Kxmode wrote on Sep 20, 2023, 13:31:
A well-deserved success, but AMD GPU exclusivity caused NVIDIA issues. On Starfield, I had to set to Off/Low/Medium on my 2080 Ti and 4090 to prevent Windows crashes due to high GPU temps.

Do you have an ITX case or something? I have the MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X and while I have shat on AMD/Bethesda generously for omitting DLSS and for the game having no ray-tracing etc., I can not generally complain about the performance or stability. My setup is: 4K res maxed out, no mods, 144fps limit because of G-Sync but at 4K maxed out I'm typically only getting around 80-ish/90-ish fps anyway so the cap is a moot point except for the menus.

My GPU runs fairly cool at always a little under or a little over 70°C/40% fan (the Suprim X cooler is a beast) and I have had exactly zero crashes in just under 50 hours. The game is rock stable for me.

I think you also reported issues with the 537.13 drivers before, didn't you? If you already cleared your shader cache and let the shaders rebuild themselves then it might be time to do a serious checkup of your system. Overheating from playing Starfield definitely does not sound normal. I have played part of the game on the 537.13 drivers and installed the 537.34 drivers the day they were released. As I said, zero issues and everything is running smooth and (literally) cool here.