GPU Overheating.

[Sierra Harmony]

My husband has a 3070 and I have a 1060. Both our computers run at 100 percent usage and skyrockets the temperature of the GPUs. We've both decided to refund this game until it's optimised better for any kind of rig. Very disappointed as this game was going to be our new bonding game.

[Kashra Fall]

Did you cap your frames?

[Shibe]

This is not dictated by the game unless you restrict your framerate and/or lower graphics settings.

If you get something (msi afterburner, hwinfo) to monitor power usage your 3070 and 1060 should be at around 220W and 120W respectively for max power draw depending on your manufacturer.

If it is then there is nothing wrong, if you are worried about too high temperatures (90C and above) then you need to improve cooling/airflow or lower power usage through MSI afterburner.

[Rex Hauser]

No, I have the same problem, this game is not optimized at all. OP is absolutely correct insofar as the game is unnecessarily heating systems. anyone saying the problem is on OP's end is incorrect, My PC is a beast, well ventilated and regulated, intercooler system, every heat reg you could think of and this game turns the room into an oven. A game like this should not be making ANY but the most potato PCs sound like a jet engine.

I have seen a few threads regarding this same issue, and one that the dev actually responded to. it is not meant run that hot.

Anecdotally, On my PC the 116gb wholly unoptimized mess that is starfield runs my GPU between 68-73c at 25% load, and this game no matter where you are, no matter what menu you are in or what graphical environment you are in runs the game at 80-82c at 100% load.

this is coding. not performance on the PC end.

[Montecalm]

Then everyone should be experiencing GPU overheating, which is not happening. You are either overclocking the GPU (some card mfgrs do this for you) or, you have a laptop which doesn't have good heat dispersal. Or, you GPU is a poorly made off-brand product.

[Rex Hauser]

Yes my NVIDIA which is I am not overclocking is a Poorly made offbrand product sure. I have fantastic ventilation, liquid cooled, and it runs notoriously hotter running games cooler than this game specifically.

The point is that it's invariable, there are a few people suggestion solutions that should work if it was simply overclocking issues as you say, or power usage issues like some other people say, changing those would effect the situation, which it does not.

I understand You want to have the end all be all answer, but you need to cope with the fact that you may be incorrect. Both of your definitive suggestions are 100% off mark so you might want to re-evaluate your reddit mod level of snark.

[Jawny]

I've activated V-Sync (even though it's ya know... V-Sync) and I have no issues and I'm not really using a new card.

I believe that V-Sync caps your framerate to your monitor's refresh rate so that might be what could help. Anyways, If you're afraid of damaging your pc, then wait a bit for the game to "cook" :D

[Shibe]

Originally posted by Rex Hauser:

Yes my NVIDIA which is I am not overclocking is a Poorly made offbrand product sure. I have fantastic ventilation, liquid cooled, and it runs notoriously hotter running games cooler than this game specifically.

The point is that it's invariable, there are a few people suggestion solutions that should work if it was simply overclocking issues as you say, or power usage issues like some other people say, changing those would effect the situation, which it does not.

I understand You want to have the end all be all answer, but you need to cope with the fact that you may be incorrect. Both of your definitive suggestions are 100% off mark so you might want to re-evaluate your reddit mod level of snark.

You've pointed out you have an issue (which is fine) but are disregarding the underlying cause of those symptoms.

I've posted elsewhere for someone with a 2060, the advice still applies.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1063420/discussions/0/3826425993231602360/#c3826425993233474227

Void Crew does not run with elevated privileges and cannot control your GPU device directly. If you do not wish it to run at 100% power load then simply restrict it to a lesser amount.

[shade4th]

I did some testing myself and enabling vsync it does cap out your fps on your monitor refresh rate thus limiting the GPU usage.

you can read some findings on my post here
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1063420/discussions/0/3826425993228762976/?ctp=2

[Vioræn]

When was the last time you cleaned dust out of your PC? Could easily cause problems if it's been a while.

[d-_-b]

Originally posted by Rex Hauser:

it runs notoriously hotter running games cooler than this game specifically.

This game uses almost no CPU. it is 100% gpu bound even on trash-tier CPUs. if you do not limit the framerate in some way (because slow cpu will not do this for you, in this game, as it barely uses any CPU), the GPU will be pegged at 100%. as will be the case for any game or graphics application that is not bottlenecked by the CPU and not FPS limited in some way.

you MUST use an external framerate limiter (as there isn't one built in) or Vsync, or you will have 100% GPU load. that's just... how it works.

[Neouni]

Keep blaiming the road that it makes your car overheat.

[The Prophet]

im using a 1080 at high setting @ 4k getting 45 -50 frames and card is running at 65C