worked for me, thanks
/edit: nvm started happening again after a while
I’ve tried disabling the NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency settings but it has made no difference for me, still having the same issue mentioned here.
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Same for me as well, 100% GPU and full fan speed in Vendor menu
RTX 3080, 13700K
I’ve been able to mitigate it somewhat by using DLSS (i choose quality) but it still ramps up, just not to catastrophic levels.
This problem was raised in the Beta and they need to address it as a priority and warn people.
Edit: The Reflex Low Latency setting mentioned above seems to do a similar thing: i think those two are simply lowering the overall load which is then sparing the system a bit during the vendor/character screens but it doesn’t actually fix the issue that come launch day is going to destroy a lot of hardware.
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I don’t have access to DLSS on my card as I have a 1660 Super but tweaking the FidelityFX made no difference.
i’ve tested tweaking graphical settings to see if I can get the GPU load to under 100 during the vendor menu and the only thing that I managed do it was by reducing texture quality to low, anisotropic to 0, shadow quality to low and disabling the dynamic and soft shadows and yet this only got me down to 98% GPU load during vendor menu.
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I have the same problem, I have written several posts but no one seems to care about it
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Why would it kill your card? GPUs are designed to be able to be ran at 100% usage. Would be quite useless if you couldn’t actually use your GPU.
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For me for example in normal gameplay the GPU during intense battles it’s running stable at my preferred locked 70 FPS with 70ish % usage and stable temps of around 75C, however when using the vendor the FPS drops to 60 or sub 60 FPS, the usage jumps to 100% and the temps go up to 90ish in less than a minute.
The power draw of the GPU also jumps whilst this is happening but can’t give you an exact value as haven’t tracked that fully.
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You should hear the fans…
Sorry but, do you think it is normal that during the most intense fights with the fps locked at 165 the gpu utilization is at 50/60% and instead when you are immobile talking to a vendor the utilization is at 100% while capping the fps at 60? Obviously gpu’s are made to work at maximum but there is clearly something wrong here, and this problem has been reported by many people all with cards from different models and manufacturers
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That’s like saying your car is designed to run at redline. Just because it can, doesn’t mean doing so for long periods of time isn’t going to cause accelerated decline in the components.
Just a stupid rationale.
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Same here, running AMD 6800XT and 5800X3D.
Running on 1440p ultra settings, locked at 100fps.
Game runs smoots for the most part, but while looking at static vendor or stash screens the GPU and CPU utilization skyrocket.
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I just created a thread about this exact thing too. I included my specs and game settings to help them isolate variables.
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same here. insane. had the Blacksmith UI open and went away a couple of minutes. when back on my PC my GPU was at 100% over 75 °C.
capped my game at 90fps and 60fps in background
imo the game is not optimized good. seems they released to early. a lot of stuff missing or technical issues.
and its reproducible. Open MSI Afterburner or NVIDIA overlay. open UI + 20% CPU.
then go to the blacksmith instant 100%
Edit : When i disable the Nvidia Low Latency the GP also goes up.
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I’ve been experiencing a similar issue, but with my CPU.
I have a Ryzen 9 5900x that typically sits around 65c max during gaming under a NH-D15. Have had zero issues with my set-up’s thermals in the past, until D4.
Every few minutes (anywhere between 1 minute to 5) it’ll randomly spike to almost 80c for just a second or two before going back down to my usual temps. This happens regardless if I’m in combat, talking to a vendor, or whatever.
Performance of the game itself is fine, but it’s very jarring having my case fans go haywire intermittently like this.
My GPU INSTANTLY jumps to 99% load when speaking to a vendor on my 3080ti. I don’t recall if this was occurring before the patch or not. Standing next to this vendor I’m currently at 61%, but as soon as I click on them to view what they have it skyrockets.
I don’t have issues in any of the other menus like Character Panel, Abilities, Skill Flyout, Comparing items, general menus, cutscenes, dialogue.
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The suggestions here stopped my fans from going to max settings the instant I opened the inventory or vendor. Thank you. (DLSS to quality and disabling NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency).
It’s been an hour at least without max fans. Not sure if it will come back as others have stated.
The GPU load still climbs very high, but it must be just under what is needed for max fans.
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You are not the only one dude. I’m running a 3070 with I7-9700k. I have played much more graphically intensive games and have never had this issue. For me it’s when I teleport to a town in Multiplayer I will get 100% GPU Usage and like 15-35 FPS sometimes. I usually restart the game at this point but this results in a crash and sometimes freezes my PC forcing me to reboot my PC.
From what I’ve read this has been an issue since the BETA and nothing has been done about it. The issue has gotten much better since a couple a days ago, it was like every 15 minutes I was running into this issue but now it’s about every two hours or so. It’s still so annoying it still occurs and there hasn’t been any word from Blizzard about it.
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Same Problem here. RTX4090. I’m playing on 120FPS/Hz locked, VS on. I tried VS off, DLSS on/off, FG on/off, Reflex on/off. Re-installed old driver, re-installed new driver, nothing helps.
The card uses around 200W ingame, in the blacksmith menu it jumps up to 99% and draws nearly 450W. For a workaround I fixed the power limit through Afterburner to 75%. Perhaps it helps some of you guys to set the limit or temperature for smaller cards.
It really has been like this for me all the time. Not just after th latest patch.