[Apex Legends] Overlay conflicts causing crashes — how I narrowed it down

Hoping someone can sanity-check my reasoning before I commit to it. I assumed it was a known issue, but I cannot find anyone else describing it.

Curious whether that matches what everyone else is seeing.

Slightly different take — this changed for me after the last patch, so older threads may steer you wrong.

That fixed it for me, at least.

For what it is worth, check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.

This comes up a lot, so: the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Agreed on most of this, except do the cheap diagnostic first — it costs nothing and rules out half the causes.

Quick correction to the above: if it only happens in one mode, that narrows it down considerably.

Adding to the above: it depends heavily on your specific setup, so take any single number with a grain of salt.

Others may have a cleaner method.

From experience, temperature is the usual culprit when performance degrades over a session.

Let us know which part worked.

Worth checking first: the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.

I went through this last month. the community guide covers this better than I can, but the summary is to prioritise the basics first.

Let us know which part worked.

This is the bit people miss — the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Worth a shot before anything drastic.

This comes up a lot, so: region and server load matter more than most guides acknowledge.

Only partly related, but the safe move is the reversible one — you can always undo it if it makes things worse.

Let us know which part worked.

This is the bit people miss — the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Only partly related, but it depends heavily on your specific setup, so take any single number with a grain of salt.

Worth a shot before anything drastic.

Quick correction to the above: keep a note of what you changed, otherwise you cannot undo it cleanly later.

Short version: do not copy someone else’s config wholesale — start from defaults and adjust to your own setup.

Quick correction to the above: verify the files before anything else; it catches more problems than people expect.