The game freezes for 5 seconds! CPU usage jumps to 100% SEASON 10! Windows 11 24h2 cause this problem!

I think I just solved this painful experience for myself in Windows 11. I had multiple crashes and freezes with D2R, even though ~20 other games ran perfectly.

  1. In Settings > System > Display > Graphics, I turned OFF this one option:
  • Optimizations for windowed games
  1. In Settings > System > Display > Graphics > Advanced Graphics Settings, I turned both options OFF:
  • Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling
  • Variable refresh rate

I would guess that turning off Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling was the one that fixed it, but I didn’t test individually, and now that it’s working, I’ll leave it well alone.

Good luck!