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So, how do you take the precaution to avoid any of these things from happening? This seems to be the same kind of freezing that is happening in game as well. Usually, when you overclock a card, the programme that you run will freeze if the GPU can’t handle the stated overclocks. The way New World requests for power can also be the reason why the game also freezes while you’re playing it. Not that a game blowing up your graphics card should be acceptable, though. There are a lot more people that are running the game successfully without a hitch, and this whole GPU thing is blown out of proportion.
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Many have argued that this should be no cause for concern as long as the GPU is well-made, and I personally agree. The power draw and spikes are relentless in this game. Jayztwocents also recently released a video highlighting the power draw of the game itself, and lo and behold, it supports my observation on the behaviour of New World. There was a Zotac card that caught fire as well while running the game that can be seen in a video made by Jayztwocents (5.50 minute mark). However, through some internet scouring, the failures are not limited to these two brands only. EVGA has come out to say that there was a soldering defect on a batch of their cards that died while playing the game, while for Gigabyte’s case, it is not surprising that their components may have not been of the highest quality, especially after the whole debacle with their exploding power supplies. This is also why there are more affected units in Gigabyte’s and EVGA’s camp of graphics cards. If the game decides to request for 450w, it will obviously trip something in the GPU, and if the components are not robust enough, it will damage them. GPUs like this may also have components that can only handle that much of power draw. An RTX 3090 commands a base power draw of 350w, and if the card only has two 8-pin connectors, it is already approaching its maximum power draw of 375w. This is also, more often than not, the reason why Nvidia cards are the more widespread victims of failing. What if I had a card that only had two 8-pin power connectors, which essentially only allows a maximum power draw of 375w? I’m lucky enough to have a strong GPU that can handle these spikes, but what if I had something more "inferior"? I know my GPU is able to hit those power draw numbers without much problem, but for it to spike way past my power limit is something that Amazon Game Studios need to look at ASAP. This is extremely concerning because of the way the game requires the GPU to function. When this happens, I also have random freezes in-game and I have to restart to get it running again. New World has made my GPU power draw spike to around 480-500w. The power limit would always stabilise the card’s power draw down to around 380w if some applications decide to spike the usage of the GPU. However, the card is hard limited by the chip’s power limit, which is set at a maximum of 381w power draw.ĭuring my time with the card, I have never seen it spike anywhere beyond the 400w mark, no matter what game or benchmarks I ran, due to the power limit the card has. Each 8-pin power connector is rated to draw up to 150w of power, so in theory, the card could draw a good 450w of power through its cables, and an additional 75 watts through the card’s PCIe connector, essentially being able to draw 525w of power from the power supply.Īsus’s Strix cards have always been robust, and the components for the card are well equipped to draw that much of power. I own a Asus ROG Strix AMD Radeon 6900 XT, which comes with three 8-pin power connectors. Amazon have claimed that they’ve "fixed" this issue during the beta, but there are still reports of GPUs dying (and even literally smoking up) in the official release.ĭuring my own observation (yes, I monitor EVERYTHING that goes on in my computer because it’s my baby), I noticed something very peculiar about New World’s power draw and why it may be causing GPUs to die. During the beta, there were reports of New World bricking and frying computer graphics cards.