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[phordicus]

quad core usage: 80, 63, 90, 72.

considering nothing is going on in the game (paused), that looks terribly unoptimized. whether a CPU can withstand a benchmark test is one thing, but you'd no more run it max'd out anymore than you'd redline a stickshift everywhere you'd go. it's no big deal; so they have some bad coders. it happens.

[Apex Sammoth]

phordicus wrote...

quad core usage: 80, 63, 90, 72.
considering nothing is going on in the game (paused), that looks terribly unoptimized. whether a CPU can withstand a benchmark test is one thing, but you'd no more run it max'd out anymore than you'd redline a stickshift everywhere you'd go. it's no big deal; so they have some bad coders. it happens.

ROFLMAO point made.

[whtnyte-raernst]

You know, the real shame is that the attitudes and opinions in here have cause all of the old timer PC tech gurus, that spent a lot of time and money getting degrees, to no longer frequent this forum and offer their advice.



Some of us started with our first computers in the late 70s and do actually know what we're talking about before we give advice for free. Advice that in the real world, we could charge $120.00 per hour or more to offer.

[thecostcutter]

Not sure how many people this will help since most people (even "hardcore" gamers) don't have custom builds these days. I was only able to run DAO for about 10 minutes before an overheat crash would occur. As it turns out this was entirely caused by my video card's default temperature override setting. My cpu stats are wicked, as the build is only a year old. After spending an hour+ on the phone with EA games support, I was still having the same problem. On a lark, I decided to crack open my tower and clean the heat sinks on my amd processor AND on my geforce 9600 gt video card. Voila! I've already cracked the 2 hour mark with not a single problem. And to save someone the trouble, after phoning with EA for a while, one of the fixes he suggested was to set the affinity to just one processor (assuming that you are running dual or quad processors). Dude said that 98% of the problems he'd dealt with were mitigated by the affinity fix. On some other sh!t, I do think that 20Gb is an absurd amount of installable content for a game that still needs to run from the drive. I don't think I've ever run into this in the 20 gaming years of my 30 year life span.

Modifié par thecostcutter, 25 décembre 2009 - 03:45 .

[kikiboo630]

thecostcutter wrote...

Not sure how many people this will help since most people (even "hardcore" gamers) don't have custom builds these days. I was only able to run DAO for about 10 minutes before an overheat crash would occur. As it turns out this was entirely caused by my video card's default temperature override setting. My cpu stats are wicked, as the build is only a year old. After spending an hour+ on the phone with EA games support, I was still having the same problem. On a lark, I decided to crack open my tower and clean the heat sinks on my amd processor AND on my geforce 9600 gt video card. Voila! I've already cracked the 2 hour mark with not a single problem. And to save someone the trouble, after phoning with EA for a while, one of the fixes he suggested was to set the affinity to just one processor (assuming that you are running dual or quad processors). Dude said that 98% of the problems he'd dealt with were mitigated by the affinity fix. On some other sh!t, I do think that 20Gb is an absurd amount of installable content for a game that still needs to run from the drive. I don't think I've ever run into this in the 20 gaming years of my 30 year life span.

Awww man.. i had the same issue too.. i was so pissed that when i got the game, i was able to play to 4-6 hours without problems.. and the next time... my pc croaked within 30 mins I did all the stuff i found on google about video cards, updating drivers, etc and it all came down to freakin cleaning the video card:D amazing.

[Aruthos]

Okay someone said that setting the affinity to a multi core processor would help,

No it wont wanna know why?

Because your giving the other cpu the entire load, unless you have quad core in which case meh...



But anyways my two sense is that someone ****ed the code in the game the tells it how to deal with multi core systems, which explains why single, dual and quad cores have issue.



And then you have stupid people who dont know what there doing and make things worse xD

[Daddydib]

the only thing that worked for me, and that was the best solution for me, after trying everything suggested,i opened my pc case, and put a fan on it, and i played it, with only a crash every 8-10 hours...

[Mew.2]

Wow really sad that people are trying to give others the run around instead of solving a known issue. I'm having this problem too and if I don't get help I want my ****en money back...



I JUST put together a PC and I've ran GPU and CPU monitoring programs at the same time...this game only overheatings my CPU, anybody find any fixes BESIDES cleaning?

[Phonzo]

there is no software solution to components overheating.



for cpu the general order would be

1) clean the case

2) ensure proper air circulation around the cpu (fans mounted properly)

3) to test play with the side of the case open and see if you see a decrease in temps

2) remount cpu heatsink if you built yourself (could have been poor contact / to much thermal paste)



and if you have temp issues post cpu + idle temps / under load temps. Much easier to say yes thats overheating or no you are experiencing something completely different.

[linkrulesx10]

Well my laptop was struggling even with a cooler pad.



Note that it was playing wow and oblivion fine on high settings *not the highest did have custom textures on oblivion for better sight and mods for performance like removing tha annoying grass*



But this 97 degrees shut down 100% CPU load



Took it apart and cleaned it, runs at 75-85 degrees alots less thene the 95 and still rising I was having before.



But another solution that I used B4 I took it apart was to use Notebook Hardware Control to underclock my CPU so it was still using 100% but at like 1.25 GHZ instead of 2 GHZ which also reduced CPU temp.



All temperatures are in celcius.

[OH-UP-THIS!]

Oh come to think of it thank you, I have to open my case and clean it out, and while I'm in there, I'll remove my videocard and clean it out as well.



There's one way to eliminate an incoming grr fest.



Anyways thanks again.

[Enernanut]

linkrulesx10 wrote...

Well my laptop was struggling even with a cooler pad.

Note that it was playing wow and oblivion fine on high settings *not the highest did have custom textures on oblivion for better sight and mods for performance like removing tha annoying grass*

But this 97 degrees shut down 100% CPU load

Took it apart and cleaned it, runs at 75-85 degrees alots less thene the 95 and still rising I was having before.

But another solution that I used B4 I took it apart was to use Notebook Hardware Control to underclock my CPU so it was still using 100% but at like 1.25 GHZ instead of 2 GHZ which also reduced CPU temp.

All temperatures are in celcius.

Wow, that is HOT.  Did you try reseating the CPU heatsink with some new thermal paste when you had the laptop apart?  Some thermal paste becomes less effective over time.

[CrustyCat]

I don't have an issue with my cpu overheating, it's an E8500 OC'd to 3.8 Ghz, but my 9800GX2 gets smokin' hot, it can get over 90C easy depending on how long I play. And I don't keep it hot in the house.

[linkrulesx10]

I didnt notice any thermal paste and I do not feel comfertable enough to mess around with it on my computer.



If it matters the fan isn't above my CPU I noticed it was a big piece of copper which connected to a fan around 5-10 cm's away where the fan and everything was running.

[Gorath Alpha]

So-called "heat pipe" technology allows there to be an air gap between the base plate and the heat sink assembly. The thermal paste is between the base plate and the cover on the CPU.

[Hotarustar]

Funny (not really), After the patch I have noticed that my laptop fan has went into high gear and I was even left going "wtf, it's never needed that much air before sitting here" at first.. but now it's just a known thing I know it is happening with that.

[davem20]

It's real damn annoying that those of you that can run the game properly are telling the rest of us to clean our pc or make sure nothing else is running and that the game is fine, it's our fault. Ok maybe a few people would have that problem but so many people complaining there is obviously a problem with the game. I'll list my pc setup below and I tell you I've tried everything.



I made sure nothing else was running, ran both spyware and anti virus, tried different resolutions and settings, cleaned out my entire pc inside, forced settings through the Nvidia controls, checked my ram, tried drivers dating back to October and the newest ones, Tried the stupid affinity setting with the cores. Nothing has worked.



My cpu hits 100% the instant I start this game. It doesn't overheat but the game play is choppy as hell on ALL resolutions and settings. My pc has a brand new GTX 260, brand new 850W 70A Corsair power supply, and 3 gigs of brand new ram and I avg 25 fps on any resolution and settings. So don't tell me it's my hardware or something needs to be cleaned cause it's all new and nothing is overheating.



Bioware please address this problem or I will be calling to get my money back.



Intel Dual Core 2.13

3 Gigs Ram

GTX 260



PS - Mass Effect 2, Modern Warfare 2, Batman: AA all play perfectly on my PC.

[Gorath Alpha]

Phonzo wrote...

there is no software solution to components overheating.

And vice versa, of course, unless we include fan controller utilities, such as Speedfan..

for cpu the general order would be
1) clean the case
2) ensure proper air circulation around the cpu (fans mounted properly)
3) to test play with the side of the case open and see if you see a decrease in temps
2) remount cpu heatsink if you built yourself (could have been poor contact / to much thermal paste)

and if you have temp issues post cpu + idle temps / under load temps. Much easier to say yes thats overheating or no you are experiencing something completely different.

There's always a nonbeliever.  The truth is what it is, however.

[Ayilachan]

Okay, so Why am I sharing this horrible overheating issue on DAO within the first 5 mins of play, while DA2 Runs beautifully on exactly the same system for 8 hours straight?
Has this been answered at all?