Be VERY careful if you have a high wattage card (esp. RTX 20 series and up) and are running this game.

[Iron Mal]

Just a friendly reminder to keep an eye on your GPU's load while playing New World, apparently some GPUs are still dying because of what is probably a mix of software issue and hardware issues teaming up and creating a deadly problem for GPUs from the RTX 2070 Super to EVGA/Gigabyte 3080s and 3090s. This isn't me telling you what you should and shouldn't play, I personally have a 2070 Super and have played 24 hours of the game so far with no issues so take that with a grain of salt. However I do think it's important to just keep an eye on not only how hot your card is running but how high your utilization of the card is. Name of the game here is to keep the utilization as far from 100% as you can get it for as long as you can get it there. Turning on Vsync in Nvidia control panel, limiting your fps in game and just lowering the graphics settings a notch or two should all help keep your GPU safe.

Again this isn't trying to tell you to not play the game, I love the game personally it's very fun and addictive (especially the trade skills, really wish i could keep playing and get that mining up to 100!), but instead to spread the word around to those of you who are willing to take the risk and continue playing safely. I just would hate to see anyone lose or damage their hardware because they didn't know this was a thing.

It's become clear now that the issue does not only reside in bad GPU's as the problem has now been spread across three different brands (EVGA, Gigabyte, and Zotac, See video below.)

#Tips to avoid issues:

• Do NOT overclock while playing.
  
  
• Reduce your power limits to 90%.
  
  
• Increase your fan speed.
  
  
• Cap your FPS as much as possible.
  
  
• Enable Vsync in your Nvidia Control panel for the game (or AMD equivalent).
  
  DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT A SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE ENGINEER, SIMPLY A PC GAMER/ENTHUSIAST WHO WOULD HATE TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE DAMAGE OR BRICK THEIR HARDWARE DUE TO EITHER FALLING VICTIM TO THIS ISSUE WITH THE GAME OR BY TINKERING WITH SETTINGS FOR THEIR PC, GAME OR OTHERWISE. THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ANYONE PLANNING ON IMPLEMENTING ANY OF THE ABOVE TIPS TO HELP KEEP THEIR PC SAFE, TO DO THEIR OWN RESEARCH BEFOREHAND.
  
  Source(s):
  
  Kotaku
  
  PC Gamer
  
  The Gamer [www.thegamer.com]
  
  Tom's Guide [www.tomsguide.com]
  
  Overclock [www.overclock.net]
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxoXbfzP5BU

[Ghoust0o]

I had my cap at 120 FPS, and still burnt my 3090 couple hours ago, so downloaded the game on my laptop to play

[Squarefox]

The problem is not on New World, but on the graphics card manufacturer. No hardware should ever brick on a software problem. period.

[Iron Mal]

Originally posted by Squarefox:

The problem is not on New World, but on the graphics card manufacturer. No hardware should ever brick on a software problem. period.

Watch the video linked software CAN and sometimes WILL brick hardware, I thought the same as you until I did some research on furmark which can STILL brick your PC and even warns you before running it that it can cause irreversible damage to components

https://www.overclock.net/threads/can-furmark-kill-your-gpu-actually-yes.1360263/

Hardware has always been this way, it just doesn't happen that often.

[M | Something Goes Here]

my tempature never went above 80 while playing the beta

[Iron Mal]

Originally posted by ghoust0o:

I had my cap at 120 FPS, and still burnt my 3090 couple hours ago, so downloaded the game on my laptop to play

Sorry to hear that man, be careful, please!

[M | Something Goes Here]

then again i dont have one of the cards that has issues wiht this game but i still watched it

[Singrave]

maybe it's... 3xxx series just a sh1t, hm?
oh nonono, ofc not. it's Amazon's game burned them, ofc.

NVIDIA card scorched by game. never happenend and here we go again. lol

[Moe]

I highly recommend turning your power limit down and capping fps as op stated if you MUST play on high end hardware. Make sure you keep an eye on power usage / temp using afterburner.

[Ravenous]

My 2080 ti has a vbios flash from one of the fastest cards available, is running at full blast on air, and I never see it go past 60c.

They really do need to get rid of that animated queue screen though. I can feel it raising my power bill while waiting.

I must be lucky.. Hopefully that holds up.

[Iron Mal]

Originally posted by Singrave:

maybe it's... 3xxx series just a sh1t, hm?
oh nonono, ofc not. it's Amazon's game burned them, ofc.

NVIDIA card scorched by game. never happenend and here we go again. lol

Stop spreading misinformation. Do your research. Three brands are now confirmed to be being effected. I'm just trying to help people be safe, if you choose to hide under the conspiracy theory that everyone is just trying to go after Amazon and burning their cards on camera for clout then that's up to you but other people deserve a chance to make the choice for themselves.

[Viper]

Its limited to 3090s which have a manufacturing design issue...regardless of what people are saying.

[Iron Mal]

Originally posted by Viper:

Its limited to 3090s which have a manufacturing design issue...regardless of what people are saying.

This is incorrect, it's been happening ANY high voltage card of ANY brand. Do. Your. Research.

[Viper]

Originally posted by Iron Mal:

Originally posted by Viper:

Its limited to 3090s which have a manufacturing design issue...regardless of what people are saying.

This is incorrect, it's been happening ANY high voltage card of ANY brand. Do. Your. Research.

WHy becasue you say so or someone else did..prove it. Games do not brick GPUs. GPUs fail because of issues in the GPU.

[Iron Mal]

Originally posted by Viper:

Originally posted by Iron Mal:

This is incorrect, it's been happening ANY high voltage card of ANY brand. Do. Your. Research.

WHy becasue you say so or someone else did..prove it. Games do not brick GPUs. GPUs fail because of issues in the GPU.

Look into FurMark which is mentioned in the JayzTwoCents video, software (if designed incorrectly) CAN brick hardware. It's happened before, only it doesn't happen often.

[Viper]

There are close to 700,000 playing this game on Steam right now. I have seen about 3 posts about a failing GPU all 3090s. If you have 3090 . Yes there is need for concern. Don't believe the bull about it killing everbodies GPU.