Overwatch 2, will crash mid-game

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I’m currrenly running into a problem where my OW2 would crash my computer mid-game. It would just freeze until I force the PC to turn off. Anything would help and thank you in advance.

I will list everything below and my attempts at trying to fix this problem to include my specs listed below.

Specs:
-AMD Ryzen 9 5900
-B550M AORUS PRO
-Corsair Vengence 32 GB
-Crucial 500GB SSD
-RTX 3080
-Corsair 750W
-2 Exhaust fans
-3 intake fans
-Windows 11

Steps I’ve taken to try to fix this problem

  1. I’ve added the extra command line to the Overwatch Game Settings “–tank_WorkerThreadCount 2 -thread 2”
  2. Edit: - Run the game as Admin (added this after posting this)
  3. I make sure to not have anything else opened and I have Overwatch as an exception in my firewall.
  4. I turned all my settings to low, disabled dynamic rendering, and only have NVIDIA on “Enable” not on “Enable+Boost” (both settings still made me crash)
  5. I’ve updated my drivers as of yesterday (Oct 18)
  6. I’ve scanned and repaired
  7. Reinstalled and Installed
  8. I’ve disabled overlays from Nvidia Broadcast and Discord
  9. Removed ChromaSdk
  10. I just followed this guy’s youtube video as well
    (Overwatch 2 Crash in the middle of the game | Shuttering | Lagging Issues | Fix - YouTube)

Nothing is working and I just want to enjoy the game. :frowning:

dxdiag

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C: programfilesx86/overwatch/retail

Right click overwatch.exe click properties click compatibilty tab check the tick “run this program as administrator” apply.

This fixed it for me (12900k 3090 ddr5 6600)
Random mid game crashes with random error codes each time. My theory it is the new anti cheat needing full admin privilege on my setup for whatever reason.

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Hello there,

just want to tell you that you are not alone. I will try the solution Essence provided and update my post here.

Edit:
My system wont Crash, it will freeze completly. Without any error code or something else.

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Hey Essence,

Sounds like you were experiencing the same issues I am now. And your system is very simialar to mine. I’ll try what you suggested. Thanks for posting.

Cheers.

Grant.

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I forgot to put that but I do run OW2 as Admin

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