Shuts down computer?

[Drunken Officer Jim Lahey]

This is the only game Ive played that will shut down my computer. Ill be playing fine for about 20 minutes then it just randomly shuts down. My cpu and gpu temps are fine. Cpu at 50C while my gpu is at 60C.

[Troll-o-Pitchu]

Hi. Shutdown can also occur if you have not enough power supply watts. Did you check that ?

[Mavox]

i actually got the same problem

[Drunken Officer Jim Lahey]

Originally posted by Troll-o-Pitchu:

Hi. Shutdown can also occur if you have not enough power supply watts. Did you check that ?

Its the only game that has ever done this. So my guess its something with the game.

[Overseer]

A game cannot shut down your computer. Its your computer.
Run some unhinged benchmarks and stress tests. The game just so happens to be the symptom. And usually its PSU related.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation

[Drunken Officer Jim Lahey]

Originally posted by Overseer:

A game cannot shut down your computer. Its your computer.
Run some unhinged benchmarks and stress tests. The game just so happens to be the symptom. And usually its PSU related.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation

Why would this be the only game to ever do that to my computer?? Ive played more impressive games in terms of graphics and gameplay and none has ever done this.

[Drunken Officer Jim Lahey]

Originally posted by Overseer:

A game cannot shut down your computer. Its your computer.
Run some unhinged benchmarks and stress tests. The game just so happens to be the symptom. And usually its PSU related.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation

So I stressed tested both my gpu and cpu at the same time for 2 hours straight, with furmark and cpuZ both running at 100% and no problems. My graphics card (2080 Super) only got to 74C and my cpu only got to 60C. This game would have made my computer shutdown within half an hour if that.

[Butterfly02]

it does the same thing with my computer as well, same issue too. ive played loads of games on my computer but i cant get pass connor's first part

[Overseer]

I know of plenty people who just so happened to overclock their hardware and at some point a game revealed it is in fact an unstable overclock. The way how hardware is stressed varies from software to software. Cinebench for example draws less power than prime95.
So you have to keep going with the intention to prove yourself wrong.
Then there are the graphics drivers. There can always be a bug that hangs the system.
Hardware problems like the PSU. Or even a faulty 20 series card, because those cards had plenty of problems including faulty VRAM modules.

[Yew Nough]

This also happened to me: Replacing my "1000w ebay special" with a corsair 1000w platinum fixed my power load issues.

Basically, whenever you reach a part in a game that is 'component heavy' (and there isn't enough power to draw from the power supply): It shuts down as a precaution.

If it continues to happen, either never play that game again, drop your settings, or replace your power supply for something better.

Originally posted by Drunken Officer Jim Lahey:

So I stressed tested both my gpu and cpu at the same time for 2 hours straight, with furmark and cpuZ both running at 100% and no problems. My graphics card (2080 Super) only got to 74C and my cpu only got to 60C. This game would have made my computer shutdown within half an hour if that.

It's likely not an overheating problem, but an issue of high power draw that the power supply cannot meet in the span of a short moment. It's not unusual for a game to cause a PSU to pull over 100%.

[Overseer]

Overheating can still happen when you look at the wrong reads. Because the RAM modules can choke and run too hot. Or a fast NVMe SSD can hit a critical temp and shoot the system.
To the power draw i could add plenty of details. Like the 2080 Super being a 250 W TDP card with a 650 W recommended PSU because it can and will easily draw 350 W.
https://www.igorslab.de/en/msi-geforce-rtx-2080-super-gaming-x-trio-in-test-heavy-chunks-on-quiet-soles/6/
And that assumes that you have a good 650 W PSU that can take the pressure on the 12 V rail. Garbage PSUs are often a shutdown problem.

[Drunken Officer Jim Lahey]

Originally posted by Overseer:

Overheating can still happen when you look at the wrong reads. Because the RAM modules can choke and run too hot. Or a fast NVMe SSD can hit a critical temp and shoot the system.
To the power draw i could add plenty of details. Like the 2080 Super being a 250 W TDP card with a 650 W recommended PSU because it can and will easily draw 350 W.
https://www.igorslab.de/en/msi-geforce-rtx-2080-super-gaming-x-trio-in-test-heavy-chunks-on-quiet-soles/6/
And that assumes that you have a good 650 W PSU that can take the pressure on the 12 V rail. Garbage PSUs are often a shutdown problem.

I have a Corsair RM750 80Plus Gold, Im thinking its my Vram getting too hot because my GPU shows up at 74C but my hotspot is coming up at 105C. I ordered new thermal pads and going to switch them out and repaste the socket and see if it makes any difference.

[Yew Nough]

I might be wrong, but wouldn't VRAM failure crash your PC; not shut it down?

[Drunken Officer Jim Lahey]

Originally posted by Yew Nough:

I might be wrong, but wouldn't VRAM failure crash your PC; not shut it down?

Personally Im not 100% sure.

[Overseer]

Nvidia cards seem to run hot VRAM for years by now. Especially with the GDDR6X modules. 105°C is definitely hot and shows that manufacturers save a buck with insufficient cooling for which they then charge premium, but it should not be the cause of a crash or shutdown and stay inside the specifications.
And it should be Tjunction max. Which is a value you have to understand.
https://www.igorslab.de/en/gddr6x-am-limit-ueber-100-grad-bei-der-geforce-rtx-3080-fe-im-chip-gemessen-2/

[Drunken Officer Jim Lahey]

Originally posted by Overseer:

Nvidia cards seem to run hot VRAM for years by now. Especially with the GDDR6X modules. 105°C is definitely hot and shows that manufacturers save a buck with insufficient cooling for which they then charge premium, but it should not be the cause of a crash or shutdown and stay inside the specifications.
And it should be Tjunction max. Which is a value you have to understand.
https://www.igorslab.de/en/gddr6x-am-limit-ueber-100-grad-bei-der-geforce-rtx-3080-fe-im-chip-gemessen-2/

Figured out what was wrong, the manufaturer only pasted 2/3's of my gpu. Heres a photo. It now runs a lot cooler with less fans, 65C max and the hotspot only gets about 11C higher.
https://imgur.com/fl9drut