Beta signup Diablo 4

[Boddhi]

35 hours to go.
cant pre download yet it seems.

You need to select Diablo 4 - Beta in the launcher. Default is Diablo 4 what cannot be downloaded yet obviously.

[bbr]

You need to select Diablo 4 - Beta in the launcher. Default is Diablo 4 what cannot be downloaded yet obviously.

yep, found it.
figured theyd predownload the whole game, and update it later - not have the beta separate as an install

[Nymrohd]

Don't forget new drivers, a few cards got bricked last weekend.

[bbr]

Don't forget new drivers, a few cards got bricked last weekend.

Wasnt it those exact "new drivers" that bricked the cards though?

[Nymrohd]

Wasnt it those exact "new drivers" that bricked the cards though?

Eh, these just got released.

[Darsyek]

Wasnt it those exact "new drivers" that bricked the cards though?

It's unlikely to be software that damaged those cards. It's most likely a similar situation to what happened with New World where it was bricking 3090s but after an investigation it was revealed that the bricked 3090s were early models that had a manufacturing defect with weak solder joints. The cards were already faulty, it just so happened that it was New World (and now Diablo 4) that happened to be the thing they were doing when the defect surfaced and it was a high enough profile release that they became headlines.

[Nymrohd]

It's unlikely to be software that damaged those cards. It's most likely a similar situation to what happened with New World where it was bricking 3090s but after an investigation it was revealed that the bricked 3090s were early models that had a manufacturing defect with weak solder joints. The cards were already faulty, it just so happened that it was New World (and now Diablo 4) that happened to be the thing they were doing when the defect surfaced and it was a high enough profile release that they became headlines.

I guess they might have added some frame rate capping for D4 to avoid the bad publicity?

[Gaidax]

It's always a good idea to set frame rate limit in Nvidia control panel.

[Biomega]

It's always a good idea to set frame rate limit in Nvidia control panel.

Wasn't that also what caused (or I should say: fixed, if you do limit) crashes on D2R with 30xx cards? I seem to remember something.

[Darsyek]

I guess they might have added some frame rate capping for D4 to avoid the bad publicity?

Seems that way, as when I first launched the D4 beta a couple days after it opened, I had to manually increase the frame cap because it defaulted to 60 FPS foreground and 8 FPS background

[Kumorii]

It's always a good idea to set frame rate limit in Nvidia control panel.

Can't remember any decently big game lately that haven't had framerate cap in options.
One of the first thing I check.

[Greevir]

Beta is open.

[Capultro]

1 hour for play beta,a lagged game with a lot of crashes.....this is blizzard.

[Fencers]

1 hour for play beta,a lagged game with a lot of crashes.....this is blizzard.

This beta just opened.

I have not crashed or lagged at all in this or the previous beta. And that isn't a common complaint among the community of beta players either.

[RobertoCarlos]

The ques they have begun.

[Fencers]

Necro is awesome.

[Daedius]

Necro is awesome.

Playing it as Melee or a summoner?

[Fencers]

Playing it as Melee or a summoner?

Summoner. I love having an army doing my work. Literally eating an apple and letting these guys kill everything for me.

[Liftbrul]

I enjoyed it for about 30 minutes before crashing and being thrown back into the queue.

[KOUNTERPARTS]

1 hour for play beta,a lagged game with a lot of crashes.....this is blizzard.

Good lord, day 1 of an open invite with thousands and thousands of players all attempting to play at the same time… and you still feel the need to whine/complain about lack of playability. You are severely (or sincerely) out of touch.

This is Capultro.