If your GPU takes a fraction of a second too long to process a heavy graphical load (like compiling complex shaders), Windows assumes the GPU is frozen and restarts it. Increasing this timeout window can stop the crashes. Press Win + R , type regedit , and hit Enter.
Background applications that hook into Dolphin's rendering engine to display frames-per-second (FPS) counters or social notifications frequently break Vulkan pipelines. dolphin vk error device lost
Avoid "Hybrid Ubershaders" if your GPU is older, as it can trigger timeouts. In the General tab, uncheck this box. If your GPU takes a fraction of a
: This error is notably more frequent on devices using Mali GPUs . dolphin vk error device lost