Warning: Overheating Video Cards

[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.

[AnnRam]

Watch out for your CPU, because FFXIV demands a lot on congested zones. Isn't that heavy GPU.

I've a 3070 at 2k resolution and in main cities it drops to 55 fps because my cpu it's an i7 8700.

[seraf]

Watch out for your CPU, because FFXIV demands a lot on congested zones. Isn't that heavy GPU.

I've a 3070 at 2k resolution and in main cities it drops to 55 fps because my cpu it's an i7 8700.

To be fair this game has always been CPU heavy and up until Endwalker it didn't even properly utilize 64-bit code and ran on only a single core. It still demands really fast IPC to get stable frame rates in towns and cities.

[Nabril]

You should also check your power supply. It may not be able to provide all of the power your GPU is now asking for. People tend to forget about power supplies. Pro-tip: You can always go big on a P/S. It never hurts to have one bigger than you need, but it'll always hurt to have one that's not big enough.

[Lieri]

Also for people who have heat issues, dont forget to cap the fps to 60. It helps with heat for faster GPU. Mine could run up to 90 fps+ and my GPU temp would reach 90+. After I capped it to 60 FPS, it never went above 80, on average its around 65-75. Also the game physics are broken once you get into high FPS anyway...

[dullneedles]

I've got a Ryzen 5, it's older but plays Baldur's Gate 3 smooth as butter on max graphics. I started up the benchmark and my fans went into overdrive. I've never even heard my fans running before since I've owned this machine, and they're clean as a whistle.

[Shialan]

I've got a Ryzen 5, it's older but plays Baldur's Gate 3 smooth as butter on max graphics. I started up the benchmark and my fans went into overdrive. I've never even heard my fans running before since I've owned this machine, and they're clean as a whistle.

Cool story. I wonder if there could be a difference between these two games. But probably not. Games are games and every game has the same graphic. /s

[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.

[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.

[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.