CPU temperature - what's too hot?
I just got a new gaming specific PC, an Acer Predator Orion 3000 with an Intel Core i7. While playing Sims 4 the CPU seems to heat up quite a lot, compared to other games. I've even clocked a whopp...
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I put Origin in offline mode and that actually seems to have done the trick. *mumbles something about how useless Origin is*
CPU temp was fluctuating between 53-75C when I played for about 30 minutes a little while ago.
I literally got the computer two days ago, and I'm sort of getting to know it a bit. But the fans can be set to "automatic" and "gaming", so I'm experimenting a little bit with that for Sims4 in particular. Playing Minecraft works fine, though, as well as some other random Steam games. I'm also going to look into any other possible programme running in the background that can be turned off.
@belpita 75º C and lower sounds much better, although it still might be a bit hot, depending on the workload of your processor. It's certainly not concerning though. Origin itself has been maxing out some players' CPUs lately, for no discernible reason, and often while there's no game running. Maybe there will be a fix, or maybe the EA Desktop App will show up and be less of a nuisance. Either way, at least you have a workaround for now.
Oh, well, three weeks later and we're back to temperatures around 80-90C again.
I have Origin in offline mode, ticked off all possible online features within the game AND even went into Task Manager to force close Origin after opening Sims 4.
I really don't know what to do now. :-/
@belpita Are you noticing high temperatures in any other settings? How much of your CPU is Origin using when this happens? It's possible the issue is (now) Sims 4, not Origin. Regardless, I still think the cooling overall should be better. Let me know if you're interested in doing any benchmarks to test it.
Additionally, what framerates are you getting in-game? Limiting fps can lower the CPU load too. To see your in-game fps, bring up the cheats console (crtl-shift-C) and enter "fps on" without quotes. A number will appear in the lower left corner of the screen, over the UI.
Fps is usually between 120-160, but occasionally it has dropped to 20, which is probably the CPU overheating. I have then restarted the game and also cleaned the Tray folder for good measure, lol.
Most settings are set to high, except edge smoothing, which is low. I have full screen on with 1920x1080 resolution.
Since Origin gets turned off as soon as I start the game, there's really nothing else but to say it has to be Sims 4 itself now. It could be the latest patch, I suppose.
But to be honest, I'm beginning to wonder if increasing the speed is the issue, which is just going to make the game unplayable.
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