GPU died during PoE2 session

[Chickensoap]

So it seems my 2080 Ti journey has come to an end.
PoE2, for some reason, is like a stress test for GPUs.

I limited my FPS to 60 max since the unexpected fan noise, yet it managed to murder the GPU in a few weeks.

My 2080 Ti survived nearly 8000 hours of GTA V stress, and it only got loud there if I had grass detail maxed out. PoE2 already heats the house at the main menu.

The timing is very unfortunate since I was planning on updating my build with the upcoming RTX 50XX and X3D. Now I have to buy some in-between card until the next gen. :)

This isn’t supposed to be a hate post. I’ll keep playing PoE2 later today when I get my new GPU. I’m just curious, is this a widespread issue or just bad luck?

[Fredspekvet]

If that's really what happened, the gpu was defective (or at least unhealthy) to begin with. A game simply cannot hurt (properly working) hardware.

Stuff dies. it would have died in some other game.

[Fluffy Newfoundland]

RIP. Always a sad day when a GPU die. Also ain't the 50XX series supposed to come out early 25 ? Might just wait 2-3 month

[Karumati]

one of the reason not to sell old gpu when upgrading, i still keep radeon vii in case my current gpu dies

[Caldrin]

The game did not kill your GPU.. it was just its time..

[Lieutenant Dan]

yep, poe2 killed your card, not the 8000 hours of GTA.

[Captain Worthy]

You might have had a dead fan already before starting to play this game, and then your GPU simply cooked itself.

I play this at 4k capped to 60 at the highest settings and NIS set to no scaling, and GPU & CPU temps are very normal except when loading a hub as those premium cosmetic items have so many light sources and particle effects.

[NapiCat - LEJIUNEA]

Happened to me too. The thing is ...the game did not kill the GPU. But poor optimization of the game lead to killing the gpu because of the resources needed.
I had a 1080ti.
Playing the game on another pc with a 2070 TI and paying attention to details i can see the game flashing or flickering in certain places or demanding extreme ammounts of resources for no reason. So yeah...sadly the game is really taking a toll on most GPUs but if it is a new gpu it should last for a while untill it fries it.

[s T i L L]

Originally posted by NapiCat - LEJIUNEA:

Happened to me too. The thing is ...the game did not kill the GPU. But poor optimization of the game lead to killing the gpu because of the resources needed.
I had a 1080ti.
Playing the game on another pc with a 2070 TI and paying attention to details i can see the game flashing or flickering in certain places or demanding extreme ammounts of resources for no reason. So yeah...sadly the game is really taking a toll on most GPUs but if it is a new gpu it should last for a while untill it fries it.

a GPU is supposed to work on 100%. if it dies from overheat thats not a game fault.

[PaperLiger]

3060 runs fine with it

[Machin Shin]

i guess to much heat over months/years so i guess no good cooling in your system

[SeiKz]

poe 2 tried to kill my notebook and almost did it, i was getting 90ºC ingame with fsr at lowest setting, but he survived and back way better, because i had to undervolt/change settings/drivers/new windows, now he is new again with 70ºC at max with native settings without fsr, thanks poe

[DM]

PoE2 didn't murder your GPU, your GPU died on its own, you just happened to be playing PoE2 at the time.

[DM]

Originally posted by NapiCat - LEJIUNEA:

Happened to me too. The thing is ...the game did not kill the GPU. But poor optimization of the game lead to killing the gpu because of the resources needed.
I had a 1080ti.
Playing the game on another pc with a 2070 TI and paying attention to details i can see the game flashing or flickering in certain places or demanding extreme ammounts of resources for no reason. So yeah...sadly the game is really taking a toll on most GPUs but if it is a new gpu it should last for a while untill it fries it.

You need to learn how hardware actually works. Poorly optimised games don't kill hardware, they just run badly. This has always been the case.

[Haziza]

8000 hours in GTA dude, for real?

[Deyvson]

The same happened to my GTX1070, quite a coincidence, to be honest. But as I have been playing indie games for many years by now, my graphic card hasn't be stressed in a long time.