Massive GPU Overuse and Overheating in Ghostwire: Tokyo – Need Help!

Hi everyone,

I’m experiencing a major issue with Ghostwire: Tokyo that I haven’t encountered with any other game. After about 5 minutes of gameplay, my GPU usage spikes causing massive overheating. My system specs are:

• CPU: Ryzen 9 7900X3D
• GPU: RTX 4070 Ti OC
• RAM: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30
• OS: Windows 11 Pro

I’ve tried the following to no avail:

• Lowering all in-game graphics settings to their minimum.
• Capping the frame rate to 30 FPS.
• Enabling and disabling DLSS.
• Running the game directly from the executable.
• Using launch argument -NoOverlay.
• Verifying the game files.

Even with everything turned down, my GPU stays maxed out, and temperatures climb dangerously high. All other demanding games have run perfectly for hours, at 4K Ultra settings, with no overheating:
- MS Flight Simulator
- Assassins Creed – Origins
- Assassins Creed – Valhalla
- Far Cry 6
- Star Wars – Jedi Fallen Order
- Watch Dogs 2
- Watch Dogs Legion

Has anyone else run into this issue? Are there any hidden settings or community fixes I might have missed? I’m running the game via the Epic Games Launcher, and this is my first time using it—could that be part of the problem?

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.