GPU getting EXTREMELY hot?

[Raldo]

Not entirely on-topic since you guys are talking desktop cards from what I can tell, but this is a warning to other people who may be in my situation.

I have a Toshiba Qosmio laptop with a GTS 250M and the card burned out a few weeks ago.

I don't know anything about the temperature it runs at or anything, but if you've come to this thread and you have this card, get a good cooling solution immediately. A good laptop cooling pad will run you $50+, but replacing a laptop card will cost you far more. If you have this card and you play for several hours at a time without a cooling pad, you will burn your card out.

[Bassclef]

Before Patch 1.19 I was running at a stable 85°C on my 260M. However, as I booted the game up today after Patch 1.19 I noticed my GPU peaked at 104°C! I turned on my cooling pad on high and it couldn't even bring the temperature down a single degree! The only relatively safe place where temperatures were high (but not high risk of burning out) was in the Market Wards...

[Esk]

Well for me Temps are down, as is GPU load a few % in some places others a 50% drop in load so a good 5*c on temps.

Cap your FPS if you are worried to 30, not 60.. should cool you off easy.

[Bassclef]

Well for me Temps are down, as is GPU load a few % in some places others a 50% drop in load so a good 5*c on temps.

Cap your FPS if you are worried to 30, not 60.. should cool you off easy.

GPU load is also up a bit more here. I tried out the fps capping earlier before the usual 30002 every ten minutes error. No discernible difference in temperatures. Still ranging from 100°C to 104°C in city-states and camps.