[Update – July 23 @ 12:32 PM ET]: EVGA has responded to the concerns of the player base, and says it will cover all graphics cards impacted. After releasing an update to the game to reduce GPU load by capping framerate, a spokesperson for the company told PC Gamer, “Yes, all failed 3090’s are being replaced.”
The original story, published July 21, is as follows.
The reports started coming in via Reddit and other social media posts, with a pattern quickly emerging. EVGA cards appear to have the most problems. One popular streamer, Gladd, even came out to say that playing the game “fried” his graphics card.
How are companies responding to New World players?
If you don’t know what bricking is in regards to a GPU, here’s the gist of it. Bricking is when the BIOS of a GPU has an error during a flash or update or even heavy usage and temperatures. This leads to the card not being able to be restored back to its original state, basically leaving the user with an expensive paperweight or brick.
ATTENTION:
Playing the New World beta on my EVGA 3090 has fried my graphics card completely. There are many accounts of this same thing happening with the same card with the same game.@TEAMEVGA @playnewworld @EVGA_JacobF
I just want to make sure this doesn’t happen to others
— Gladd (@Gladd) July 21, 2021
“This will help prevent issues with the GPU’s utilization,” the rep stated.
PC Invasion did reach out to both Nvidia and EVGA for a response on the bricking concerns. As of writing, however, no response has been received from either party.
