New World is reportedly overheating and killing RTX 3090 graphics cards - Rock Paper Shotgun

The big closed beta for Amazon's MMO New World just kicked off yesterday and things initially appeared to be going smoother than I'd expected.

Players across several different forums are reporting overheating that's led to GPU failure.

Over on on the New World subreddit, the EVGA forums, and New World's forums players are reporting issues with overheating GPUs.

Specifially, many players using EVGA's RTX 3090 are reporting non-operational cards after playing in New World's beta.

Although appearing less prone to unit failure so far, there are players with other vendors and models also reporting high temperatures on their GPUs.

Until there's a definitive explanation and clearer solution, it would seem best for any 3090 card owners out there to play it safe and not sail off to New World just yet

"Hundreds of thousands of people played in the New World Closed Beta yesterday, with millions of total hours played

We’ve received a few reports of players using high-performance graphics cards experiencing hardware failure when playing New World

"The New World Closed Beta is safe to play

We’re grateful for the support New World is receiving from players around the world, and will keep listening to their feedback throughout Beta and beyond."