Amazon bricked high-end graphics cards
 

Beta for MMO New World

Amazon bricked high-end graphics cards with a beta for its MMO, New World, according to players.

According to users on Twitter and Reddit, New World has been frying extremely high-end graphics cards, especially Nvidia's RTX 3090.

One model of the RTX 3090 is being consistently fried by New World. On Reddit, a lengthy thread of over 600 posts includes multiple users claiming that their EVGA 3090 graphics cards are now little more than expensive paperweights after playing the New World beta.

The "red light of death," an indicator that something is disastrously wrong with your EVGA 3090, doesn't pop up consistently for players though. Some report their screen going black after a cutscene in the game while others have said that simply using the brightness calibration screen was enough to brick their card.

Amazon Games says a patch is on the way to prevent further issues. "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", said Amazon Games in an official statement.

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