Game crashes 13th Intel Generation CPU [solved]

[IsaacCAT]

After the latest update I am having constant crashes that I did not have before.

First I thought It was the e-cores issue but I have tried playing at speed 3 with fps capped at 60 with no luck.

I also tried installing and verifying the game files.

I updated all the GPU and Windows drivers but maybe there is a new issue with the CPU that I am not aware.

Thank you for any feedback, I also attach the DxDiag.

The crashes are excruciating, with the latest save game I can barely tick a month without crashing:

 

[IsaacCAT]

the dxdiag in zip format

 

[IsaacCAT]

latest crash report

 

[AndrewT]

First I thought It was the e-cores issue but I have tried playing at speed 3 with fps capped at 60 with no luck.

FYI there is no eCore issue with this game any more. But if it were, capping the refresh rate would not fix it, you'd have needed to use Affinity to only run the game on the pCores.

System Manufacturer: ASUS
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: 1010 (type: UEFI)
Processor: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900KF (32 CPUs), ~3.0GHz

You have the CPU/bios hardware issue discussed here:

Victoria 3 | 12th/13th/14th Generation Intel Processors

Hello all! An update, 12th and 13th Generation Intel Processors are related to a Crash to Desktop (CTD) happening frequently, this is related to architecture changes by Intel and specifically E-cores. We are working with Intel to address these...

forum.paradoxplaza.com

FIRST please check for an updated bios. Then please implement the “Intel Default” option in it.

Good luck!

 

[IsaacCAT]

Thank you for your rapid response.

I have updated my BIOS and the game have stopped crashing, allowing me to continue my save game. I wasn't sure this will work, but it is working, thank you for your advice and ASUS for updating their BIOS software.

I attach the save game after some years as a prove of this being a CPU problem not a game problem, before the BIOS update I was having consistent game crashes in the same save game.