• Sun. Oct 5th, 2025

Diablo 4 Beta Reportedly Causing Some GPUs To Overheat

Some Diablo 4 beta players are reportedly experiencing an issue that is causing their GPUs to overheat and break.

The early access beta ran from March 17-19 for those who had preordered the game and even extended partway through March 20, allowing several more hours of play. However, during this period some players came across a problem that would cause their PC to shut down (via Eurogamer).

One player, jonzie23, told Eurogamer that they encountered the issue while trying to finish their beta time period, saying, “I wanted to wrap up my time with beta on Monday, played for 20 minutes, then my PC shut down unexpectedly. My GPU was so hot that I burnt my fingers when touching the HDMI connector. Luckily it was not permanently damaged. I thought that it’s an isolated instance, but I have found some articles saying that more people experienced it actually, and they were not as lucky as I was.”

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