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CO is overheating my PC
sekimen
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I'm having an issue that could limit how much I actually play CO.
I know this Summer has been particularly hot, but my GPU is reaching temperatures that CO shouldn't be causing. My nVidia GeForce 560Ti gets as hot as 70C when playing CO at 60FPS. This is the number I get when idling in Ren Center.
I tested two other games: Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition didn't reach higher than 57C at any point on max setting. Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon, in the biggest mish-mash of explosions, neon lights and dragons shooting phase-lazer beams, got to 67C at its peak (this was on higher graphical settings).
I tried fiddling with the troubleshooting video options, but it had no impact. The only setting that reduced my GPU's temperature was capping my FPS to 30, after which it dropped to 64C. I wouldn't be as worried if the top of my PC case wasn't literally hot to the touch. As in, levels that holding my palm there would burn me, and that it was at one point so hot, it was out-doing my air-conditioner and making the room overall hotter than it should be. I've never had this with any game on this PC setup.
To already note:
I'm open to any suggestions on how to fix this...
I know this Summer has been particularly hot, but my GPU is reaching temperatures that CO shouldn't be causing. My nVidia GeForce 560Ti gets as hot as 70C when playing CO at 60FPS. This is the number I get when idling in Ren Center.
I tested two other games: Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition didn't reach higher than 57C at any point on max setting. Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon, in the biggest mish-mash of explosions, neon lights and dragons shooting phase-lazer beams, got to 67C at its peak (this was on higher graphical settings).
I tried fiddling with the troubleshooting video options, but it had no impact. The only setting that reduced my GPU's temperature was capping my FPS to 30, after which it dropped to 64C. I wouldn't be as worried if the top of my PC case wasn't literally hot to the touch. As in, levels that holding my palm there would burn me, and that it was at one point so hot, it was out-doing my air-conditioner and making the room overall hotter than it should be. I've never had this with any game on this PC setup.
To already note:
- I've cleaned the PC thoroughly. There was no change;
- I've tried toggling various GPU-related settings, change was minimal;
- I've only had this happen fairly recently, maybe up to two months back. It only got worrisome this week.
I'm open to any suggestions on how to fix this...
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Well there are a couple of things that can cause overheating. Since you cleaned your machine the most obvious one is done. Keep in mind that it could be an indication that your GPU is dying (talking from personal experience). This might not be the case but just keep that in mind.
Now, you also have to think of how hot it is in your room. The reason for this is that not only the GPU but the PSU, CPU and the Motherboard heat up during usage. Furthermore, the heat generated is added together to create the ambient temp of your machine. The problem here is that due to the increased room temperature the coolers or the various components can't match the heat generated. A 1C increase in the room temperature can cause your machine's ambient temperature to rise a lot more and 1C (maybe 2-3C or more).
So what you can do is to perform a minor underclock. Decrease the CPU and GPU by 100-200Mhz and decrease the V-core voltage (or just the voltage depends how it's labeled on your Mobo). Try to go as low as possible with the voltage, use Prime95 for CPU stability testing and for GPU you can use HEAVEN or any other GPU benchmark. If you gave it too little voltage you will see freezes or artifacts so don't go crazy on that. I would start with maybe a -v0.010 change for the CPU.
You will not feel the change for CO at all in terms of performance but you will get a huge temp benefit. The reason for this is that coolers in general can only dissipate a certain amount of heat. Beyond that the heat builds up and can't be dissipated effectively.
Hope it helps.
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Specifications indicate that the maximum operating temperature for this card is 99 C, so I wouldn't worry about it running at 70. High-end GTX cards usually operate at high heat anyway. I would only worry if the temperature starts exceeding 80 C.
Also keep in mind that the temperatures will vary according to the game you're running. SF4 runs at lower temperatures because compared to games like CO, it utilizes less rendering functions, like bloom and view distance.
I know you tried other options, but the one that worked for me when I had a 560ti was to disable Screen Space Ambient Occlusion.
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