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How to Fix ARK Survival Ascended Low Level Fatal Error

Are you getting a LowLevelFatalError when you’re playing ARK Survival Ascended?

Here’s the full error message, “[File:E:\ASAContinuous\Engine\Source\Runtime\D3D12RHI\Private\D3D12Util.cpp] [Line: 873]”.

“CurrentQueue.Fence.D3DFence->GetCompletedValue() failed”.

“at E:\ASAContinuous\Engine\Source\Runtime\D3D12RHI\Private\D3D12Submission.cpp:939”.

“with error DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED with Reason: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG”.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to fix the Low Level Fatal error in ARK Survival Ascended (DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE).

How to Fix ARK Survival Ascended Low Level Fatal Error

Fix 1: Update your graphics card

Fix 2: Verify integrity of game files

  1. Go to your Steam library and right-click “ARK Survival Ascended”.
  2. Select “Properties” and select “Installed Files”.
  3. Select “Verify integrity of game files”.

Fix 3: Set Nvidia PhysX to your graphics card

  1. Search for “Nvidia Control Panel” using Windows Search.
  2. Select “Configure Surround, PhysX”.
  3. Under “Processor”, select your graphics card.

Fix 4: Add launch parameters

  1. Go to your Steam library and right-click “ARK Survival Ascended”.
  2. Select “Properties” and select “General”.
  3. Paste this into the “Launch Options”: -dx11

Other launch options: “-force-d3d11” OR “-USEALLAVAILABLECORES -sm4 -d3d10 -nomansky -lowmemory -novsync -high” OR “-windowed -d3d11” (without quotations).

Fix 5: Turn off Nvidia DLSS and Frame Generation

  1. Launch ARK Survival Ascended.
  2. Settings > General > RTX.
  3. Turn off “Nvidia DLSS”.
  4. Turn off “Frame Generation”.

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