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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@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.
@belpita I still don't think Sims 4 should be coming close to overheating your processor. It might be that the CPU cooler isn't working as efficiently as it should. Do you have air or liquid cooling? How many case fans do you have, intake and outtake?
It would also be good to see a dxdiag on this computer.
https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/
If you want to leave the cooling alone for the moment, try limiting your in-game framerates. If you have a 60 or 75 Hz monitor and play in fullscreen, the vertical sync setting in the game's graphics options should be enough. Otherwise, you'd need to use another tool, for example the Nvidia Control Panel mentioned earlier. Fewer frames means less work for the CPU as well as the GPU, and that might bring temperatures back down enough to not be an issue.
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