Warning: Overheating Video Cards

[Katt_Felista]

The 60 fps cap doesn't work for me, the game still goes full force T4rdis to 200 fps on my rtx 4070, it only goes to 30 if i cap it to 30, 60 fps cap is broken, it still goes to max fps, at least, on my end it is.

[kaynide]

Looking through google, and bug reports, I'm seeing a lot of problems on XBox, PS5 starting up, in addition to others having other weird issues. I'm not convinced it's all related or SE's fault, but it's something to keep in mind. Very likely it's just the minimum spec requirements have gone up and some devices might not be doing well with that, for whatever reason.

I would say, if anyone is having issues go through the above and/or google. There's a lot of good advice here!

Worst case, maybe wait for the first patch I assume to be inbound this week as the expac launches "for reals".

[Malthir]

I think your setups must be wrong or you're cases need a good cleaning. I'm running an old 1080TI. max graphics no issue, GPU temp 84C max and CPU 60C.

[Somnolence]

The 60 fps cap doesn't work for me, the game still goes full force T4rdis to 200 fps on my rtx 4070, it only goes to 30 if i cap it to 30, 60 fps cap is broken, it still goes to max fps, at least, on my end it is.

You should use GeForce control panel to set fps cap.

I have set it to 60 so my 3070 never goes above 60C and fans are quiet enough not to be audible through headphones.

[Shiin]

Did you monitor your GPU temperature before that including hot spot?
Most probably it was overheating due old thermal paste/pads. Just cleaning dust may not be enough for old GPUs. Last year I repasted my old MSI RTX 2080 bought in 2018 and it dropped temps by about 15-20 degrees.
No GPU should die from continuous 100% workload (unless it overclocked that can cause early degradation) if it being maintained properly and has no hardware defects.
DT is demanding and sometimes can use 100% of 20 series GPU.

[Katt_Felista]

You should use GeForce control panel to set fps cap.

I have set it to 60 so my 3070 never goes above 60C and fans are quiet enough not to be audible through headphones.

Thanks, i will try this.

[Rehayem]

I see, so that's why my GTX 1060 was being so loud to the point it made me feel concerned. Limiting in game FPS to 60 lowers the noise and temperatures immediately.

[Eluvyel]

The thing people in these situations don't want to hear, is that there is simply no way for a properly cooled and well ventilated PC to overheat. Components are designed to run at 100% load for prolonged periods of time. The game is more taxing than it has ever been, yes but that is very much a user issue.

[KisaiTenshi]

Hopefully they look into this. In the end we also have to put card manufacturer's in this equation; a lot of them have really bad cooling designs; looking at you EVGA (though they no longer make cards).

Nah, this is just a sign of old and/or poorly made "factory OC" GPU's. The same complaints popped up on the switch to DX11 the first time. "My GPU stopped working" / "my computer BSOD's playing the game"

If the GPU was built properly and kept clean, then it should be fine. If it wasn't built well (like many cheap cards) then when it gets a load it will sweat under, it's going to have issues. I've also seen the same kind of complaints when Neir Automata was released. People with GTX xx50/xx60 parts would just just have the cards die on them. The keyword here is "factory OC", as many of these cards are basically built to cheat benchmarks, but absolutely fold when it has to do that load for hours.

[Shialan]

If it would really be doing this, we would see FAR more reports than just a couple comments on the forum.



Also, I am running Dawntrail in 3440x1440 on medium to high settings with 40-60 FPS on a RX 6600 and no heat issues.