GPU Testing Thread

[Kiwi Shark]

OS / Distro	CPU Vendor & ID	System RAM	GPU Vendor	GPU ID	vRAM	Driver	Resolution	vSync	Report
Windows 11	Intel i5-10600K	32 GB (DDR4 3600)	Nvidia	RTX 3080	10 GB	581.08	1920 x 1080 Windowed	OFF	(v2025.11.4.2791) Running at max settings, the game loads the full solar system but performance is pretty poor. Sub-30fps in most scenarios.

 

[Azᅟ]

OS / Distro	CPU Vendor & ID	System RAM	GPU Vendor	GPU ID	vRAM	Driver	Resolution	vSync	Report
Windows 11 Pro (25H2)	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D	32 GB	AMD	RX 6950 XT	16 GB	25.11.1	1920x1080 Fullscreen	OFF	- 180 FPS - MSAA broken (major graphical glitches) - Earth atmosphere broken, rest of the solar system and atmospheres are fine.

OS / Distro	CPU Vendor & ID	System RAM	GPU Vendor	GPU ID	vRAM	Driver	Resolution	vSync	Report
Linux Endeavour OS Mercury	AMD Ryzen 5 5600G	16 GB	AMD	RX 6650 XT	8 GB	Mesa3D 25.2.6	1920x1080 Fullscreen	N/A	- program crashes after showing rocket

 

[Ytse Frobozz]

OS / Distro	CPU Vendor & ID	System RAM	GPU Vendor	GPU ID	vRAM	Driver	Resolution	vSync	Report
Windows 11 25H2	AMD R9-5900X	64GB	AMD	RX 6900 XT	16GB	25.11.1	3440x1440 Full	ON	Prior Earth-visibility issues fixed as of 2847 or earlier. Hooray!

 

[NEODIMIO]

OS / Distro	CPU Vendor & ID	System RAM	GPU Vendor	GPU ID	vRAM	Driver	Resolution	vSync	Report
Arch Linux x86_64 Linux 6.17.8-arch1-1 kernel KDE Plasma (Wayland)	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (32) @ 5.76 GHz	64 GB (DDR5)	AMD	Radeon RX 9070 XT	16 GB	radv Mesa 25.2.7	7680x2160 240 Hz	OFF	(v2025.11.5.2819) Running at default settings, the game loads the Earth but low performance (30 FPS), the other scenarios crashes the game.

 

[WoolyMamm0th]

OS / Distro	CPU Vendor & ID	System RAM	GPU Vendor	GPU ID	vRAM	Driver	Resolution	vSync	Report
Arch Linux Kernel 6.17.8-arch1-1	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D	64 GB	AMD	Radeon RX 5700XT	8 GB	amdgpu/Mesa 25.2.7-1	3840x2160 Fullscreen (also tried windowed)	ON	Game crashes on startup when any texture setting is set higher than 2K Flickering on Earth unless Ocean is disabled in settings (Ocean still renders even when disabled) Terrain is missing on Earth Game crashes when getting close to any body other than Earth. Game frequently crashes the graphics driver (usually but not always when changing graphics settings). Display output (not only game window) becomes corrupted and freezes until reboot. (Edit: amdgpu log attached)

 

[Allie_Gat0r :3]

So the "good" news is there seems to be more users reporting the Kernbase 0x602 insta-crash / executable never works issue like me

W

Solved Thread 'Program not opening at all.'

Nov 19, 2025

Hey there,
The program itself is crashing before anything loads, I am not getting to the world select, it does not even seem to be starting.
I am running a Windows 10 22H2 system with an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 32 GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, I added the event log from start up. I am not sure where to go from here.


"Faulting application name: KSA.exe, version: 2025.11.6.2829, time stamp: 0x67200000
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.19041.2913, time stamp: 0xa1c3e870
Exception code: 0xc0000602
Fault offset: 0x000000000012d862
Faulting process id: 0x2100...

• WarmMuffinPants
• Replies: 12
• Forum: Technical Support

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J

Post in thread 'KSA refuses to launch, not even showing up in the task manager'

Nov 17, 2025

Still Having the same problem. Updated drivers, updated .NET, still not working. Its not showing up in the KSA logs (thank you for fixing that by the way), though the logs do show that the settings have been loaded.

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BRUTAL VERSION: 25.11.0
loaded settings from C:\Users\jared\Documents\My Games\Kitten Space Agency\settings.toml
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On the plus side I've figured out how Event Viewer works and can see that its a problem with one of the .NET dlls.

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Faulting application name: KSA.exe...

• Jabbawaky

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Even one on Windows 10 22H2, which I know some people here and have reported does/can work fine for them on their Nvidia GPUs

 

[capran]

OS / Distro	CPU Vendor & ID	System RAM	GPU Vendor	GPU ID	vRAM	Driver	Resolution	vSync	Report
Linux Mint 22.2 (Using Bottles)	Intel Core i5 12th Gen	32 GB	Nvidia	RTX 4070	12 GB	580.105.08	2560x1440 Fullscreen	ON	Since 11/20 patch, framerate is in high teens or 20's. Previously, it was in the 60's or better

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[SilvaUrsa]

OS / Distro	CPU Vendor & ID	System RAM	GPU Vendor	GPU ID	vRAM	Driver	Resolution	vSync	Report
Windows 11 24H2	AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core Processor	32 GB	AMD	RX 6650 XT	8 GB	25.10.33.03	2560 x 1440 Fullscreen	ON	Earth & Moon Settings: Multi-sampling X2 - Heavy dither effect over atmosphere. Multi-sampling X8 crashes. Multi-sampling Disabled/X4 works fine. Textures set to 2k each (higher causes crash.) Good FPS (100+) Solar System: Unstable: Shadow/Textures 512, MSAA X4 Stable: 512 Shadow, 256 Texture MSAA x4. Stable: 1K Shadow, 512 Texture, MSAA Disabled.