Battlefield 6 killed my GPU
This is less of a discussion thread and more of a PSA/report for the devs. I downloaded the game to try the Beta in Early Access, updated my graphics drivers and enabled Secure Boot, all standard to...
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There are thermal protection systems in place to prevent something like that from happening, even if there was a fault somewhere causing a power spike or overheating. If one of those systems are activated, the computer would react just like it did in your case and shut down. When electrical components get really hot, they start smelling even if they aren't ruined.
High indoor temperature, bad airflow or dust buildup in the PC may be causes for overheating when doing performance intense tasks.
If it really is broken, there is almost certainly a fault in the hardware and your graphics card (or some other component) would have eventually failed regardless. I would definitely try booting the computer up and see if you get any video output rather than assuming the worst case and possibly wasting money on a new GPU.
I appreciate the reply, I did swap to an old GPU which works fine, also tested the 6800 on another PC and it still fails to post. Again, like I said, I ended up finding a diode that is swollen and burnt, which looks to be the issue. I'll see what I'll do with it but that's a me problem.
FWIW you could be right, the GPU could have failed at some point in the future regardless, but every other game I have played worked fine on my PC, and with BF6 it just so happened that the failure happened. I just thought it prudent to report it, in case there is something worth looking into, you know?
