Fixing Galax GPU runtime crashes and black screens
I honestly thought my card was fried until I found a similar error log in the community. Based on the 2026-GAL-ERR-04 ticket, I jumped into the command line for a system component scan. Turns out there was a nasty conflict with the C++ runtime versions, so I manually did a clean override install of the 2019 redistributable package. GamePP tracked the boot load latency dropping from 45s to 28s - 32s, a total reduction of 21% - 26%. Running Win11 24H2, I verified this over three reboot cycles and the screen tearing is completely gone. Compared to just reinstalling drivers (Plan A) or rolling back the OS (Plan B), the runtime override was the only thing that actually worked. Just a heads up: this only fixes the launch crash. I'm still seeing some minor frame dips at Ultra settings, which probably means the current driver is just poorly optimized for this title.
