EVGA will replace RTX 3090s bricked by Amazon New World
A New World means a new graphics card.
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If you haven’t kept up on recent events in the world of thebest graphics cards, here’s the scoop: People started playing Amazon’s New World beta. For certain customers, this resulted in a flat-out dead GPU. Now EVGA, whose graphics cards were at the center of the whole fiasco, says it’s going all-in on replacing the broken units.
In a statement toPC Gamer, an EVGA spokesperson said, “yes, all failed 3090’s are being replaced.” But EVGA may be going even further than that if an insider scoop fromJayzTwoCentsis accurate. According to his sources, the company is sending the replacement cards out right away, not even waiting for the dead units to be sent in first.
That still leaves dead EVGA RTX 3090 owners in limbo for a little while, but for far less time than they’d otherwise have to endure if a traditional defective part replacement process was required.
For a more in-depth look at what exactly happened with New World, here’s the gist of it: Thegame’s menus didn’t have FPS capsbuilt in, meaning high-end graphics cards would churn out insane frame rates then burn out. While many people chalked up the issue to defective EVGA cards, there were afew reportsfrom owners of other graphics cards citing issues.
JayzTwoCents seems tohave heard frommany other GPU owners as well:
I’ve now had the following GPU owners express they have had shut downs and failures with New World…RX59068006800XT6900XT3080Ti3090So once again, the issue definitely is with SOMETHING in the way the game New World is rendering. This ISNT a 3090’exclusive issue! PERIOD!!I’ve now had the following GPU owners express they have had shut downs and failures with New World…RX59068006800XT6900XT3080Ti3090So once again, the issue definitely is with SOMETHING in the way the game New World is rendering. This ISNT a 3090’exclusive issue! PERIOD!!— JayzTwoCents (@JayzTwoCents)July 22, 2021July 22, 2021
Whatever the case may be, at least EVGA owners will receive something in exchange for their dead GPUs. And do note that Amazon released a patch for the uncapped FPS issue as well.
New World, new GPU
As long as you’re not afraid of frying your graphics card to a crisp (or as long as you trust Amazon’s patch and EVGA’s replacement assurances), consider checking out New World. It’s an MMORPG by Amazon.
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