Frequent crashes in Fortnite on Raptor Lake Intel CPUs (13th and 14th generations)

We are aware of an issue where Fortnite may crash frequently on Intel CPUs of the Raptor Lake generation:

  • Intel Core i9 14900 K/KF/KS/F and 13900 K/KF/KS/F
  • Intel Core i7 14700 K/KF and 13700 K/KF/F
  • Intel Core i7 14790 F
  • Intel Core i5 14600 K/F and 13600 K/KF


You can try switching Fortnite to DX11:

  1. Open the Epic Games Launcher
  2. Click on Settings
  3. Scroll down and expand Fortnite
  4. Check the box for Additional Command Line Arguments
  5. Enter -d3d11
  6. Launch Fortnite


If you perform these steps and Fortnite is still crashing, please contact Intel Support for assistance: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/contact-us.html (Opens in a new tab)

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