CPU Temps Reaching 90c???

[dayseekr]

so out of nowhere my cpu temps have skyrocketed into the 90c range and its making me really uncomfortable. i don't know what is causing it, i have no mods installed, i have rtx off and most of my settings are on medium and it's still not changing. i've played the game multiple times through GOG with no real temp issues and my frames are locked at 60 so i don't understand why or how to change this.

i have an MSI Raider GE66
intel core i7-10750h
32gb ram
GeForce RTX 3070

i'm not super tech savvy so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated (:

[Crunchy[Daz]]

If its a laptop then there's really not much you can do other then underclock/undervolt.

That series of CPUs run hot and are designed to go up to 100c so 90c is fine. Its not ideal but its not going to damage anything.

[strata]

I'm having the same problem. I noticed it a couple days ago. I recently installed and started playing Cyberpunk 2077 on an older gaming laptop, but it was working fine for the first few hours, no crashes or overheating or any problems (I was playing in the desert start area as Nomad).

But once I got to the city, then I started experiencing crashes, beginning at the Maelstrom outpost, where you are trying to obtain a military warbot, and have a confrontation with Maelstrom boss.

My laptop started turning off by itself because of too high of temperatures. I installed a temperature monitor program, and my CPU temps when running Cyberpunk shot up to as hot as 90 degrees and even higher, like at max, it says 98-99 degrees celcius, while hanging around a range of 87-93 degrees when just playing the game.

I can manage to play the game for an hour or two now, but then my laptop will shut down eventually from becoming too hot.

All drivers are up to date, windows 10 up to date, NVIDIA Ge Force driver up to date (have 980M GPU)

Not sure if its a recent update to the game maybe that is causing this issue that I installed for Cyberpunk, or that the game is still badly optimized or something, or a recent update to Nvidia drivers, or maybe this game just is not intended for older computers, and perhaps my CPU and GPU just can't cut it.

[Bishop-Six]

After the latest patch apparently CDPR implemented some form of preloading shaders or something.

Like in other games (Days Gone for example) the first 1-2 minutes after loading the game / savegame you will have a big load of stress for the CPU which suddenly calms down again after that.

First i was confused as well, but luckily i could identify this behaviour from remembering it from other games.

So what you can do is easy, load the savegame, look on the street, get a drink / something to eat, you return et voila: CPU calmed down and you are ready to play.

Since then i just save my game not in the most pwerful graphic scene, but in my appartment or in some stairways and it really helps.

[strata]

Update to my earlier post: I just turned off all other programs like my browser that I usually keep open, and even steam - I closed that, (my cyberpunk game edition is from GOG) so the only program that was running was Cyberpunk, It seemed to help my CPU temps, with them now being in the 80s during gameplay, so you might give that a try. Only have Cyberpunk running on your computer, close all other programs and apps you might be running that might use CPU.

[Ayeto]

Dismantle everything, clean dust, replace thermal paste.

That's the only thing you can do

[Derivat949]

90 degrees is totally normal for a laptop CPU. Also it's summer, warmer ambient temperature = warmer CPU temperature, not really rocket science

Originally posted by strata:

I'm having the same problem. I noticed it a couple days ago. I recently installed and started playing Cyberpunk 2077 on an older gaming laptop, but it was working fine for the first few hours, no crashes or overheating or any problems (I was playing in the desert start area as Nomad).

But once I got to the city, then I started experiencing crashes, beginning at the Maelstrom outpost, where you are trying to obtain a military warbot, and have a confrontation with Maelstrom boss.

My laptop started turning off by itself because of too high of temperatures. I installed a temperature monitor program, and my CPU temps when running Cyberpunk shot up to as hot as 90 degrees and even higher, like at max, it says 98-99 degrees celcius, while hanging around a range of 87-93 degrees when just playing the game.

I can manage to play the game for an hour or two now, but then my laptop will shut down eventually from becoming too hot.

All drivers are up to date, windows 10 up to date, NVIDIA Ge Force driver up to date (have 980M GPU)

Not sure if its a recent update to the game maybe that is causing this issue that I installed for Cyberpunk, or that the game is still badly optimized or something, or a recent update to Nvidia drivers, or maybe this game just is not intended for older computers, and perhaps my CPU and GPU just can't cut it.

This has nothing to do with Cyberpunk specifically my gf is currently playing the new Zelda on my old gaming laptop and it also turns off when it reaches 100 degrees. Same thing happened to me last summer when playing God of War on it. It's pretty scuffed but what we do is put a towel on the laptops keyboard and then put 2 Hello Fresh cooling packs on it, obviously this only works if you play with a controller.

[Darth Siles]

Keep the laptop as refreshed as you can.

I have a laptop kind of close to yours (MSI Leopard GP76, with same GPU) and it usually goes at around 90c when gaming.

What i found very useful is a platform to elevate the laptop a little bit (not a cooling platform!), so the fans under the laptop are separated from the table and they do work better. 5 to 10 degrees less usually.

[Mr. P]

For me it helped allot to keep the laptop on a stand that is open at the underside so it does not interfere with airflow.

MSI KATANA 11800H, RTX3060, 16GB

[deadscene]

intel core i7-10750h is a laptop cpu so yeah . there is not much space to breath in that book

[Fl5wols]

Put the laptop in the freezer

[Darth Siles]

Originally posted by Mr. P:

For me it helped allot to keep the laptop on a stand that is open at the underside so it does not interfere with airflow.

MSI KATANA 11800H, RTX3060, 16GB

Just what i said, with good english XD

[Silverbane7]

Check your fans and inlets are clean of dust.
Raise your laptop's rear end up slightly to allow for airflow ( bottle tops on the little rubber feet can work if you have no laptop external extra fan, I've done that before in hot weather when repairing older laptops)

If you are a crafty type person, try using a couple of desktop case fans and some cardboard or other surface item to make a cooling system (think, two fans glued into a picture frame, plugged into a PSU, with the fans blowing air upwards into your laptop's underside)
That's if you can't find yourself a cheap laptop cooling system.

If all else fails, and you have raised its back up, and have a desk or room fan, try pointing that the back of your laptop and see if this helps.

Don't shove it in the freezer tho....cold metal heats up at a different speed to plastic, and condensation is baaaaad for laptops.
But you could put a towel in there to cool off and place that near the desk fan, to cool the air it's moving.
Just be carefull of moisture.

[CloudSeeker]

The Nvidia 30- series has a maximum temp of 93C. So having 90C when you run something that require a high load, like a videogame, should make it pretty hot. They are designed that way.

[r_plus_seven]

Originally posted by O.Gefr.Löring.363VD:

After the latest patch apparently CDPR implemented some form of preloading shaders or something.

Like in other games (Days Gone for example) the first 1-2 minutes after loading the game / savegame you will have a big load of stress for the CPU which suddenly calms down again after that.

First i was confused as well, but luckily i could identify this behaviour from remembering it from other games.

So what you can do is easy, load the savegame, look on the street, get a drink / something to eat, you return et voila: CPU calmed down and you are ready to play.

Since then i just save my game not in the most pwerful graphic scene, but in my appartment or in some stairways and it really helps.

Interesting... I'm having the same issue with my 13700k, I'll try this and see how the temp would go low.

Edit: It did work! my cpu was hovering 80-90 and after 5-10 minutes it now goes to 65-80.

[Jamie]

One suggestion is disabling turbo mode. You can lose up to about 30% and it depends on what games you play. You would be purposely lowering your performance however your temps improve.