Grand Theft Auto V crashing with D3DERR_DEVICELOST error on PC

Last Updated: April 26, 2024

Question: How can I stop Grand Theft Auto V from crashing with the following error "Reset failed with D3DERR_DEVICELOST"?

Answer: D3DERR_DEVICELOST errors are usually caused by an issue with the graphics drivers on the system. This can be a conflict with DirectX 3D drivers or display drivers for your video card (such as the NVIDIA display drivers for GT, GTX & RTX cards or Radeon drivers for the AMD Radeon RX and RX Vega cards). You can try to update the drivers or perform a clean install of the drivers for your graphics card to resolve this issue.

Update your graphics drivers

NVIDIA cards: Select Check for Updates in the top-right of the GeForce Experience application.AMD cards: Select Updates under Radeon Settings menu of the Radeon Software application.

Perform a clean installation of the graphics drivers

NVIDIA cards: 

Note: Make sure you select the "Perform Clean Install" option when reinstalling your drivers. A "clean install" deletes the currently installed NVIDIA drivers as well as cached packages first and then installs the newer driver.

AMD cards:

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