Random, unpredictable crashes. Please help.

[Anida]

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

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.

[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"

[Anida]

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.






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"

I'm very well aware of what a memory leaks are, what they do, and what causes them. I'm not saying that is "the" problem. There are so many issues being reported by so many people since Dawntrail and you are on here telling everyone that it's their PC's.

Common sense would say it's the game.

[VeryTired]

Update: I've tried many things, including placing a lower thermal throttle on my CPU and underclocking my GPU. This has improved stability in some places, but I notice my CPU getting very hot right before the game errors out. I'm no longer erroring out as often in low-pop zones and instances, so it seems I can do eight-man content just fine.

That being said, I errored out 3 separate times during a Thaleia run earlier today, and S-ranks and Hunt trains are basically out of the question, as I'll error out pretty consistently even at bare minimum graphics settings. Next on my docket is changing out my garbage CPU fan with a liquid cooling system to troubleshoot if it really is a cooling issue. After that, my only options seem to be changing out the CPU (and motherboard, by extension) completely or just waiting and praying that Square either comes up with a fix, or hotfixes the game to stabilize it.

@Larirawiel I have attempted to find settings to lower the performance core multiplier in BIOS and using Intel XTU, but after looking for over an hour, I cannot locate settings which allow me to do that.

Thank you all for your thoughtful and helpful responses. If you've got any tips or further information, I'd really appreciate them, but I'm near the end of my rope, been spending most of my freetime just troubleshooting this game.

List of things already tried:
-Upgrading GPU and using a different brand (Nvidia to AMD)
-Upgrading my RAM from 16gb to 32 gb
-Upgrading my power source from 600w to 1000w rating
-Removing fullscreen optimizations, disabling v-sync, locking frames to monitor refresh rate (60 fps)
-Removing interfacing USBs like the one which interfaces with my wireless headset
-Turning off XMP and Intel Rapid Storage Technology in BIOS
-Turning off Core Isolation and Gaming Mode
-Setting graphics settings to their minimums
-Undervolting and underclocking GPU
-Lowering voltage on CPU
-Closing external programs while running (Firefox, Spotify, etc.)
-Uninstalling and reinstalling the game, including verifying.
-Hard reinstalling Windows
-DISM / sfcscan

[Larirawiel]

https://www.xda-developers.com/intel...uning-utility/

It is under "Advanced tuning". Just take the current multiplicator value and substract 2 or 3 from it.



Cheers

[Asir]

I used that Extreme Tuning Utility tool to bump it down 2 yesterday and since then I have not crashed. However what ive been reading about these CPUs is that they are eventually going to fail, it just happened to magically coincide with the release of DT because now suddenly im getting other problems with my PC.

[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.

"I'm not prepared to troubleshoot so I'll blame the game anyway!"

I'm not denying Dawntrail has it's issues but people are trying to help you troubleshoot.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I used that Extreme Tuning Utility tool to bump it down 2 yesterday and since then I have not crashed. However what ive been reading about these CPUs is that they are eventually going to fail, it just happened to magically coincide with the release of DT because now suddenly im getting other problems with my PC.

Problem is Intel's been pushing things like Power and Thermal limits to the absolute maximum just to look better than AMD in synthetic benchmarks and now the CPU's are either dying or unable to run stable.

Look at the 14900K for example - That CPU can pull in excess of 300W (That's almost as much power as an RTX 4080 pulls) and is still slower in gaming than the AMD 7800X3D which pulls 120W.


AMD CPU users don't seem to be having these issues, most if not all of the threads I've seen have one of the following processors



13600K
13700 / 13700F / 13700K / 13700KF
13900K / 13900KF
14700K / 14700KF
14900K / 14900KF


This is not just affecting gamers, it's also affecting developers and other enterprise solutions that utilize these CPU's.


The failure rate for these chips is estimated to be 50%+

[Larirawiel]

Problem is Intel's been pushing things like Power and Thermal limits to the absolute maximum just to look better than AMD in synthetic benchmarks and now the CPU's are either dying or unable to run stable.

It seems, that the reason for the CPU failures is a different one. A game dev admits, that even the 13700T is affected. And the T-version is an underclocked version of the 13700. It boosts only up to 4,9 GHz.

Steve from Gamers Nexus meant in a recent video, that he got some informations what the reason is. But they try to verify it first.


Cheers

[Kiiari]

It's the game and the hardware both. I have an AMD processor and it crashes anytime I'm in a city. Husbands Machine is AMD, works fine. the part that's concerning is the KERNAL32.DLL which tells us something in the game is trying to access the processor and failing. The issue is software related to hardware however all the other games I play work fine, no issues, FPS is fine, no glitching. So this points to one thing. 7.0 & 7.01 are bugged and causing issues.

Also, you shouldn't have to jump through hoops to play a game that was working fine before the update and now crashes, that's on SE and FFXIV to figure out. I've canceled my sub because they can't be bothered to fix their game or respond to anyone with issues. They let us respond to each other instead, so very helpful.