solved Constant CTD after a few minutes

[popmaniac]

Hi All,

This is a problem I have with my 'backup' PC - main PC is running DCS like a charm.

In my backup I had a very old version of DCS (I think 1.5) which I had kind of abandoned and last week I decided to re-visit by updating to 2.7. 

I have been using all kinds of tweaks for the settings I have found online, it is not the most powerful system but it still has a GTX1070 and strong RAM.

No matter what I do with the settings, no matter what, still a few minutes in and I get a CTD, every time, all the time

I am attaching here the latest crash log as it has been compiled in the system, if anyone has any insight I would be most thankful!

dcs.log-20211120-102210.zip

[popmaniac]

Sorry, only to add that all drivers / updates in system as well as OS (Win10) are fully up to date

[maximov]

Hi,
from your log:
2021-11-20 10:22:10.097 WARNING LOG: 215 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2021-11-20 10:22:10.097 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: failed to create structed buffer. Reason: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED
Then the game crashed.
This is an error in the video card driver. There may be many reasons for the error. Some solutions can be found here:
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/support/faq/startup/#3312253

[popmaniac]

Thanks a lot! I see that there is a new NVidia driver this week which I will try and I will also try NZXT to see if there are any PSU issues 

So far, in other games, I have not identified hardware issues but of course one can never be sure

[popmaniac]

Just to add a big THANK YOU here for the input in helping me pinpoint the issue.

I updated the NVIDIA drivers to a version that came out just 4 days ago, plus I engaged VSync.

Not too sure what did the trick but from constant 100% GPU load (per NZXT), I am down to 50%!

And not only that but I have also slowly but surely been uplifting some other settings (I am back to High Textures) and adding incrementally other settings and I keep it at 60-70%.

The picture slightly changes when I hit the fly-by view where I can see the GPU taking a much bigger hit but that is to be expected.

Thanks again!