CPU overheating while playing WH3

[Preceptorbat]

This is appalling, i can't seem play this game without the risk of burning my CPU. It has been like this since the game's release. No other games do this to my CPU.

I don't think I'm going to play this game anymore.

Any solution to this?

[Keksimus]

Obviously the processor has poor heat transfer to the heatsink, you need to disassemble the PC and change the thermal paste.

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引用自 Preceptorbat：

This is appalling, i can't seem play this game without the risk of burning my CPU. It has been like this since the game's release. No other games do this to my CPU.

I don't think I'm going to play this game anymore.

Any solution to this?

You have a cooling problem or faulty CPU, your CPU is designed to run as fast as it can 24 hours a day 7 days a week. It has built in throttling to make it run slower if it over heats and should shut down completely shut down if it can;t cool properly.
It is most likely a cooling issue so google that, common problems include one or more fans not working properly, the base of the cooler not having proper contact with the CPU due to being not screwed in properly or knocked out of position a bit. The thermal paste could have dried up or never have been applied correctly. The fans may be set up incorrectly so are not ramping up speed inline with the temp going up. Also there could be bad airflow through your case. If you know what you are doing or willing to learn you can work out what the issue is and fix it yourself but if you don;t know much about PC's then get someone to fix it for you.

[PostalGibbon]

You cpu cannot burn there is overheat sensor in your cpu that will force shutdown your pc if cpu temperature nears 100 Celsius/212 degree Fahrenheit.

I suggest that first you look that there is not excessive amount of dust in cpu heat sink or in the fan which instantly kills any cooling working efficiency.

Or thermal grease between heat sink and cpu has dried out not transferring heat out cpu to heat sink as efficiently.

[Reizz of the Gal Vorbak ✳]

I mentioned regular cleaning of your computer/heatsink so here's a good example: My cpu temps dropped 5-8 degrees C after blowing all the dust off. Haven't tracked GPU temps but my card is fairly new so the effect won't be as much since not so much dust was accumulated

[DarkGunn]

Can't really help if you don't list the temperatures that are "at risk of burning" your CPU.

There are people who think 60-70c is worrisome when it's actually fine.

[Preceptorbat]

引用自 Cenwalh：

I've had some overheat issues, but with GPU. What temps are you getting?

I just fixed it by setting a more aggressive fan curve in MSI Afterburner, and now the temps don't exceed 65 Celsius.

Unfortunately this game has issues with properly utilizing resources, which translate into heat issues. But they can be addressed with some fan controlling software.

I haven't actually seen the temperatures but the red LED on motherboard constantly lights up when I'm playing this game.

引用自 Reizz ✳：

Your computer will throttle down and eventually shutdown way before your cpu actually overheats. A solution would be to invest in better cooling. I have a Scythe Mugen Rev 4 and it has server me well for years now. Regular cleaning of your system is crucial

I've been running games on my stock cooler for at least 3 years, since i made a new PC 3 years ago and never had this problem until I started playing WH3. I have i7-10700 cpu.

[Preceptorbat]

引用自 Sagang：

i had a similar problem -
Try the following

TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER III - KNOWN ISSUES, SOLUTIONS, AND SUPPORT [support.sega.com]

Solution 1: Create a script file to redefine how the CPU runs the game, as follows:

1. Navigate to the game’s Scripts folder. To do this, open an Explorer Window and type the following into the address bar.

For the Steam version: %appdata%\The Creative Assembly\Warhammer3\scripts

For the Windows Store or Gamepass version: %appdata%\The Creative Assembly\Warhammer3\GDK\scripts

For the Epic Store version: %appdata%\The Creative Assembly\Warhammer3\EOS\scripts

2. Right click in the window and select New->Text Document

3. Name this document user.script (or user.script.txt if you have Windows set to show file extensions)

4. Open the user.script file and add the following lines, taking care to include all punctuation and spaces:

HYBRID_CPUS_TREAT_ALL_CORES_UNIFORMLY true;

number_of_threads 5;

5. Save the file and run the game.

I did this and still have problems, it seems I'm never getting around this issue. Still many thanks for this info, it's quite useful.

引用自 Caileak：

引用自 Reizz ✳：

Your computer will throttle down and eventually shutdown way before your cpu actually overheats. A solution would be to invest in better cooling. I have a Scythe Mugen Rev 4 and it has server me well for years now. Regular cleaning of your system is crucial

This.

Don't mind all the software tricks. You would probably only slow down your system if you don't know what you're doing. And slowing down is what your CPU does anyway. Instead, Consider Reizz's advice and fix your cooling situation (start with your case ventilation - this could already improve your situation by a lot).

This is a commendable advice but i have NZXT H510 case and ventilation is pretty good in that case, it seems though I can't continue with Intel's stock cooler now lol, any good cooler recommendations compatible with LGA 1200?

引用自 Armored Heretic：

He does have a point.Those games are CPU heavy but CA won't even solve basic bugs so any perfomance improvements are out of reach. I have a Ryzen 5 5600x and it hovers around 68C (stock cooler)in turtorial mission, yeah I got the game last night I can imagine the actual campain will make it even hotter, if not then it's fine

Yup you're right, the issue of temperature only started after I played this game, game certainly has optimization issues.

[Preceptorbat]

引用自 Hurricane：

Some cpus in this thread are potatoes... you can't play new games with potatoes...

Cpus can handle up to 100c easy but if yours is going stupidly high like that it's your fault for bad cooling.

1 tip alt tab during end turns the map does seem to overheat everything which is cas bad coding but not to the point your pc will explode...

I don't have a potato cpu, it's i7-10700 and GPU is GTX 1080, i guess I'm just worrying too much since red LED on motherboard constantly lights up when playing WH3.

引用自 Keksimus：

Obviously the processor has poor heat transfer to the heatsink, you need to disassemble the PC and change the thermal paste.

I did change the paste around 2 months ago.

[Preceptorbat]

引用自 ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠：

引用自 Preceptorbat：

This is appalling, i can't seem play this game without the risk of burning my CPU. It has been like this since the game's release. No other games do this to my CPU.

I don't think I'm going to play this game anymore.

Any solution to this?

You have a cooling problem or faulty CPU, your CPU is designed to run as fast as it can 24 hours a day 7 days a week. It has built in throttling to make it run slower if it over heats and should shut down completely shut down if it can;t cool properly.
It is most likely a cooling issue so google that, common problems include one or more fans not working properly, the base of the cooler not having proper contact with the CPU due to being not screwed in properly or knocked out of position a bit. The thermal paste could have dried up or never have been applied correctly. The fans may be set up incorrectly so are not ramping up speed inline with the temp going up. Also there could be bad airflow through your case. If you know what you are doing or willing to learn you can work out what the issue is and fix it yourself but if you don;t know much about PC's then get someone to fix it for you.

Shall i run the fans at turbo or leave it at default standard speed?

[strike478]

引用自 Preceptorbat：

This is appalling, i can't seem play this game without the risk of burning my CPU. It has been like this since the game's release. No other games do this to my CPU.

I don't think I'm going to play this game anymore.

Any solution to this?

Games can cause GPU to run very hot and if they are poorly programmed even very simple game with simple gameplay can cause your CPU to be overworked.

But burning is unlikely as you should have three stages security. First when temperature gets high your fans should start working faster. Second even if your CPU would produce lots of heat and fans couldnt handle it CPU would throttle limiting its speed from so called boost to normal. Thrid thing is that when your PC detects too high temperaures somewhere and its close to dangeorus level it should shut down.

So even in darker secenario when neither fans nor throttling would be sufficient your PC should just turn off.

[WelvynZPorter]

undervolt

[Reizz of the Gal Vorbak ✳]

引用自 Preceptorbat：

This is a commendable advice but i have NZXT H510 case and ventilation is pretty good in that case, it seems though I can't continue with Intel's stock cooler now lol, any good cooler recommendations compatible with LGA 1200?




Yup you're right, the issue of temperature only started after I played this game, game certainly has optimization issues.

The optimization is indeed bad and that has revealed your inadequate cooling with the stock cooler. I have have personally only used Scythe's coolers and swear by them but Noctua, CoolerMaster, Corsair and many others have viable solutions. For air cooling solutions you want as big of a heat sink as possible and always high CFM fans to move the air through the cooling fins

[Arthur two sheds Jackson]

a good way to cut down on temp in general is to fix your fps in general at like 30

it can do wonder

[gachi is manly]

I'd imagine no other games do this to your CPU because no other game you play is as taxing on the CPU as Total Warhammer.

Some of that is probably just un-optimized code, but even then, few games require as much CPU calculations as this game.

I think the real test would be to run a benchmark and see if your CPU reaches dangerous temps like you say it does with this game. If it does, then the cooling is likely inadequate.

[Ohio9]

Perhaps the overheating comes from your PC being just as infuriated by the long load times as the rest of us ;)