Will it fry my system?

[Gougourougou]

Well, as the title says.

This is my rig:

Motherboard: msi mpg z490 gaming plus (ms-7c75)

CPU: Intel Core-7 10700

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

RAM: 32 GB DDR4, channel # Dual

NVMe disk (better than SSD)

As you can see, my system exceeds the recommended specs (check the game's Steam page).
Well, when I DID try to launch the game, I checked the system options, and I saw that the settings were set to ULTRA. I said to myself: " Yeah, my system does not exceed the system requirements that much, I 'll have some crashes). Boooy was I right. Or wrong. After 3 to 5 minutes, the screen froze and my PC was restarted after 3 to 5 minutes. Not by me, but by the game. I hadn 't managed to pass even the character creation phase. So, I set the settings to High. This time it DID restart my computer again after 7 or 10 minutes, and after 3 or 4 tries, I managed to get past the character creation phase. Saved, then it restarted again. I set the settings at medium. It restarted after 15 to 20 minutes. And, finally, I set them to Low. You saw my rig and the game's specs, I shouldn't be forced to play it at so low quality settings, yet I did (for some reason I prefer seeing the game at these graphics settings, rather than the ultra ones, this happens with other games too). Now it crashes after 45 to 50 minutes. I 've advanced the game a bit and although it 's meh, I do appreciate the relatively to other games straight forward dialogues. But it keeps restaring my computer every 45 to 50 minutes, I 've seen that many people have this problem on Steam, and I also saw a Steam user saying tha the game burnt his GPU. So, what I want to know, is there some serious chance that the game is going to fry any of my PC pieces? Because of the restarts? My PC Tower's plastic glass is hot when the game runs, but this happens with almost ANY other modern game I have, and NONE of them restarts my PC, and I don 't want my pricey PC to be burnt for a meh game.

No offense meant, but I 'm not looking for educated guesses, I 'm only looking for answers from people who are quite computer savvy and insights from professionals. Was I wrong to buy this game? is there some serious chance it wil fry my computer?

EDIT: I just noticed that my system exceeds just the MINIMUM requirements, not the RECOMMENDED ones, sorry.

EDIT 2: A user who answered my post said that the game shades are compiled just the FIRST time the game is launched and that that is VERY HIGHLY CPU resource consuming, but for me, the game verifies the shades EVERY time it is launched, it 's just that at the FIRST time it was launched it took a lot of time, but now it takes only a few seconds EVERY time the game is launched. Again, my CPU is Intel Core i-7 10700. Could it be my CPU (for some reason that person' s comment was deleted...)?

[Gougourougou]

Bump.

[Francois]

I can't answer all your questions, but from the Steam store page, it does look like your specs are above the *recommended* specs.

Usually when the PC restarts, it is a GPU driver issue. I don't have experience with modern AMD GPUs, but if your drivers are up to date, then there may be some instability (or bug) in the driver. It appears also to depend on the system build, because I've seen people reporting issues with similar specs as my PC, but it runs smoothly on my DELL laptop with nVidia RTX 4060.

On modern systems, the PC restarts don't generally cause any damage, but it might affect data integrity on your storage devices in rare cases. However, for historical reasons, I would recommend avoiding it as much as possible. It's better if only the game itself crashes without any PC restart.

I find it hard to believe that a game would burn someone's GPU without more information. Did that person overclock the GPU? Was the temperature monitored? Were there any problems with the GPU cooling system? There are many factors to consider.

About the shaders recompiling: are you sure it says "compiling" on every subsequent launch, or is it perhaps "verifying"? The latter is normal and takes just a few seconds.

EA has a forum for technical problems where you can try to find help with the restart issue:
https://forums.ea.com/category/dragon-age-en/discussions/dragon-age-the-veilguard-tech-issues-en

[Gougourougou]

Yes, the shades are " verified " every time the game is launched and it only takes a few seconds, they 're not compiled, so, that 's normal. For some reason, the forum doesn't let me quote your answer.

[Johnny Hazard]

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
This is your culprit.
The GPU is having a cooling problem.
Hint: Use a performance check software like open-hardware monitor, and check temperatures, CPU power/GPU power and fan speed.
Then test it with a benchmark program.

Also, update your graphics drivers.

Also, it may be something else - it may be due to Steam overlay, or Steam connection. Try the game after deactivating all steam stuff.

[Gougourougou]

引用自 Johnny Hazard：

Also, update your graphics drivers.

I COMPULSIVELY check ALL OF MY PIECES DRIVERS before any game installation, also checked for GPU drivers yesterday, and I 'm up to date.
Also, I don 't think it 's my GPU, since this is THE ONLY game this happens to, and I 've heard many people have crash and " computer restarting " problems.

[DaisyRay]

引用自 Gougourougou：

Well, as the title says.

Not sure if this will fry yours, but it did mine. Though to be honest, I had a budget PC. I didn't know mine was so old either because I don't know a lot about Pcs. I just bought it for Sims and among us.

I had a 4th generation i7, 32 gig, 1tb, windows 10, and 1660 super GPU. I don't know if it was the old computer or the low graphic card, but my PC is fried and I can't use it anymore. It started by restarting with just that game, then any game I played, now just turning it on makes it restart and the fan goes wild.

I bought a new one to use for my minimum gaming, but I'm going to buy a new PSU to see if that fixes my old PC. Even though it was old, I was able to play all my other games that I liked. I don't really play new games because it's not my type of games, this was the first aaa game I played in a while.

I have the game on my GeForce now, but I don't know if I'll ever replay it even there. I still like the game though.

[Pollencakes]

You should be fine but I wonder about your temps. This game runs my system to it's max and I have a stronger system than you but I run AMD CPU and NVIDIA card. This game is VERY CPU heavy I find, I literally upgraded my CPU to play this game. lmao

[Gougourougou]

As a previous commenter said, it could be my CPU working full time or my GPU working full time. So, as he suggested, I tried and changed the Windows Power plan to " Power saver mode (it was set to " balanced ") and I played sfor two and a half hours straight with no crash or restart. The path to changing Power plan on Windows 11 Pro 64 - bit is: Control Panel>System and Security>Power Plan options (Or whatever it 's called on english Windows)>Power saving mode (again, I don 't what it 's written as in english). The default option was, for me, " balanced ". I changed it into what I told you. This option uses FAR LESS resources of the system, it is significantly slower in EVERYTHING I noticed (opening programs, even Steam) but after you finish the game session, you can change the power plan option to whatever suits you. I 'm not happy, but I don 't want to ruin my system.

[Omen3608]

引用自 Gougourougou：

Well, as the title says.

This is my rig:

Motherboard: msi mpg z490 gaming plus (ms-7c75)

CPU: Intel Core-7 10700

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

RAM: 32 GB DDR4, channel # Dual

NVMe disk (better than SSD)

...

I have a similar rig and it ran in 4K, high settings with FSR (Quality) without any problems - no ray-tracing in that resolution of course.

[Khergit Horse Archer]

引用自 Gougourougou：

As a previous commenter said, it could be my CPU working full time or my GPU working full time. So, as he suggested, I tried and changed the Windows Power plan to " Power saver mode (it was set to " balanced ") and I played sfor two and a half hours straight with no crash or restart. The path to changing Power plan on Windows 11 Pro 64 - bit is: Control Panel>System and Security>Power Plan options (Or whatever it 's called on english Windows)>Power saving mode (again, I don 't what it 's written as in english). The default option was, for me, " balanced ". I changed it into what I told you. This option uses FAR LESS resources of the system, it is significantly slower in EVERYTHING I noticed (opening programs, even Steam) but after you finish the game session, you can change the power plan option to whatever suits you. I 'm not happy, but I don 't want to ruin my system.

make a custom plan based on the balanced power plan and adjust the processor speed to 99%, it should stop the turbo boosting behavior which basically soft overclocks the cpu at the expense of much higher power draw and thermals. at 99%, it will not turbo boost but it should not hamper the performance that much compared to power saver mode.

you are probably using the stock cpu cooler or a badly mounted mounted cooler or just a bad cooler. you can try remounting it if it's not a stock cooler and seems adequate for the job, because that cpu can draw up to 200w of power and the stock cooler is maybe good for 100w.

[Gougourougou]

引用自 Khergit Horse Archer：

引用自 Gougourougou：

you are probably using the stock cpu cooler

Yes, I do.

[Viscera]

To start with: Your computers specs are much better than mine

Weirdly I had significantly less issues when I had switched the game from Fullscreen to Boarderless Window and set DLSS to balanced and allowed dynamic resolution to drop by a larger portion (60%)


I only mention this because all the little bits of fidgeting about with my computers general settings, drivers, power plans, task manager priorities and fan speeds didn't do anything

Why is this? Likely an error in the coding prioritising visual effects and they're still yet to fix it, people have been very vocal about both CPU and GPU issues with no apparent fault on their hardware compared to other recent releases

[Gougourougou]

引用自 Viscera：

To start with: Your computers specs are much better than mine

Weirdly I had significantly less issues when I had switched the game from Fullscreen to Boarderless Window and set DLSS to balanced and allowed dynamic resolution to drop by a larger portion (60%)


I only mention this because all the little bits of fidgeting about with my computers general settings, drivers, power plans, task manager priorities and fan speeds didn't do anything

Why is this? Likely an error in the coding prioritising visual effects and they're still yet to fix it, people have been very vocal about both CPU and GPU issues with no apparent fault on their hardware compared to other recent releases

Yes, Bioware is immoral.

[Viscera]

引用自 Gougourougou：

Yes, Bioware is immoral.

You'd think this would have been a priority but I've not seen them mention it at all

[Gougourougou]

引用自 Viscera：

引用自 Gougourougou：

Yes, Bioware is immoral.

You'd think this would have been a priority but I've not seen them mention it at all :InspectingHabitat:

Again. Immoral.