It won't work on win 8, you must update to win 10
Think it might be related to Windows 1607 version, I have Win 10 pro 1607 and an RX 480 which is strange, hope they fix don't really want to update my whole windows.

Yep, Windows 10 Pro LTSB v1607.
GTX 1080 + drivers from yesterday (though in my attempts to find a solution I went back all the way to April drivers with no luck, however by the end of the days rolled back to Dec 9 drivers)

Try deleting this file:

C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\CD Projekt Red\Cyberpunk 2077\cache\GamePipelineLibrary.cache

Tried that, no dice. Still crashes after the intro video.

2070s
Startup crash was fixed for me by updating to the graphics drivers released on the 9'th.

Didn't fix the apparently memory leak after an hour of play, that takes down the entire graphics driver and requires a system reboot though. :-(

Win10 LTSB 1607 won't start

I am on Windows 10 v1607 with a 1080GTX. From what i see, i cannot start ANY direct x 12 related game. Red Dead Redemption and Cyperpunk 2077 both dont even start. If they think i need to install a new Windows10, i will just refund my money. No game in the world is worth the hassle of installing a new OS plus all programs and plugins, i need to have for work. JUST A BIG FU, for releasing such a bull$hit like this. Not even a option to start in direct x 11.

And for all the RTX fan boys out there. Where to buy a 3080 founders edition? You simply can not. So why make default options for directx 12??? Thats plain stupid.

ok good there is someone out there with the same error as me.

I disabled the cloud, it fixed the crash for me.

I'm willing to bet at this point the issue is related to 1607 not having the right dx12 components if folks are getting the gpuapidx12error.cpp error.

Yay at least being able to spot a trend!

Please let us know how it goes? Really appreciate you being willing to do the testing for us. I tried doing the standard windows updates last night just to make sure it wasn't something I had missed in the last month or so, but I'm pretty sure it's an OS level issue already based on trends in this thread.

the game failing to load in a config file like mine and at least one other persons error is nothing to do with our systems.

true and I tried reinstalling gog as well as cyberpunk and nothing worked

Hey guys just thought i would share this incase it helps somebody. I was getting that Cyberpunk flatlined error everytime i clicked on the game launcher icon on my desktop or through the gog launcher. What worked for me (depending on what GPU you have! I had nvidia 2070 Super). Go to the nvidia experience application and make sure you have the latest drivers. Next click launch game from there. Dont click optimise the game just yet as it wont work. The game needs to launch at least once before you can use that option.

Hope this helps somebody!

Here my main issue, as a lot of ''feels guys'' in this forum

Gpu Crash for unknown reasons! Callstack here is probably irrelevant. Check if Breadcrumbs or Aftermath logged anything useful.
File: e:\r6.patch0hotfix2\dev\src\common\gpuapi\src\dx12\gpuapidx12error.cpp(40)

Windows 10 LTSB v1607 (Build: 14393.4104)

Motherboard: Asus Crosshair VII Hero-Wifi (AM4+/X470)
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7-2700x (OC @ 4.0GHz) 8xCore/16xThreads
Graphic Card: AMD Radeon R9 290X (Sapphire Vapor-X Tri-X OC 4GB ED) Waiting for some stock of RX 6800 XT Strix...
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB DDR4 @ 3200MHz
Monitor: Asus ROG Strix XG27WQ 27' ' Curved
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 24''

Case: Thermaltake View 71 TG RGB :Mstar:
Cooler: Thermaltake Floe Riing RGB TT Premium Edition 360
HDD: Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe/ FireCuda Hybrid 2TB/ WD 3TB
PSU: 750W (Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB)

Mouse: Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard: Corsair Strafe RGB MK.2 (Silent Cherry)
Headset: Logitech G935 RGB

Graphic card updated: 8 december 2020
Motherboard: Last bios v.3103
Visual C++ / 2005-2019 from 0
All the most importante hardware drivers up do date as near as possible to this 10/12/2020

If it can help, no one of this games crashes in my previous attempts and after Cyberpunk 2077 release:

The Witcher 3, Dragon Ball Z Kakarot, The Crew 2, Resident Evil 5, GTA 5,
Street of Rage 4, Assassin Creed Valhalla, Fall Guys, League of Legends.

Other rigs tested and working without any crash / launch crash or freeze in Cyberpunk 2077 today ''friends rigs in a Lan Party''

Ryzen 2700x / RX 5700 XT ROG Strix 8GO OC Ed. / G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB DDR4 @ 3200MHz (Working perfectly in 2K High/Ultra)
Ryzen 1500x / GTX 970 MSI Armor X 4GO OC Ed. / Kingston Fury 16GO @ 2400Mhz (Working perfectly in FullHD Low/Mid)
i5 9600k / RTX 2070 Rog Strix 8GO OC Ed. / Kingston Predator RGB 16GO @ 3200Mhz (Working perfectly with RayTracing in FullHD High/Ultra)

Keeping hope to everyone here, waiting this game from 2012.

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