D2R makes my GPU run at 100% and over 80c degrees

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FIX That worked for me

  1. Go to your D2R in-game settings;
  2. Turn on Vertical Sync;
  3. Set Framerate Cap to 60;
  4. Apply/Save settings > restart the game;
  5. Start playing the game again > Test; Use performance monitoring utility like the NVidia performance overlay

If GPU utilization and temperature still high proceed to next steps; (For NVidia users)

  1. Exit / Close ‘Diablo 2 Resurrected’ Application > Open Nvidia Control Panel application > select ‘Manage 3D settings’ from left side
  2. Click ‘Program Settings’ tab
  3. Add Diablo 2 Resurrected from the list of programs under ‘Select a program to customize:’

Note: If you do not see Diablo 2 on the list, then you need to add the .exe file manually. Which in this case is *d2r.exe

  1. Once added, alter the following settings below;
  2. 'CUDA – GPUs‘ setting, select your dedicated GPU (Ex. RTX 3070) instead of ‘Use global setting (All)’ by default;
  3. ‘Max Frame Rate‘ setting > turn On > set limit to 60 fps
  4. ‘OpenGL rendering GPU’ setting > select your dedicated GPU (Ex. RTX 3070, GTX 1050ti et cetera) instead of ‘Use global settings (All)’;
  5. Click ‘Apply’ at the bottom of the Manage 3D Settings window
  6. Test with with performance monitoring utility;

This personally helped me take my Utilization from 90%, 75 C temps down to 30% utilization and 59 C degree temps. I hope it helps.

  • All of my other in game settings have stayed maxed out.
  • Ryzen 5 5600X
  • RTX 3070
  • 48GB RAM
  • 1080p
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