Undervolted CPU causing my crashes

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@the_k1g wrote:

@SpazAu wrote:

Hi Blueberry,

Can absolutely confirm this was the root cause of my crashes.

Under constant load using Cinebench and Prime95 there was no crashing but when there was a sudden call on the CPU in game the voltage on the CPU was actually dipping below 1.2v on the vcore to around 1.17v.

After putting it back up to 1.3v(stock is 1.34v) in the bios haven't had any dip in voltage or a single crash in game since.

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THIS RIGHT HERE! It doesnt make any sense that other applications, benchmarks, tests, games, and services perform flawlessly. It is 100% Apex that is the problem. I also don't see how voltage is a problem because if it were then wouldnt it blue screen from being undervolted? 

I am going to try to run an "Apex specific" OC to see if I can narrow down what it likes and what it doesnt like. It could be the frequency on  the CPU or RAM but idk... you shouldnt have to nuke your OC just to run the game. That is stupid. 

Were you at a weird frequency when you dropped 200mhz? Did you touch your RAM at all?

EDIT: 

Also, this was a non-issue for me prior to the most recent patch. I would very rarely drop a game. Maybe 1-2x a week (if that)  till season 1 came out. Can anyone else relate to not having issues prior to the most recent update?

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Would'nt necessarily BSOD if the undervolt was causing the CPU to have issues with the instructions from the game (from memory to CPU to GPU transfers). Would only BSOD if it could'nt handle instructions from the OS.

(Hence why BSOD can still operate by backing up memory).

As for running an Apex specific OC, exactly how much speed are you gaining from your OC that not OC'ing your PC is a problem. What 3-10fps from your overclock?

I'll risk losing 3-10 fps for a stable game any day. (the 2080ti is giving me good fps so .... meh)

But I will say it one more time. Undervolted the game kept crashing, stock voltage the game runs like a dream.