This seems like something that built-in hardware failsafes would address, and GPUs should be capable of withstanding more than 100% usage. To further complicate matters, EVGA has already stepped up and claimed responsibility for poor soldering workmanship on a small batch of early-production RTX 3090s. At the same time, tech YouTuber JayzTwoCents tested his own EVGA RTX 3090 and was unable to find anything unusual about the game.
We find ourselves in a new pickle
We can’t say with certainty whether the problem is with New World itself or if the game simply exposed manufacturing flaws in AIB model RTX 30 Series graphics cards. It will be interesting to see if any Founder’s Edition models suffer failures, since Nvidia typically overdesigns those to be stout, whereas AIBs deviate from the reference models with modified designs. Whatever the case may be, it’s important to wait for the facts to emerge. If you want to play it safe for now, you might just hold off on playing New World until more is made clear.
