(Fixed) Software issues caused by the game or possibly its anti cheat software

[Dishwasher Prime]

as the title said, i played the game for 41 hours no issues when after restarting my computer many off things tarted occurring

essentially, after playing Helldivers 2 for a fair amount of hours, closing my computer, and a few hours later reopening my computer, i was met with a plethora of technical issues that weren't happening prior to my installing and playing Helldivers 2

this includes my Windows taskbar being noticeably darker

Helldivers 2 itself no longer running as it now only shows a black screen

i can no longer run OpenGL games, For example carrier command 2 gives me an error saying my drivers do no support OpenGL, they most certainly do

my GPU Core Clock and Memory clock now showing as 0.0 MHz

my GPU temperature not being detected, which while we are on the subject, while playing Helldivers 2 it never went about 57 celsius

any games i can still run like "like for example Half life 2" now lag to the extreme

when i boot up Windows, the "Welcome" Screen rapidly decreases in brightness to a lower shade of blue, this happens every time i boot my computer

[pseudo]

Originally posted by Hypernova:

many off things tarted occurring

I think you should probably expand on this.

[Inardesco]

Originally posted by Hypernova:

as the title said, i played the game for 41 hours no issues when after restarting my computer many off things tarted occurring

A game can't damage your GPU.

What can damage your GPU:
* Overclocking without sufficient cooling
* Not cleaning your fans
* Not having the right airflow

Basically, user problems.

[Little Critter]

Download DDU, completely uninstall your graphics driver, and then just reinstall it.

[Bill Waggoner]

Originally posted by Hypernova:

as the title said, i played the game for 41 hours no issues when after restarting my computer many off things tarted occurring

We can't help you unless you tell us what is going on, but as EdibleChiuhauha suggested, DDU and reinstall. Always a good idea.

There was a case where New World would nuke graphics cards because it didn't have a framerate cap, and since then I've capped my RTX at 144. Helldivers 2 does not have that issue though.

Edit: Article in question: https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/324961-the-amazon-mmo-new-worlds-beta-is-frying-rtx-3090-gpus

[Cuna]

Originally posted by Hypernova:

as the title said, i played the game for 41 hours no issues when after restarting my computer many off things tarted occurring

Dude calm down.
Disconnect all monitors until you only have the main one.
restart pc and gg

[Dishwasher Prime]

ok my apologies my internet died before i could explain anything of what happened

[Dishwasher Prime]

essentially, after playing Helldivers 2 for a fair amount of hours, closing my computer, and a few hours later reopening my computer, i was met with a plethora of technical issues that weren't happening prior to my installing and playing Helldivers 2

this includes my Windows taskbar being noticeably darker

Helldivers 2 itself no longer running as it now only shows a black screen

i can no longer run OpenGL games, For example carrier command 2 gives me an error saying my drivers do no support OpenGL, they most certainly do

my GPU Core Clock and Memory clock now showing as 0.0 MHz

my GPU temperature not being detected, which while we are on the subject, while playing Helldivers 2 it never went about 57 celsius

any games i can still run like "like for example Half life 2" now lag to the extreme

when i boot up Windows, the "Welcome" Screen rapidly decreases in brightness to a lower shade of blue, this happens every time i boot my computer

[ZiggyDeath]

Originally posted by Bill Waggoner™:

There was a case where New World would nuke graphics cards because it didn't have a framerate cap, and since then I've capped my RTX at 144. Helldivers 2 does not have that issue though.

Edit: Article in question: https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/324961-the-amazon-mmo-new-worlds-beta-is-frying-rtx-3090-gpus

I have to point out that this is absolutely nothing new.

The 3090s that fried themselves were also relegated mostly to a few vendors, indicating it wasn't a 3090 wide problem, but with very specific implementations.

When Starcraft 2 was launched, a whole bunch of laptop GPUs also decided to unGPU themselves.

The problem with this is that this is in essence a GPU problem and not a software one. There are limits and protections built into the firmware and drivers. The software in question is not circumventing said protections, it's that the protections in place are not sufficient.

[Aphelium]

Originally posted by Hypernova:

essentially, after playing Helldivers 2 for a fair amount of hours, closing my computer, and a few hours later reopening my computer, i was met with a plethora of technical issues that weren't happening prior to my installing and playing Helldivers 2

this includes my Windows taskbar being noticeably darker

Helldivers 2 itself no longer running as it now only shows a black screen

i can no longer run OpenGL games, For example carrier command 2 gives me an error saying my drivers do no support OpenGL, they most certainly do

my GPU Core Clock and Memory clock now showing as 0.0 MHz

my GPU temperature not being detected, which while we are on the subject, while playing Helldivers 2 it never went about 57 celsius

any games i can still run like "like for example Half life 2" now lag to the extreme

when i boot up Windows, the "Welcome" Screen rapidly decreases in brightness to a lower shade of blue, this happens every time i boot my computer

This screams hardware issue like there's no tomorrow

[CEPHY]

That sounds more like a general hardware failure to me.

[Inardesco]

Originally posted by Hypernova:

essentially, after playing Helldivers 2 for a fair amount of hours, closing my computer, and a few hours later reopening my computer, i was met with a plethora of technical issues that weren't happening prior to my installing and playing Helldivers 2

this includes my Windows taskbar being noticeably darker

Helldivers 2 itself no longer running as it now only shows a black screen

i can no longer run OpenGL games, For example carrier command 2 gives me an error saying my drivers do no support OpenGL, they most certainly do

my GPU Core Clock and Memory clock now showing as 0.0 MHz

my GPU temperature not being detected, which while we are on the subject, while playing Helldivers 2 it never went about 57 celsius

any games i can still run like "like for example Half life 2" now lag to the extreme

when i boot up Windows, the "Welcome" Screen rapidly decreases in brightness to a lower shade of blue, this happens every time i boot my computer

Basically, your card is not being detected by the motherboard and the pc is using the basic GPU that comes with a cpu.

You can do a full driver reinstall and see if that fixes it, but more than likely you'll have to take out the GPU, clean it and hope for the best it still works.

If you've got a spare GPU lying around, put that one in and see if the pc detects and uses it for your games. If it does, atleast you know the motherboard and the PCI-E aren't damaged.

[Dishwasher Prime]

ok so, to those curious, i fixed the issue, the game somehow corrupted my drivers, so i had to completely scrub them off my computer and reinstall them, all of my issues are now gone,

i wonder how in the hell that could have happened

i'm planning on reinstalling the game and trying it again to see if this was some sort of super freak incident or if the game is actually, for lack of a better word, dangerous to play

also i will edit the title to let everyone know i fixed the issue

[Dishwasher Prime]

Originally posted by Aphelium:

Originally posted by Hypernova:

essentially, after playing Helldivers 2 for a fair amount of hours, closing my computer, and a few hours later reopening my computer, i was met with a plethora of technical issues that weren't happening prior to my installing and playing Helldivers 2

this includes my Windows taskbar being noticeably darker

Helldivers 2 itself no longer running as it now only shows a black screen

i can no longer run OpenGL games, For example carrier command 2 gives me an error saying my drivers do no support OpenGL, they most certainly do

my GPU Core Clock and Memory clock now showing as 0.0 MHz

my GPU temperature not being detected, which while we are on the subject, while playing Helldivers 2 it never went about 57 celsius

any games i can still run like "like for example Half life 2" now lag to the extreme

when i boot up Windows, the "Welcome" Screen rapidly decreases in brightness to a lower shade of blue, this happens every time i boot my computer

This screams hardware issue like there's no tomorrow

Thankfully, it wasn't LOL

[Bryan Fury]

Originally posted by Hypernova:

ok so, to those curious, i fixed the issue, the game somehow corrupted my drivers, so i had to completely scrub them off my computer and reinstall them, all of my issues are now gone,

i wonder how in the hell that could have happened

i'm planning on reinstalling the game and trying it again to see if this was some sort of super freak incident or if the game is actually, for lack of a better word, dangerous to play

also i will edit the title to let everyone know i fixed the issue

A game doesn't corrupt drivers. They were already faulty, the "demanding" resources game just enlightened the issue that was already present.

[Chari]

A Game cant really fry hardware - at least if the hardware itself is not fauly (thinking about the 3090s scandal back when New World released for example...)
All I can say is: Limit your FPS. Activate Gsync/Vsync and help your GPU ;) Most ppl just let their GPU max out 100% to get 200fps, but only have a 60hz display in front of them xD.

For some actual "help":
Try reinstalling drivers,
Try to re-install the actual GPU in your PC - or test it in another system if its really faulty.

At the very least.. stop spread such BS like "game damaged my gpu".... dont expect any real help if that title is what you are going with.