The Resident Evil 4 Chainsaw Demo is live, but some unlucky players on PC may be stuck in a fatal D3D bug that crashes shortly after launching the game. If you’ve played them Resident Evil 2 And 3 remakes, this error could be quite familiar. Luckily dealing with that Resident Evil 4 The demo crashing isn’t too difficult to fix.
How to fix D3D error crash in Resident Evil 4 Chainsaw demo
The D3D error seems to be related to the amount of VRAM the game is taking up, which is a lot. While it’s possible to adjust your general settings to reduce the amount of VRAM the game uses, the simplest and least effective solution may be the most obvious.
The easiest solution to fix the D3D error crashing in the Resident Evil 4 Demo consists of simply disabling ray tracing in the graphics settings of the demo.
How Resident Evil 2 And Resident Evil 3 Remakes on PC before that, ray tracing consumes excessive VRAM and crashes the game shortly after launch and even in the main menu.
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Go into your options menu and jump to the graphics area to find the ray tracing setting and turn it off completely. The difference in VRAM usage between the Normal and High settings is minimal, as you can see above.
With the setting changes and maybe a restart of the game, hopefully you are free of the D3D error and can delve into it Chainsaw Demo without it crashing on you shortly after launch. Keep an eye out for more Resident Evil 4 Leader on GameSkinny as we get closer to the game’s release.
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