WARDOGS crashing: GPU crashes, shaders and stuttering fixes

1. Close the game and back up GameUserSettings.ini in the folder below.
2. Set NvidiaDLSSMode and FSR3QualityMode to 0, save and test. Also disable frame generation in the menu.
3. Restore the backup if it does not help. Results depend on hardware and the actual cause.

NvidiaDLSSMode=0
FSR3QualityMode=0

File: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Wardogs\Saved\Config\WindowsClient\GameUserSettings.ini

1. Allow shader compilation to finish without terminating the game.
2. Close overlays and recording tools, then verify game files.
3. If the error remains, clear DirectX Shader Cache through Windows Disk Cleanup. It must rebuild on the next launch.
4. Test Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling (HAGS) separately and restore its previous state if that does not help.

1. Return CPU and GPU overclocks to stable defaults and first compare with a 60 FPS cap.
2. Check temperatures, drivers and Windows Event Viewer. Record original settings before any BIOS or RAM changes.
3. Kernel-Power 41 confirms an unexpected restart but does not identify its cause alone. Repeated full-system failures need system-level diagnosis.

1. Match textures and streaming to available VRAM. Reduce shadows, reflections and global illumination in steps.
2. Close browser tabs, recording software and other GPU-heavy background programs.
3. Keep the Windows page file enabled; start with system-managed sizing instead of arbitrary large fixed values.

1. Fully restart the PC. Use an SSD with adequate free space and finish shader compilation.
2. Compare fullscreen and borderless modes. Rule out peripheral software and overlays individually.
3. If the issue began after a driver update, test a suitable previously stable version. Use the dedicated fixes for Intel Arc or ASUS Aura Sync.

1. Record GPU, driver version, game version and the exact situation.
2. Share existing crash logs from the folder below and DxDiag directly with support if needed.

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Wardogs\Saved\Crashes