Photo mode was working fine until I upgraded to a 5080 the day after launch. Now every time I go into photo mode and try to take a screenshot, the game just hangs until it crashes with the watchdog error. It does create a png, but it's corrupted and can't be opened.

It works fine if I disable RT completely. Game runs solidly with PT enabled, except for photo mode. I have no mods or overclock/undervolt on my GPU. I've tried;

* Clean reinstall of the game * DDU GPU driver and reinstall * Reinstall C++ redists * Underclock GPU * Changed PCIE to gen 4 in bios * Put my 3080 back in - photo mode works fine with PT.

I considered installing shoo watchdog but I get the impression it would just hang forever. I may try reinstalling Windows or throwing my 3080 back in.

I'm hoping it's just the new Nvidia driver? Please help!

UPDATES

THIS IS RELATED TO NVIDIA 50 SERIES AND THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IN DRIVER NOTES

TURN OFF PATH TRACING COMPLETELY IN PHOTO MODE AND IN GAME TO WORKAROUND

UPDATE 24/3/25: still not fixed, but Nvidia are aware and have acknowledged that it's a driver level bug as pointed out in this helpful post . Also 572.83 has absolutely decimated the performance in this game, horrendous frametime spikes.

UPDATE 19/4/25: Still not fixed. Still an open issue with Nvidia's latest driver 576.02.

UPDATE 04/05/25: Still not fixed, still an open issue with Nvidia on driver 576.28

UPDATE 02/06/25: Still not fixed. Great job, Nvidia.

UPDATE 17/06/25: Still not fixed for driver version 576.80. Still on the list of open issues.

UPDATE 01/07/25: Still not fixed for driver version 576.88. Still on the list of open issues.

UPDATE 22/07/25: Still not fixed for driver version 577.00. Still on the list of open issues. From Manual@Nvidia on the Geforce forums;

"Our team is actively investigating this issue but we haven't been able to root cause the problem yet or determine if it is a driver bug or application bug. I do apologize for the inconvenience this has caused."

We've reached the 6 month mark.

UPDATE 01/08/25: Still not fixed in driver version 577.88. Still on the list of open issues.

UPDATE 17/08/25: Still not fixed in driver version 580.97. Still on the list of open issues. I'm losing hope and the motivation to keep this updated.

UPDATE 19/08/25: Fixed for me on a 5080 in driver version 581.08. Just shy of 7 months after 50 series release.

I'm trying to take photos but every time I attempt to use the screenshot function it forcibly makes my PC restart. I do have a couple of appearance mods; I've seen older posts claiming Cyber Engine Tweaks causes photo mode crashing, but I'm not sure how that could be fixed besides getting rid of my few mods.

Specs: RTX 3090 Ti (32GB VRAM), Intel 11900k, 32GB RAM; monitor is 3840x2160

I don't have Path Tracing on at all, but I do have Ray Tracing on and most of the graphical settings at max. The game runs perfectly fine (probably around 55-60fps in most spots) even IN photo mode, it just crashes my PC whenever I attempt to screenshot. I also enabled Nvidia DLSS Super Resolution and changed it to Ultra Performance, but all this did was make the crash take longer.

Has anybody figured out a way to fix this that doesn't involve getting rid of CET?

Hey yall, I'm kind of new to modding the game, I install them manually through Nexus mods. Ever since the 2.01 update, whenever I go into photo mode, the game gets rid of the UI like normal, but instead of opening the UI for photo mode, it leaves the screen frozen. I can still move the mouse and hear the background noise, but I can't get out and the only way to fix it is to close the game and restart it. I tried turning off mods though the launcher to see if that would fix it, but unfortunately it didn't. Really don't want to have to reinstall, but I don't know what else to do.

Hi everyone, I recently upgraded my system with a new Nvidia RTX 5080 and it's running Cyberpunk like a dream! Except... when I try to use the Photo Mode the game freezes when I press the button to take the screenshot and eventually closes... Interestingly, this only seems to happen when I have Ray Tracing enabled. I'm wondering if this is just a bug with the drivers giving that it's a very new graphics card but it's a shame since I was looking forward to try out the new photo mode features!

Don't suppose anyone else is having this issue or knows of a solution?

System Specs in case anyone needs them:
Ryzen 9 9950X @ 4.3Ghz
64GB DDR5 RAM
RTX 5080 16GB (Running Studio Driver as I primarily use this system for editing)

I re-installed the mod a few times (both manually and through Vortex) with the same result each time. I can play the game without any issues, but when I take a screenshot in photo mode the game completely crashes.

I thought maybe it was another mod that utilizes CET, but when I disabled all other mods and just ran CET the game still crashed when taking a screenshot.

When I disable CET, there’s no issues when taking a screenshot.

I love taking screenshots in photo mode so this is a huge bummer for me and can’t figure out why it’s doing this.

Thanks!!

Processor: I5 13600k Graphics card: Amd 24GB 7900xtx

UPDATE:

After many hours of debugging, turns out the resolution on my G9 is just too big and causes the game to crash when taking a screenshot with CET installed. By reducing the resolution, the issue was resolved.