# GPU Overheating and Crashing to Black Screen After Recent Update

**URL:** <https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/13333>\
**Category:** Technical Help\
**Tags:** performance, cpu, installation, graphic, steam\
**Created:** [June 3, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/13333 "2026-06-03T19:22:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Veetor\_015](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/veetor_015/32/66_2.png) [@Veetor\_015](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/Veetor_015)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/13333/1 "2026-06-03T19:22:33Z")

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> - **Game Version** : 23430885, Most recent update (May 28, 2026)
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> - **Platform** : Steam Windows
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> - **Mods** : (active)  
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> - active 📍 Mods used from CurseForge.
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> - **Hardware Specifications & Operating System** (OS version, CPU, GPU, RAM, storage…):
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> - Issue Date: May 25, 2026
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Since the latest update, the game is forcing my GPU usage abnormally high, causing severe stuttering and freezing. While playing, the screen goes completely black for a moment, and then the game crashes straight to the desktop.

Prior to this patch, I was always able to play the game smoothly since launch on High/Ultra settings without any performance or temperature issues. Now, even if I lower all graphics settings to the absolute minimum to optimize performance, the game still overheats my GPU, the graphics look terrible, and the crashes persist. This is a completely new issue that didn’t happen before.

**System Specifications:**

- **OS** : Windows 11 Pro

- **CPU** : AMD Ryzen 7 5700 (3.70 GHz)

- **GPU** : NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (8 GB)

- **RAM** : 16.0 GB

- **Storage** : _SSD_

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**Author:** ![HeinziDerHeld](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/heinziderheld/32/4787_2.png) [@HeinziDerHeld](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/HeinziDerHeld)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/13333/2 "2026-06-03T23:05:04Z")

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Hey there, welcome to the inZOI forum!

Have you already taken a look at this performance guide? [inZOI – Graphics & Performance Guide (revised after update v0.8.2)](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/10303) → If none of the info in the guide helps you, please show us your in-game settings with screenshots. Your RAM is at the lowest requirement for inZOI though, so this might cause some trouble 🤔

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**Author:** ![Mazikeen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/mazikeen/32/17126_2.png) [@Mazikeen](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/Mazikeen)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/13333/3 "2026-06-11T16:42:53Z")

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If the graphics settings are high lower them.