It seems as though lately after updating my Nvidia driver, every so often in 2020 (not every flight) I get the following error and CTD.  This has never happened before.  I also noticed that i get very bad screen tearing that gets resolved if I turn HDR on and off again.  I'm not sure if that is the actual fix but it seems to work.   What could be the cause and what could be the fix?  This is happening when loading FSLabs.  I have not gotten this in 2024 with Fenix. When I don't get a crash, my system runs very well outside of the screen tearing I mentioned.  My system specs are in my sig.  Hoping someone can shed some light!

1) Your graphics card encountered a problem

Error: DXGI_Error_Device_Hung (0x887a0006)

- driver fault

-app bug

 - GPU overheating

- GPU overclocking

2) The exception Breakpoint - a breakpoint has been reached (0x80000003) error at location 0x00007FF61D155182

Have you tried using DDU to delete the old driver and make a clean install with the new one to make sure there are no remnants of the old one? It might be worth trying to see if the problem goes away.

Seems to be happening to quite a few people according to MSFS forums not just in 2020. 

1 hour ago, Ixoye said:

Have you tried using DDU to delete the old driver and make a clean install with the new one to make sure there are no remnants of the old one? It might be worth trying to see if the problem goes away.

I did not use DDU unfortunately.  I don't even know what that is to be honest!  

27 minutes ago, Zimmerbz said:

I did not use DDU unfortunately.  I don't even know what that is to be honest!  

DDU is Display Driver Uninstaller.

You can download it here if you want to try it :  https://www.guru3d.com/download/display-driver-uninstaller-download/

 

 

Force feed you 2024....😅 I had 8 CTD last night..Never flew, have a day job. Thinking maybe Farm Simulator

Edited February 26, 20251 yr by cchiozza

You could also just go back to the last driver set that didn't cause these issues.  No need for DDU unless you really want it use it.

With the later driver releases I was encountering more and more issues similar ro yours. Sometimes device hung, sometimes just a screen freeze that I had to use task manager to kill MSFS. I have a 3090ti. I have gone back to driver 566.36, stopped using the nvidia overlay and filters and most importantly I slightly underclocked and undervolted my GPU with MSI afterburner.

1)I think the newer drivers changed how memory was handled and MSFS didn't like it at the clock speeds I was running.

2)The overlay and filters seemed to hit my FPS and I would get increasing VRAM usage until about 2 hours into a flight when it would hit 100% and start getting stutters even though my FPS was still decent.

3)Underclocking was key. Only underclocked -150 but it worked wonders. No CTD or device hung messages since. 

4)The undervolting was because I went from a RTX2080 to 3090ti without upgrading my PSU. I think this also contributed to the instability.

Smooth sailing now with with mostly ultra settings, Beyond ATC traffic settings at 6. I can fly for hours with no degradation in performance, solid 50fps locked with frame gen at even busy airports. I HIGHLY recommend that you try underlock and undervolt at the very least. If you still have issues, go back to driver 566.36.