Makes my GPU soar and my computer shut off

[Grimm]

New experience, yippie!

This is the only game I've played that manages to make my GPU get close to or even hit 100% GPU usage (AMD RX 5700 XT). I managed to monitor the situation with my friends, and we discovered pretty much this.

Every other game I own, I can run those on their highest settings. But this one, all of us on our computers had to run it on Very Low. Very Low runs at, obviously, bottom of the GPU usage. 10-20%. I turned on shadows. Instant jump to 100% and it started heating up my GPU to 90c or higher. We wondered if it was because I was trying to host co-op, but even then that shouldn't even be happening anyway lmao.

I mean yeah I get it, early access, there's bugs to iron out here and there. I am paying to be the lab rat and run around and see what breaks. I'd be fine with my pals deciding to get stuck in trees and watching npcs soar into the sky if it didn't make my computer shut off.

Cooling system is fine, everything's new and updated and it's been tested on other games plenty of times. It's a Palworld specific issue.

Though if this helps anyone who just wants to play while their computer wants to explode, again, turning off shadows seems to have a performance fix of at least 80-90% for AMD. This was done on very low, of course. I was just trying to host a server and get my friends in after the third shutoff.

Other then that I am going to curl up on the floor and die now.

EDIT: I will add that the CPU and Memory are both running fine, if that helps anything. It's just the GPU that it's getting a little silly with.

[Power]

Originally posted by Grimm:

New experience, yippie!

This is the only game I've played that manages to make my GPU get close to or even hit 100% GPU usage (AMD RX 5700 XT). I managed to monitor the situation with my friends, and we discovered pretty much this.

Every other game I own, I can run those on their highest settings. But this one, all of us on our computers had to run it on Very Low. Very Low runs at, obviously, bottom of the GPU usage. 10-20%. I turned on shadows. Instant jump to 100% and it started heating up my GPU to 90c or higher. We wondered if it was because I was trying to host co-op, but even then that shouldn't even be happening anyway lmao.

I mean yeah I get it, early access, there's bugs to iron out here and there. I am paying to be the lab rat and run around and see what breaks. I'd be fine with my pals deciding to get stuck in trees and watching npcs soar into the sky if it didn't make my computer shut off.

Cooling system is fine, everything's new and updated and it's been tested on other games plenty of times. It's a Palworld specific issue.

Though if this helps anyone who just wants to play while their computer wants to explode, again, turning off shadows seems to have a performance fix of at least 80-90% for AMD. This was done on very low, of course. I was just trying to host a server and get my friends in after the third shutoff.

Other then that I am going to curl up on the floor and die now.

Cap the frame rate in settings.

[Grimm]

Originally posted by Power:

Cap the frame rate in settings.

I did. Turned off anti-aliasing too in case that was an issue (friend said it was one of the reported problems). Might mess around with more specific settings while monitoring my GPU to see what results I get tomorrow. I went back to my laptop to write this up since it is 1am. Thank you though! I could always see what lowering the cap does.

[Flappers]

> Cooling system is fine

I don't think it is if your GPU is hitting those temperatures. If your cooling system is fine, it wouldn't hit those temps.

The game draws a lot of power on the GPU to push as many frames as it can.

Limiting frame rates will help with this. But you really need to sort your cooling out.

After building a PC, it should be going through stress tests. One of those tests should be a few hours on GPU 100% usage, with max power draw to ensure that your temps remain stable.

If they're not stable, then your cooling needs reworking.

[Colonel Chicken]

Lowkey you might need to replace the thermal paste on your gpu, dries out after a while

[Grimm]

Originally posted by Colonel Chicken:

Lowkey you might need to replace the thermal paste on your gpu, dries out after a while

Nods. I'll put that on the list of possibilities. Though new thermal paste wouldn't hurt even if it's a Palworld specific issue (as I heard several people with AMD having the same problems), I forgot how long it's been since we last did that.

Guess I should double check how it runs on other games again too, in case it is just stuff getting old. It's like a science experiment except it is giving me psychic damage

[Dun Biddler]

Originally posted by Grimm:

Originally posted by Colonel Chicken:

Lowkey you might need to replace the thermal paste on your gpu, dries out after a while

Nods. I'll put that on the list of possibilities. Though new thermal paste wouldn't hurt even if it's a Palworld specific issue (as I heard several people with AMD having the same problems), I forgot how long it's been since we last did that.

Guess I should double check how it runs on other games again too, in case it is just stuff getting old. It's like a science experiment except it is giving me psychic damage

That isn't how hardware works. It is not palworld specific, and it's anything that will run uncapped/your CPU can keep up for 100% GPU usage

[VillaDanKnight]

had the crashing issue as well i re validated files and that seemed to work but if not then its possibly do to the early access of the game if your going to re-paste your gpu if you don't want to have to figure out the thermal pads try using k5 pro its done great by me and double check drivers and bios settings as that could be a conflict with this game kinda like how skyrim will have bad issues on any fps higher that 60fps

edit
also make sure the games installed on a nvm or ssd as a hdd for best results
also some have stated its a multiplayer issue but not sure as of yet

[VillaDanKnight]

Originally posted by HunBun:

Originally posted by Grimm:

Nods. I'll put that on the list of possibilities. Though new thermal paste wouldn't hurt even if it's a Palworld specific issue (as I heard several people with AMD having the same problems), I forgot how long it's been since we last did that.

Guess I should double check how it runs on other games again too, in case it is just stuff getting old. It's like a science experiment except it is giving me psychic damage

That isn't how hardware works. It is not palworld specific, and it's anything that will run uncapped/your CPU can keep up for 100% GPU usage

first off if your not going to say something helpful dont bother wasting the time as its a waste to me you and everyone who stops to read this chat looking for solutions with that said I had the same issue here is what i did that seemed to fix it for me
pc specs
Cpu amd r7 5800x Gpu amd rx 6700xt motherboard msi b550 mpg gaming plus
32gb ddr4 ram set to 3600mhz windows 10 pro modified using atlas os recently updated
In motherboard bios
Turned of xmp2 and manually set ram to prefered speed turned of game boost
re verified game launched game changed anti aliasing to off turned off motion blur moved game from hdd to ssd and seems to be working for me if it crashes again its going on a nvme drive
always check for all drivers use your manufactures hardwares website as windows doesn't always get the best drivers for your pc and its possible that this is a game specific issue as that does happen from time to time even AAA games have them a great example is the Witcher 3 with amd graphics cards causing full system crashes do to the hair physics not being setup for amd devices and it could be something in the game configs causing a system crash so if your not sure wait till a game update to be safe as constant system crashes can cause real issues

[Underprivileged White Male]

Don't screw up your builds air flow. And buy proper coolers.
That is all.

[Myrn]

Poorly optimized game I would say. I only have a on boards grafics card and 16 GB ram - however my game runs on 60fps medium settings. Well, things are to be expected for early access.

[Injurious]

It comes down to cooling most of the time

I have a 4090 / i9-13900k and with my cooling setup I've never had ANY game bring either past 56-57c even with my gpu being at 90% in pal it doesn't make it past 51-52c

[Bruno]

Originally posted by Sin:

It comes down to cooling most of the time

I have a 4090 / i9-13900k and with my cooling setup I've never had ANY game bring either past 56-57c even with my gpu being at 90% in pal it doesn't make it past 51-52c

You most use some sort of special and expensive water cooling on your GPU to stay in that temperature range. Even with my cheap 4070 Ti I get close to 70c, and I have normal cooling and a dust free case.

[Dragon222]

7800X3D
6900XT
4K Ultra.

60fps when i set shadows to mid

[WESTG4M3R4L1F3]

Originally posted by Bruno:

Originally posted by Sin:

It comes down to cooling most of the time

I have a 4090 / i9-13900k and with my cooling setup I've never had ANY game bring either past 56-57c even with my gpu being at 90% in pal it doesn't make it past 51-52c

You most use some sort of special and expensive water cooling on your GPU to stay in that temperature range. Even with my cheap 4070 Ti I get close to 70c, and I have normal cooling and a dust free case.

got same temp as the other guy said and yes my system is watercooled. poeples who dont have custom loop watercooling cpu/gpu should put frame cap in game settings that will lower gpu temp .

[DarkFenix]

I spotted another thread with a whole bunch of RX 5700 users reporting much the same, and that it's not an issue unique to this game. It's apparently a bit of a problem gpu. Between that and the game being quite unoptimised, it seems to be resulting in these issues.

Best you can do is to report the hell out of the problem, since it's very much on the severe end so should be high priority for the devs. They seem to have made the game more with Nvidia in mind (DLSS present, FSR not) initally.