Thank you for the report. Please check the following link Troubleshooting Frame Rate and Performance Issues - Support | Amazon Games and System Issue: 99% GPU Load
Some users may encounter a situation where playing New World will result in the GPU Load reaching 99%. Please give the following steps a try to fix this issue:
Enable V-Sync (Please note that if you have GSYNC/FreeSync enabled, this will affect the refresh rate matching those features utilize).
Enabling V-Sync with NVIDIA Control Panel
Right-click your desktop and click ‘Nvidia Control Panel’.
Click Manage 3D settings.
Under ‘I would like to use the following 3D settings’ scroll down until you see Vertical sync.
Select Vertical sync and choose ‘On’ from the drop down, and then select Apply.
Enabling V-Sync with AMD Catalyst Control Center
Right click your desktop and click AMD Radeon Software (or press ALT+R)
Click the gear icon found on the top right of the app.
Click on “Graphics” at the bottom of the left-hand side
Click on Radeon Enhanced Sync to enable it.
Confirm that you have the latest updates installed for Windows.
Blurry Text/Blurry Visuals in-game
If you find the game blurry or text blurry and adjusting your native resolution does not fix the issue you can try these steps:
Go to “New World” in your Steam Library.
ClickSettings.
*ClickManage.
*Browse Local Files.
Right click on NewWorldLauncher and clickproperties.
ClickCompatibility.
Click " Change High DPI Settings ".
This will open a dialogue box - to select (checkbox) " Override high DPI scaling behavior " Make sure for Scaling performed by: “Application” is selected. from Welcome to New World!
Thank you so much for your patience during this launch time.
I’ve been havinig the same issue with the same specs. Not sure if i7-7700k is finally showing its age or it’s an issue with the game, but II have friends with cpus with 6-8 cores getting better frames than me. Changing the settings from very high to low barely changes the the frames i get
**Blurry Text/Blurry Visuals in-game**
If you find the game blurry or text blurry and adjusting your native resolution does not fix the issue you can try these steps:
1. Go to “New World” in your Steam Library.
2. *Click* **Settings.**
3. **Click* **Manage.**
4. *Browse Local Files.
5. *Right click* on **NewWorldLauncher** and *click* **properties.**
6. *Click* **Compatibility.**
7. *Click* " **Change High DPI Settings** ".
8. This will open a dialogue box - to select (checkbox) " **Override high DPI scaling behavior** " Make sure for **Scaling performed by: “Application”** is selected. from [Welcome to New World!](https://forums.newworld.com/t/welcome-to-new-world/96268)
Hi, sorry, forgot to update.
In my specific case, it was because of a broken watercooling pump, when my CPU reached 100°C, the security then automatically underclocked it (from 4.4Ghz to 1.3Ghz).
Changed the pump, and I’m all good now.