectX9 for few days with no errors (or maybe just once). Then I switched back to DirectX11 and I had a crash after 2 days. Definitely DirectX11 is less reliable than DirectX9.


Edit 2: I downclocked my GPU, it seems to really improve the stability


Edit 3: The time the game crashed with DirectX11, I had one other opened application. My advise, make sure nothing else is opened. Since then it seems stable.