Hi everyone,
I have the PC version of DAI, and it runs very hot on my crossfired 7950's. I mean, ridiculously hot that I'm worried that it might damage my cards. I'm hitting the 90's sometimes during gameplay, and I'm just slightly overclocking to 913/1285 (stock speeds are 900/1250)
I play other games such as starcraft 2, BF4 and i'm only hitting high 60's and 70's. what's wrong with this frigging game?
Ya those temps are very hot. I would make sure that you set a custom fan profile. In addition make sure that your case is clean and has good airflow.
Ya the game does use a ton of GPU. My GTX 680oc/oc windforce will run at 99% with 100% fan use at about 72c which is high.
I am really hoping that there is another patch soon that will optimize the engine better but it has been over a month since patch 2 so.....
What settings are you using ingame?
I'm using high, not the highest tho. the AA is off
my specs:
i7 4790K
16GB DDR-3 2400 G.skill
Radeon 7950 Crossfire
samsung SSD
Maximus VII hero mobo
performance is not an issue, just the temp is lame. most of the other games i run only reach mid to high 70's, with an higher overclock
This game I'm basically running on 5% overclocked speeds only.
I have a gtx 660 windforce and it is also constantly at 99%. My case keeps it pretty cool at about 65C but that is still hotter than any other game I play.
Most games the gpu will get a break when you are in menus. In Skyrim my gpu will downclock when in the menu keeping the overall temps low. But in DA:I the gpu is constantly maxed which I think is causing a lot of player's gpus to overheat.
I hope it is possible with this engine for it to stop rendering when in menus. I spend a lot of time looking at gear or reading at the war table. Those are perfect times to let my gpu cool a little.
Even maxed out, your card should NOT run as high as you are posted unless there is an issue, either with a fan going bad, bad air flow, or some other hardware issue. Your card is typically designed to be able to run maxed out and stay in decent temps(unless massive overclocking) for hours of use. IF you are getting high temps, then you have an issue, and just haven't figured it out yet.
Doesn't change the fact that you are about 8 degrees C away from cooking your card, and it should have been designed to run maxed out at less temps. So if you are running that high, then there is a hardware issue, you just haven't found it yet. Now, there may indeed be an issue in the game that when fixed drops temp by making your card not work quite as hard, but it still doesn't change the underlying issue that your card SHOULD be able to run maxed out doing all it can do, and not overheat like yours is.
@jackliu913 wrote:
Hi everyone,
I have the PC version of DAI, and it runs very hot on my crossfired 7950's. I mean, ridiculously hot that I'm worried that it might damage my cards. I'm hitting the 90's sometimes during gameplay, and I'm just slightly overclocking to 913/1285 (stock speeds are 900/1250)
I play other games such as starcraft 2, BF4 and i'm only hitting high 60's and 70's. what's wrong with this frigging game?
you stated that you used new thermal paste, yes?
are you sure the heatsink was properly remounted?
perhaps you could remount the heatsink, and use new thermal paste, and see if that is your issue.
If this does not help I would suggest leaving your case open, and using
a small, non-oscillating fan, and having it blow directly onto your video card(s).
or adding a case fan or two, or three, or more.
If your chasis allows for it, use the side panel fan, to blow air INTO the case.
If you have a top mounted fan, use that one to blow air OUT of the case.
(and just f.y.i. you voided the warantee on your video cards, when you did that,
so returning them probably will be an issue, at some point in the future, if you choose to do so.)
It has also been suggested to UNDERCLOCK your gpus for this game, not OVERCLOCK them.
This game is not optimized for PCs. It is already resource intensive, and is also known to misallocate,
and overallocate resources. which is possibly adding to the high usage, which could be leading to
the overheating.
IF underclocking doesn't help, try rolling back your drivers to the 344.65,
and ONLY installing the main driver and physx.
Do a clean, custom install, and DO NOT install audio, 3D, or Geforce Experience.
The shield streaming software is known to interfere with the game, even if it is disabled.
Also, unless you are playing multi-player, put your Origin app in offline mode before launching the game.
This will reduce communication between your system and the server, which "should" alleviate some
of your hardware load.
Turn off data sharing, as well.
@jackliu913 wrote:
I see lots of people running at 80's in this game. Just the nature of the game, since I see the GPU usage is usally extremely high, if not maxed.
Most of the other games i run are either in the high 60's or 70's
CPU and GPU usage can be abnormally high if the game was downloaded from a source other than the Origin client. This is because the cracked version of the game comes with a bitcoin miner that uses the player's hardware resources to run complex simulations on the cracker's behalf.
Due to the high number of CPU usage reports, I doubt this is the only possible cause for this issue, but right now it is the only known cause. (Edit: No "known cause" yet. Still investigating.)
