In the menu, my graphics card takes 600W and the game crashes even without DLSS. Ryzen 9 a RTX4090.
And what card are you running???
The 4090 is a 450W card and that’s the heaviest I know of. It can spike a bit higher occasionally, but that’s it. It might use a 600W capable connector, but its design is 450W. lol
Please don’t exaggerate things for attention if you can stop yourself.
That all said.
Yes, with the DLSS and other features not enabled, our cards are going to work harder to maintain the level of game performance we have been used to, according to our individual settings.
If this is a concern, dial back some settings till they fix it. Whenever that will be.
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I would advice to turn off ray tracing and limit fps to something like 100… 4080 is cold and quiet with these. At least, until Bliz will fix all these issues.
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Mám AMD Ryzen 9 a RTX4090 s 64Gb RAM.
Jinak to snĂĹľenĂ fps na 100 moĹľná pomohlo,jak bude ÄŤas,tak to otestuji.
I hope it does. But yeah, turning down graphics, turning off Ray Tracing, those things will help.
I have my RT all off, I also turned off the Distortion and Chromatic Aberration for now.
Doufám, že ano. Ale ano, vypnout grafiku, vypnout Ray Tracing, tyhle věci pomohou.
RT mám ĂşplnÄ› vypnutĂ©, takĂ© jsem zatĂm vypnul zkreslenĂ a chromatickou aberaci.
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Nadhani unahitaji kupunguza mipangilio yako ya picha
Base design is 450W. It will allow the full 600W if both sense pins are connected and the PSU identifies itself as capable of handling that current on its 12VPHWR rail. This includes via the “official” nVidia style dongle w/ 4x 8-pin to 12VHPWR connections.
If they’re drawing that much wattage, they literally have everything maxed with framerate uncapped. There’s no way D4’s taking that much juice with either the FPS limiter or vSync active.
I knew you were writing a fact check post when I saw your name pop up at the bottom. lol
I will give you this much, you never disappoint. 
And no, there is no way they are drawing that much power with this game. And unless they are directly monitoring the 12V wattage pull, they won’t know how much they are drawing.
Going by the wattage the card/GPU/memory etc is pulling may show a different value than the 12V rails.
Don’t forget, about 50W is being pulled from the PCIe slot too.
HWInfo64 is good for this as it can directly monitor the 12VHPWR connection itself. The nVidia VRMs will always report more power being drawn than there actually is. The GPU rails combined show >400W when my GPU draw is maxed out at 98W in D4 on the 12VHPWR rail.
I have that here too. But I don’t always use it when playing. I have the on-screen RT Statistics that I set up with the info I wanted to watch.
I also have a Corsair app that monitors the PSU and the power each connected cable is drawing.
I basically use the min/max values. They’re reported reasonably accurately. Nowhere near ElmoreLabs’ BenchLab board level of accuracy, but enough to be useful for the typical end user and a ballpark figure that lets you know if you’re entering the red zone or not.
I was play on both PC and PS5. However, when I go to towns with many players or participate in group activities where multiple people use skills simultaneously, the game lags and drops frames. This issue started after today’s 2GB update. Blizzard customer service told resetting everything. After resetting and reinstalling the game on my PC, it still crashes within 10 seconds of launching. Additionally, I experience significant lag when moving in-game.Are our graphics cards at risk of damage? Will Blizzard compensate us if they are? It seems Blizzard’s approach is to sell the game without prioritizing customer experience. Instead of making numerous changes, Blizzard should focus on ensuring smooth gameplay without lag or frame drops.
No they should not be at risk of damage. Cards are going to do what they need to do to protect themselves from damage. That said there are cases where cards have a defect that may only show up when pushed to the limit. As for whether Blizzard would take responsibility, that’s not likely to happen ever.
More often that needs to fall on the manufacturer of the card, as it’s supposed to operate at its maximum ability factory wise. If you’re overclocking your card or over voltaging your card and it fails that’s on you. Likewise if you don’t keep the card cleaned out from dust to prevent heat damage that’s also on you.
The frame rate tip, with the ray tracing diable (Though I could not disable it, just reduced it to low), helped a lot. The game is almost normal, now and a billion times better than it has been. I have not tried any dungeons, the Pit, etc. yet so I cannot say how they will do but when I can that will be the next thing I try. Especially because I use them, with Whispers as a large part of my leveling track.
Thanks for the tips!!!
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Found this thread after searching google. Since the last patch and them disabling DLSS, my card (EVGA 3080 FTW3) is getting stupid hot (like 85c hot). Performance seems fine, but the reason I noticed, was because my room was getting really hot. Felt the exhaust on my case and was like “WTF”. Never felt my PC exhaust that hot ever.
If its been a while, may want to shut down and blow out the card and fans. Can’t hurt.
On RTX graphics cards, I recommend turning off Ray Tracing and DLLS and setting frames to 100. Tested on RTX4090. Consumption dropped to 350W and the game is stable. Thanks for the advice.
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Thanks for the tip. I usually try to open the case up once every couple months or so and blow out any dust. It’s a Lian Li 011D, so it’s MASSIVE. 6 120mm case fans and my 360mm rad. This is the only game I’ve ever noticed this on.
It was just a thought.
I have a monster sized case as well. Cooler Master HAF 932. Over a decade old, currently housing its second build since I got it. Has a 360 AIO as well. Always like that case. I had replaced some of the huge 200mm fans in it. Still has one in the side though, but opted for some modern 140mm with RGB options. Used to be all red.
it’s not any dangerous for the card, current GPU’s (and CPU’s, btw) can run fine on this T. when GPU load is high - it’s inevitable… but this is what you are paying for - maximum performance. and it’s requires more energy, which goes directly to the heat.