Update: In a statement sent to PC Gamer today, Amazon says that it has observed

Amazon's New World MMO is reportedly killing $1,500 Nvidia GPUs

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2021-07-23 19:30:05

Update: In a statement sent to PC Gamer today, Amazon says that it has observed "no indication of widespread issues" with RTX 3090s, despite "a few" reports of players who say they've experienced hardware failures. Although the game is already safe to play, says Amazon, it will release a patch that caps fps on the menu screen to "reassure" players. Here's the full statement:

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.

New World makes standard DirectX calls as provided by the Windows API. We have seen no indication of widespread issues with 3090s, either in the beta or during our many months of alpha testing.

The New World Closed Beta is safe to play. In order to further reassure players, we will implement a patch today that caps frames per second on our menu screen. We’re grateful for the support New World is receiving from players around the world, and will keep listening to their feedback throughout Beta and beyond.