Some New World players are having their Nvidia RTX 3090 GPUs bricked by a major issue with the game. Here’s how to avoid ruining your $1,500 video card.
Software and games damaging hardware is rare these days with all the safeties in place. However, some playing the New World closed beta with an RTX 3090 are having their cards bricked. Nvidia’s high-end GPU has an MSRP of around $1,500, but with supply issues, these GPUs are going for almost twice that on the secondary market. This means just the act of playing New World’s Closed Beta is costing some gamers thousands of dollars. Here’s the best way to avoid New World bricking an RTX 3090: DON’T PLAY IT.
