Firstly, Starfield necessitates high system specifications; therefore, your system should meet the minimum game requirements if you wish to play it without any issues. Thus, before proceeding to the following methods, ensure that you fulfill the minimum game requirements. Otherwise, you may be disappointed after implementing the subsequent methods.
1. Move the game to SSD or NVME
If you have Starfield downloaded onto a HDD (Hard disk drive), you should transfer it to an SSD (Solid state drive). Starfield requires SSD to provide smooth gameplay. SSDs are much faster compared to HDDs because they use flash memory chips to write/read data, which makes the Starfield load fast. While HDDs use a rotating platter, which slows down the read/write process, resulting in a slower performance compared to SSDs. So, if you don’t have an SSD or NVME on your computer, you should consider purchasing one. Otherwise, you might constantly face crashing, freezing, or lagging issues in Starfield. Follow the instructions to move the game into NVME or SSD.
2. Reduce Graphics Settings
If you have high graphics settings, you can try reducing the graphics settings in order to fix lagging, freezing, or crashing issues. Reducing the graphics settings includes reducing the resolution, render scale, and other graphics effects. So, regardless of having high specifications, try reducing the graphics settings to see whether the issue is resolved or not.
3. Reinstall GPU drivers
Having corrupted or outdated drivers also leads to crashing and freezing issues. So, in this step, we will perform a clean installation of the graphics driver to ensure the driver is not causing the issue. When it comes to reinstalling the drivers, we recommend DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller). It is an application that is known to remove the drivers along with the registry files. To reinstall the driver, follow the steps:
4. Disable Steam overlay
Steam provides an overlay that allows users to access the store, chats, and many more things. However, overlays consume a significant amount of system resources, which often leads to crashing or freezing issues. Therefore, if the overlay feature is enabled, try disabling it by following the steps:
5. Verify the game files
Having corruption in the game files also causes crashing or freezing issues, So in this method, we recommended verifying the game files to ensure that there are no corrupted files in the extracted game files of Starfield causing this issue. Follow the steps to verify the game files:
6. Reinstall the game
In case you are still facing this issue after following all the above methods, then consider reinstalling the game to fix this issue. Reinstalling the game will fix the corrupted files causing this issue. To do so, follow the steps: All the solutions that have been provided in this guide worked for several affected users. However, if the problem persists in your case, make sure you are not using irrelevant background applications because they consume a significant amount of system resources, which often causes crashing or freezing issues due to a lack of system memory or other resources. You can also follow other methods that are known to fix crashing or freezing issues.
