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 play the game. I joined a Conquest Large in Siege of Cairo to test how the game runs and feels. Here are my PC specs: CPU - AMD R7 5700X3D, GPU - AMD RX6800 XT (XFX SWFT variant), PSU - 850 watts Antec, RAM - 16GB DDR4.I ran the game at the Auto preset at 1440p (at roughly 80fps, ran and looked great).Some 10 minutes into the match my system black screened and crashed during a gunfight. No crashlog available as I had to force shutdown the PC to prevent damage. Long story short, I found a diode on the board was giving a burnt smell.Now, I can't know for certain if it was specifically my system's fault, or if the game is doing something that spikes power usage and that fried my GPU. I don't write this to complain, again this is a sort of PSA that this sort of thing can happen, and I feel it's important to let the developers know in case there's something they can do about it and maybe fix the issue should there be one.That is all, no more Beta for me I suppose, I wish you better luck than what I had.

Same thing happened to me on my 3080ti FE, now it won’t boot and the motherboard gives me code 97 error, problem with the graphics card. I tried switching to a different PCIE and the problem persists. I took out the gpu and installed it on another pc and now that pc no longer boots. I believe that battlefield 6 killed my gpu.

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?

I just started BF6. I was in a few seconds. Black screen, restarted, PC is not picking up my graphics card. RX 6700.

The same Problem you are encountered has happened to me.System specs: CPU - AMD 3900x, GPU NVDIA 3080ti (Geforce OC variant),850 Watts PSU.Game ran at 60 fps at 1440p (Auto Settings)System ran for around 20 Minutes --> Black Screens, system kept running in Background (Sounds etc)Restartet the System, everything seemed fine. Took a 2 hour Brake, started another Round.After around 10 minutes the screens went black again, no Video Outpout on any Port. Windows Sounds on USB Audio Device.No screen on Boot (no Bios Screen either)System runs fine with old GPU (1080ti (Swapped Card)3080ti shows no output on the second System either.Fans and RGB are working, seems something on the Board died.Edit: Had to Update Nvdia Drivers to 580.88 before launching the Game the first time

Battlefield 6 killed my GPU | EA Forums

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itstunah
Seasoned Newcomer
15 hours ago
Fried my CPU.
After playing BF6, it sent my computer into a reboot loop until only automatic repair during bootup would show up. Troubleshooted part by part. Wasn't the ram, wasn't the gpu, but it the processor was fried.
Installed a MUCH OLDER cpu as a temporary replacement and had to reinstall windows. Took 6 days to figure out the issue.
Game is NOT ready for public release, especially when it is out here actively destroying CPUs and GPUs and whatever else that it may be affecting.
S_Y_IN_T_IH
Rising Newcomer
11 days ago
Ok maybe it helps some others too. Got mine running again.
I turned off my Power supply unplugged everything let it sit for a couple hours hooked everything together again. And suddenly it started working again. I was already at the point of taking the gpu apart but gave it a last try.
The strange thing is on this bootup it did the same thing as bevor when nothing worked. Only one white line on the screen red led error code on the mainboard for gpu and complete loss of video signal but afer 10-15 sec. The msi logo showed up and it took unusualy long to boot but it did eventually boot. Hopefully it will stay running now!
S_Y_IN_T_IH
Rising Newcomer
11 days ago
My GPU also died yesterday... I thought at first it shut down because I wasn't at my desk for some hours and the game was just in the menu. But after i looked I saw its still on. It wouldn't even shutdown with the power button. I tried a different bios (Silent/xGameing) but this didn't do any difference. Mainboard error code for GPU. I then took it out of the case nothing visibley damaged put it back in but still nothing no video output and PC not booting up.
Now I can't play anything and I can't afford a new GPU at the moment...
Systemspecs:
RTX 3070
AMD 5700X3D
MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS
32 GB RAM
Videwell
Rising Novice
11 days ago
I uninstalled BF6 before this happened to me. I had like 3-4 hard crashes where my PC just shut off, and I had to physically had to turn it off and turn back on again and my screen flickered and was black for about 10 min. I finally saw a picture again, but wasn’t going to risk it. Hopefully this is all fixed by launch or I’ll be skipping this installment for sure
Videwell
Rising Novice
11 days ago
Good one. I bet if you were in their situation, you’d be thinking the same thing, poser. Go back to Fortnite, you seem young enough to still enjoy that game.
Justosius
Newcomer
11 days ago
ryze 5800x and rtx 3080. Cpu ~60, gpu goes 80-82, aorus beefy one. I usually sit at around 70 in all other games, never seen my gpu reach 80 and above. I dont think it is ok to have these temps.
ISad4youI
Seasoned Newcomer
13 days ago
I have tried those things as well as updating the drivers, but when updating the drivers, there was a error
ISad4youI
Seasoned Newcomer
13 days ago
I have the same issue.
I was playing the game and then my screen went black.
I have a 6750 XT.
Laroan
Rising Newcomer
15 days ago
Im getting the same error everytime i try to launche bf6, aswell as bf1... hope that the GPU fried is not the case, cause there is another thread with many people experiencing the same.

https://forums.ea.com/discussions/battlefield-6-beta-technical-issues-en/bf6-open-beta-game-crashes-pc-after-a-few-minutes---high-gpu-usage/12427662
OchochincoGWF85
Rising Newcomer
15 days ago
Thanks EA for bricking my pc on a freaking beta! Black screens after following their directions on how to activate secure boot! I hope no one buys that that freaking game after all the problems it's causing. The least they could do is fix people's pc, take down those crap instructions, before anyone else gets their pc bricked also!