Regarding the issue of APEX not starting.

aartsA wrote:

I know on the trello it mentions a DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED crash with nvidia gpus paired with certain cpus. I am not getting this crash fortunately. 

I had mentioned the Trello post as it was something that could possibly be related. However, in that Trello post, have you tried any of the possible workarounds?, (especially the part about rolling back your GeForce Game Ready Driver to 561.09)?

If you have already tried the possible workarounds, another thing you could try is to repair your system's files:

• Open the Command Prompt in administrator mode
  
  
• Type, "DISM /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth" (without the quotes), and wait for it to finish.
  Note: DISM stands for "Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool". It often repairs Microsoft related files, such as issues with Window apps. Some problems with the next file checker can only be fixed after running this one first.
  
  
• Now type, "sfc /scannow" (without the quotes), and wait for it to finish.
  Note: sfc stands for "System File Checker". This one will repair system files, (such as important Windows drivers).
  
  
•  Lastly, restart your PC.

As for the DxDiag log, everything seemed to be in order as I wasn't seeing anything that could possibly be an issue, (besides the GPU's version, as I've mentioned you could try version 561.09).

Outside of that, the issue with the BypassIO largely seems to be a conflict between Windows Defender/Security and the EAC, (and if it is, I would hope that EA/Respawn looks into getting it resolved because I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to play a game that makes me turn off security settings).