Daeborn Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 [GUIDE] PC Overheating and What It Really Means <=== This The game didn't kill your hardware... your hardware killed itself... sorry, but it is the truth. /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurleyKilla Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 My Acer Aspire 5820TG absolutely overheats from this game. Luckily it sits on a coolermaster stand. To be fair, this isn't the only game I have played that has caused heat issues. Dead Island before patches made my computer crash after a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeborn Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I have already.LOL Actually it wasn't that you proved but you did prove something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RohanEagle Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) [GUIDE] PC Overheating and What It Really Means <=== This The game didn't kill your hardware... your hardware killed itself... sorry, but it is the truth. Really? Have you even read my first post? NO. Take this and learn something about hardware. http://www.swtor-mmorpg.com/img/gpu_temp3.png Edited February 23, 2012 by RohanEagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeborn Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Really? Have you even read my first post? NO. Take this and learn something about hardware. http://www.swtor-mmorpg.com/img/gpu_temp3.png Best thing for you to do is hire Geek Squad. You are obviously not very versed with how a computer works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lineschmidt Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Really? Have you even read my first post? NO. Take this and learn something about hardware. http://www.swtor-mmorpg.com/img/gpu_temp3.png You really should take your own advice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthRavnos Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Really? Have you even read my first post? NO. Take this and learn something about hardware. http://www.swtor-mmorpg.com/img/gpu_temp3.png You are in denial if you believe software ruined your hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malichae Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 well the game is a pile of edit so not surprised it runs like a pile of edit . Do what i did nerf their paycheck until they learn how to make a mmo . we had bettter games 8/9 years ago this is a joke . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shingara Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 well the game is a pile of edit so not surprised it runs like a pile of edit . Do what i did nerf their paycheck until they learn how to make a mmo . we had bettter games 8/9 years ago this is a joke . you really need to stop swimming in that river in egypt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RohanEagle Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) You really should take your own advice... What do you mean. The game is running as icon, temp are low and with full screen is high. Guest where is the issue, in cooling? Are you kidding me? Edited February 23, 2012 by RohanEagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeborn Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 well the game is a pile of edit so not surprised it runs like a pile of edit . Do what i did nerf their paycheck until they learn how to make a mmo . we had bettter games 8/9 years ago this is a joke . Doesn't seem to work for you. You can't stay away from SWTOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrath Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Hmm, I have an i5-2500k @ 4.4GHz, 8GB DDR3 and an HD5850 @ 825/1150 (Asus) inside of an Antec 300 case with 1 front intake fan, 1 top exhaust, 1 rear exhaust which is also the fan for my Corsair H60 cooler. CPU temps max at 53 degrees, just checked last night due to a similar post. Video card runs at a near constant 99% and only gets up into the 70s. I'd have to say that either your CPU cooler was not installed properly, or you didn't use a quality thermal grease. I use Arctic Silver 5, still one of the best. For the video card, since you're on an air cooler for the CPU, your case interior is going to get hotter, which in turn limits the cooling on your video card. You need to check your case fans to ensure they are up to snuff and make sure you're getting good airflow. The problem is your rig, not the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeborn Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 What do you mean. The game is running as icon As icon? OK, it's time to stop posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skienz Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 LOL, A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. Your computer needs help, either upgrade or increase cooling power. Well made computers have shutoff points where even if you do nothing it will shutdown to prevent hardware failure. Of course if you thought you knew something about computer performance and bypassed some things then its your fault. I have a 3 year old el cheapo Dell which runs the game fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safiir Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I can agree with this, i have to jack up my GPU's fan to 75% while playing this game or the card heats up very quickly. Mind you, i have a GTX 590, and the game runs pretty bad when shadows are enabled .. very disappointing. You should check your video card. My fan never goes to more than 20% on my asus gtx580. And the temp tops at about 65 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ispanolfw Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I do love some of the responses here. Yes, it is possible for software to cause a GPU to go beyond it's limits and kill itself. However most software isn't designed or intends to bypass the protections on the hardware and do so. Even furmark isn't designed to kill your hardware, only stress test it. But furmark does disable some of those protections if you let it. On that note, one of my systems gets hotter with SWTOR than even Furmark causes it to get. Furmark pushes it up to 80c, swtor pushes it to 90c+ during character creation and cutscense. It promptly crashes the computer, so the hardware is unlikely to die, but I can no longer play swtor on that system due to that issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvsxxx Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 My Asus ROG laptop gets smoking hot lol. I keep it very dust free and man you do not want to be behind the rear vents when TOR is running its like fire coming out lmao. Seems to hold up well though have had 6+ hrs game sessions with no crashes. I figure TOR will show you if your cooling sucks or the laptop manufacturer skimped on the cooling dept def put it to the test and show its flaws in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRainstater Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Some Screens, why SWTOR is the most Hardware Killer Application, named MMO you ever see. First off all, the first screen proofs, that already on the Login Screen your Hardware goes in stress mode. http://www.swtor-mmorpg.com/img/gpu_temp2.png The second screen shows you that there is enough only to make SWTOR to run as Icon, that the temps goes instant down to the normal. http://www.swtor-mmorpg.com/img/gpu_temp3.png The third screen shows you, how SWTOR will kill your hardware in not very long time, as my friends Laptop Toshiba Qosmio X300-15Q (2.500$] was killed in only 3 Days. http://www.swtor-mmorpg.com/img/gpu_temp4.png Used Videocard: MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II 2GD5/OC - Grafikkarte - GF GTX 560 Ti, V238-248R http://www.hardocp.com/images/articles/1297685175JTkEbytVuw_1_2_l.jpg CPU Cooler http://www.guru3d.com/imageview.php?image=21175 http://www.abload.de/img/gpu_temp2sd11j.png http://www.abload.de/img/gpu_temp3ee35v.png http://www.abload.de/img/gpu_temp4913w0.png First off the Quasmo was quickly out dated and has cooling issues to begin with. I had 2. First one cooked the video card just running 3DS Max 4 hours a day only 3 months after buying it off newegg. They sent a new one and the processor went poof after around 4 months. I now use an Alienware m14x my work purchased for me embarrassed by how crappy my Quasmo was. The m14X only has 1 fan and runs SWTOR maxed out great with out a cooling pad. The quasmo sounded like a jet taking off any time it got even the slightest bit stressed. Running even photoshop stressed that stupid computer out. Trying to work on designs with my fans going nuts drove me nuts. Also showing us pictures of random items does not prove anything. Your video card was used? lol Maybe show pics of the inside of your case with the screen in the picture showing temps. Other wise for all we know you could be running an old refurbished HP with a used video card in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthRavnos Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I do love some of the responses here. Yes, it is possible for software to cause a GPU to go beyond it's limits and kill itself. However most software isn't designed or intends to bypass the protections on the hardware and do so. Even furmark isn't designed to kill your hardware, only stress test it. But furmark does disable some of those protections if you let it. On that note, one of my systems gets hotter with SWTOR than even Furmark causes it to get. Furmark pushes it up to 80c, swtor pushes it to 90c+ during character creation and cutscense. It promptly crashes the computer, so the hardware is unlikely to die, but I can no longer play swtor on that system due to that issue. Again, you are in denial if you have convinced yourself that software caused your hardware to fail. That is like a car engine getting hot. If you have a crap radiator (the thing that keeps the engine cool) and your engine overheats. What is really to blame? The radiator or the fact that you had the engine running. Blaming the fact that the engine was running is just idiotic. Use a little logic. The engine running does cause the engine to heat, but the crap radiator is the source of your true trouble. The engine simply revealed that you had a cooling problem in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gradivus Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Some Screens, why SWTOR is the most Hardware Killer Application, named MMO you ever see. First off all, the first screen proofs, that already on the Login Screen your Hardware goes in stress mode. http://www.swtor-mmorpg.com/img/gpu_temp2.png The second screen shows you that there is enough only to make SWTOR to run as Icon, that the temps goes instant down to the normal. http://www.swtor-mmorpg.com/img/gpu_temp3.png The third screen shows you, how SWTOR will kill your hardware in not very long time, as my friends Laptop Toshiba Qosmio X300-15Q (2.500$] was killed in only 3 Days. http://www.swtor-mmorpg.com/img/gpu_temp4.png Used Videocard: MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II 2GD5/OC - Grafikkarte - GF GTX 560 Ti, V238-248R http://www.hardocp.com/images/articles/1297685175JTkEbytVuw_1_2_l.jpg CPU Cooler http://www.guru3d.com/imageview.php?image=21175 http://www.abload.de/img/gpu_temp2sd11j.png http://www.abload.de/img/gpu_temp3ee35v.png http://www.abload.de/img/gpu_temp4913w0.png The simple fact is that software CANNOT, by definition, harm hardware in any form what so ever. Every piece of hardware has a safety switch - it can never run at a capacity that would harm it. Your CPU can never become too hot and burn, same with graphics card. They will swich off. If they do switch off, it's your fault because you don't have proper cooling. Everyone claiming anything else is talking out of his a*s. Period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuno Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I use an Asus 560Ti and my GPU peaks at about 60c. perhaps you better stop playing SWTOR in a sauna to start with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuno Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 The simple fact is that software CANNOT, by definition, harm hardware in any form what so ever. Every piece of hardware has a safety switch - it can never run at a capacity that would harm it. Your CPU can never become too hot and burn, same with graphics card. They will swich off. If they do switch off, it's your fault because you don't have proper cooling. Everyone claiming anything else is talking out of his a*s. Period. That's actually not true, once i had a Nvidia 9600 that literally cooked itself (you could smell chips melting) because the fan got clogged up with hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeborn Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 That's actually not true, once i had a Nvidia 9600 that literally cooked itself (you could smell chips melting) because the fan got clogged up with hair. I think you agreed with him. Hair isn't software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikassi Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I can run TOR on high settings and wow on ultra at the same time without any issues Maybe you should get some proper hardware? sure buddy .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvsxxx Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 The simple fact is that software CANNOT, by definition, harm hardware in any form what so ever. Every piece of hardware has a safety switch - it can never run at a capacity that would harm it. Your CPU can never become too hot and burn, same with graphics card. They will swich off. If they do switch off, it's your fault because you don't have proper cooling. Everyone claiming anything else is talking out of his a*s. Period. Yeah thank god they do because man sometimes you get a little overzealous with an OC and do an overnight burn in to test it out it will kick off before you fry it >.> saved me a couple times lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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