Dragon age Inquisition --CPU overheating

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@dragonageguy3 wrote:

I play all kinds of games (Starcraft,  intensive graphics shooters etc...)  and my CPU temperatures never ever go higher then 65degrees.

With Dragon Age inquisition,  I get between 80-90degress constant, and my PC shutdowns after a while.

Mjy solution for now is to only enable 2 cores, then the temperatures are around 70degrees, but the game lags.

If 4 cores are enabled I get no lag,  but the temps sometime reboot my PC.

I have

2600k running 4.5ghz

Kraken X60

32 GB of Ram

GTX 780

Looks like they created the game for consoles, and never thaught of the impact of multiple cores.   I have very good cooling and Its installed correctly, and always monitor my temperatures...Never been higher then 70s, much less 90s..ouch

I'm very dissapointed in Origin with this one....No one ever tested the PC version.  Easy one to catch.

I downgraded the graphics to high instead of Ultra,  temps are a little better (around 75-80) but not acceptable.

Any other fixes out there?

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@I have a kraken X60 too with a similar setup (i5 2500K @ 4.5GHz) it sounds like your waterblock is seated wrong or your voltage is way too high. mine barely reaches 70c under full prime95 load which puts way more load on the CPU than any game ever could. check your fluid temperature and fan curves in NZXT Kraken Control, if the fluid temp isn't raising that high under load then your waterblock is defiintely not installed properly, in that case it would need a re-install with new thermal interface material/paste.