Random, unpredictable crashes. Please help.

[Larirawiel]

Not everyone is experiencing the issues. No one is denying that. But just because you're one of those who isn't, doesn't mean it's everyone else's PC's. There are too many... far too many... who are affected.

If it would be a general memory leak then everyone would experience it. Memory leaks usually do not make a difference between Raptor Lake- and other CPUs.

There is one thing you could try:
https://www.radgametools.com/oodleintel.htm

"A reportedly successful workaround for many people is to use Intel XTU and lower the Performance Core multiplier from x55 to x54 or x53. Apparently, affected titles may then crash one more time during load immediately after, but will work afterwards (we have not been able to confirm this ourselves). Using XTU is likely the quickest and easiest way to go and doesn't even require rebooting to try different settings, but you might need to reapply it after every start if you don't save the profile. (Alternatively, set the P-core multiplier in the BIOS instead.)"



Cheers

[Lousebeno1999]

Yep The Game Has A Issue That Needs Fixing I got A Crash Earlier And Stutters in the evenings are frequent

[NightHour]

I said programming issues, "Commonly called memory leak, but there is so much more going on here."

GW2 is known for it repetitive issues with memory leaks, yet not all players experience problems with it. So your statement here isn't really paramount.

I'm not downloading a third party software to get a work around. I've never heard of Intel XYU. I'm not techy, so your suggestions aren't something I can do. SE just needs to fix what they broke. The game ran wonderfully on my PC on highest settings before DT. Now it's just annoying to try to play even after lowering my settings.

A memory leak means there's defective code that's not releasing resources it no longer needs. If you load windows task manager and see FFXIV is using stupid high amounts of RAM and then yes, there's likely a memory leak.

Even in Odin Limsa the most I've seen is 5 GB in use by ffxiv_dx11.exe and that's not uncommon.



Noon on a Monday in Odin Limsa at 4K maximum settings - this is what my ram usage for FFXIV looks like



This is completely normal RAM usage for an MMO and does not signal a "memory leak"




Memory corruption occurs when a memory location is unexpectedly modified, these are usually CPU level crashes.




Have you not noticed how most of the people complaining of crashes are using Intel CPU's, specifically 13 and 14 parts?


I haven't found a crash complaint thread from anyone using AMD.


First page alone has crash reports from someone using the following processors - 13700F, 13700K, 14700K.


The issues described by the OP are pointing towards possible CPU issues but ofc YMMV.



https://youtu.be/UmGsyuI1dYw?si=COI-xPHYMA9-FUOQ&t=82 - This is a good watch for anyone running an Intel 13 or 14 processor.

Yep The Game Has A Issue That Needs Fixing I got A Crash Earlier And Stutters in the evenings are frequent

Are you on an Intel 13 or 14 processor by any chance?

Specifically 13600, 13700, 13900, 14600, 14700 or 14900 CPU's?



Another thread I found (https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...fferent-errors.) having similar crashes.. "SYSTEM_CPU Intel Core i7 14700K"