This game destroys CPUs.

[Micha]

Unfortunately, we all know by now that Rise of the Ronin is not a good PC port. In fact, it's an extremely bad port.

But the fact that it is extremely damaging to the hardware in the long run is new. The CPU temperatures are higher than ever before with my i7-13700KF. No other game comes close to these catastrophic CPU temperatures. In the long run, this is absolutely not good for the CPU. I don't know exactly what it is. Is it the engine? Is it the optimization? Is it both? I have a water cooling system and to be honest, my PC is usually very quiet. This game makes my PC (RTX 4080/i7 13700KF) swell to the volume of an airplane at startup.

It really is a disaster what the developer has delivered here. This cannot be defended even with all love. No matter how much you like the game. I also like the game in principle. I really enjoy the gameplay. From a technical point of view, however, it's a complete disaster.

Can we expect any improvements here? I do not know. To be honest, I can't imagine it. The developer is known for giving a ♥♥♥♥.

I am really extremely disappointed. I hadn't expected a good port. I was 100% sure of that. But the fact that it runs so badly that it actually damages hardware in the long run is surprising. I have now had it refunded. Steam even took it back after 4 hours. Apparently the problems are also known there.

I really advise anyone in this condition not to use this port. It actually destroys hardware in the long run. Keep this in mind :/

[PvWolf666]

Huh, my 7800x3d fan cooled is using between 60 to 80% utility and is between 65 and 70 in temp. Perfectly normal. It's weird in this day and age of GPU's that CPU's are actually doing anything above 30% utility. Maybe its just doing its job for a change.

[VeraelHasta]

1. Games don't destroy your CPUs. They highlight problems that were already there.
2. Modern CPUs are way better with handling high temperatures. Unless you reach over 90, or close to 100, there is nothing to worry about.

GPU and CPU power is there to be used. How do you think Frame Gen, DLSS and most of the newer technologies work? They transfer some of the load from the GPU to CPU.

[Micha]

Of course a permanently high temperature is very bad? Do we really need to talk about it? Even the most uneducated tech bros should be aware of that ;)
Where do you think the extremely bad reviews, including the many forum posts about extremely loud fans and high temperatures, come from? Of course there is something wrong here.

This game has major technical problems.

[Trilkin]

Originally posted by VeraelHasta:

1. Games don't destroy your CPUs. They highlight problems that were already there.
2. Modern CPUs are way better with handling high temperatures. Unless you reach over 90, or close to 100, there is nothing to worry about.

GPU and CPU power is there to be used. How do you think Frame Gen, DLSS and most of the newer technologies work? They transfer some of the load from the GPU to CPU.

Hate to be the 'well ackshully' guy, but DLSS and Nvidia's framegen implementations are on the GPU. It's why they need specific generations of cards to utilize since they're effectively AI routines. They don't offload anything to the CPU.

That all said, I'm noticing people with CPU heating issues are running newer Intel chips and newer Intel chips in general are notorious for having all sorts of issues. I'm running an AMD chip and my fan doesn't even ramp up while playing this game. I'm not saying a game using a ~20 year old engine should be burning out CPUs, but I am saying it's generally an issue with the CPU if it's being allowed to burn out in the first place due to failed thermal throttling.

[Kinpatsu]

I'm still in the countryside of the game, but I'm getting 20-30% of CPU usage, 60-99% GPU usage and it's not going above 70ºC (high settings, ray tracing and locked on 60 fps) But as I said, I didnt go to the cities or more dense areas

[☆トンベリさん☆ AKA Swegfesh]

Originally posted by Micha@KCD2HYPE:

Of course a permanently high temperature is very bad? Do we really need to talk about it? Even the most uneducated tech bros should be aware of that ;)
Where do you think the extremely bad reviews, including the many forum posts about extremely loud fans and high temperatures, come from? Of course there is something wrong here.

This game has major technical problems.

Ryzen 7600x here, designed to run at 90c + constantly when under load. Yet the maximum it'll go for me in both this game and prime is ~80c. You have an issue with subpar cooling and/or have a really bad overclock that just throws power into the cpu and overheats it.

That said though, 90c on a modern CPU is normal. They're designed that way. There was a time when 60c was considered high, 90c is normal now.

[PvWolf666]

Originally posted by Micha@KCD2HYPE:

Of course a permanently high temperature is very bad? Do we really need to talk about it? Even the most uneducated tech bros should be aware of that ;)
Where do you think the extremely bad reviews, including the many forum posts about extremely loud fans and high temperatures, come from? Of course there is something wrong here.

This game has major technical problems.

The bad comments talking about this are most likely a small percentage of the player base. Players who have a normal gaming experience don't post. So the majority are having no issues with cpu's, hence its not an issue with the game, just badly optimised and uses more cpu than usual.

[Keelan]

5700X3D here chilling in the 60s along with my 4070ti super.. Intel CPUs will run hot under load because they use like 200w.

[ZeroHeat]

No issues with my 10700K. CPUs are designed to take heat much higher than you'll ever see unless your cooler is broken.

[ElyD]

Your CPU is designed to run at 100% load for prolonged amounts of time. If you hit temperatures that make it throttle doing that, then your cooling is simply not sufficient. This has absolutely nothing to do with the game.

Running close to thermal limit DOES NOT make a chip degrade.

[Lahoo Eckbert]

I have decent cooling. Even at 80-90% load I hang around 50degrees celcius.
Although this is the only game that hits 70%+ CPU usage consistently. I just arrived Yokohama and my Cpu usage hit 95%. And eventhough it seems that my fps is around 60, the game starts to move at slow mo. It's a weird effect.

https://i.imgur.com/efp5Ebq.jpeg

[space]

that's an issue with your system/cooling, not the game

[Amuro0079]

Originally posted by space:

that's an issue with your system/cooling, not the game

It is is the game, at least for AMD 7000 users. Even at the title screen, temps remain above 80C. This is just similtar to Space Marine 2 before they fixed it a patch.

[space]

Originally posted by Amuro0079:

It is is the game, at least for AMD 7000 users. Even at the title screen, temps remain above 80C. This is just similtar to Space Marine 2 before they fixed it a patch.

that doesn't mean it destroys cpus

[Amuro0079]

Originally posted by space:

Originally posted by Amuro0079:

It is is the game, at least for AMD 7000 users. Even at the title screen, temps remain above 80C. This is just similtar to Space Marine 2 before they fixed it a patch.

that doesn't mean it destroys cpus

It won't immediately of course. But they need to fix it. I suspect it has something to do with FPS cap at 120 and Ultra preset, but I haven't tired lowering it yet.