RTX2060 Overheating

[[AKn] Talsar]

I'm having major issues running this game without my card heating up to 85 degrees + which makes the fans scream. I am running QHD as unfortunately that's my monitors native resolution. I'd normally adjust some other settings to compensate (works fine in 95% of games) and thought I'd found the sweet spot during the tutorial (everything on high but dropped shadows to medium). Unfortunately once I left the garage my temperatures went right back up again and the game is unplayable without risking my card, reducing settings seems to have minimal effect. I've also noticed the shadows on medium settings look absolutely hideous, just flickering blobs everywhere. The game isn't even particularly graphically detailed to begin with so I just don't understand why its so demanding? Has anyone else had similar issues? At present I'm considering refunding.

[WESTG4M3R4L1F3]

in rivatuner you can cap your fps. you should try it maybe it will help

[TT]

It's possible your card is in need of repasting. I've got a 2080 and found it never really had an issue till I got baldurs gate, and that taxed it in just the right way to put the hot spot temp over what I'm guessing was a "panic" value in the cards bios. So it'd ramp up and down with incredible noise. I took it appart, replaced the paste and put it back together again, temps were similar on average but hot spot down, and the noise gone.

[wordbonder]

This is no hate toward the Devs, because I really like the game, but something is off in a major way with optimization. We're seeing complaints across the board from high-end rigs to the more modest ones. Be it in frames, or as you mentioned how taxing it is to run.

I don't have a powerhouse by any means, but it's all relative. I know how my PC typically performs across 95% of other games, and something is amiss. Also, I played the demo and the full version after the patch, and I don't see any notable difference. I hope it gets improved in the future, but as of now, I doubt this is your card's fault.

[[AKn] Talsar]

Thanks for advice, I've tried capping my fps via nvidia control panel but it doesn't seem to make any difference :( I could try repasting the card but I don't have this issue with the vast majority of games (unless running at uncapped fps) - I think VSYNC caps my FPS at 58 anyway as my monitors HDMI port supports lower refresh rate than the display port. Baldurs Gate for example runs great on very high settings. I agree that something is very much off with the optimisation in this game right now.

[[AKn] Talsar]

Just an edit to say my gpu is only showing 10% utilisation while playing as well, which seems pretty odd. I think I'm going to have to refund for now :( Shame as I was really looking forward to this one.

[Wingnut Mcmoomoo]

i'm playing it on a 2060... mostly medium settings, capped at 30fps, i'm also playing in a 720p window.... so it can play but like most games if you want it to not stress the 2060 you'll need to crank the settings down... the resolution is a personal choice because of my monitor setup but capping the fps should fix alot of your problems, i'd suggest 30fps for most games on the 2060.

with those settings my card is running at like 40c to 46c (which is very cool, my room is a hotbox that is always boiling so i run my pc cooler to not overheat myself). I will note that this is hotter than most AAA titles run my card with this sort of setup so the game does run hot 100%.

[Fiesta! Fiesta!]

Originally posted by AKn Talsar:

Just an edit to say my gpu is only showing 10% utilisation while playing as well, which seems pretty odd. I think I'm going to have to refund for now :( Shame as I was really looking forward to this one.

be careful in other games since that sounds a bit weird regardless. especially if its just this game

[myth0genesis]

Getting a pretty solid 60 so far with all medium settings, AA off, DLSS Balanced (and it still looks great), with all the mirror details turned on (grass, fog, etc.) at 1080p on a laptop 3070ti (150W power cap on mine) and Intel i9 12900H. There are some hitches during shader compilation/resource loading, but that's unfortunately the norm with PC games these days, and when all that stuff gets cached, everything runs smoothly for me.

[[AKn] Talsar]

Originally posted by Wingnut Mcmoomoo:

i'm playing it on a 2060... mostly medium settings, capped at 30fps, i'm also playing in a 720p window.... so it can play but like most games if you want it to not stress the 2060 you'll need to crank the settings down... the resolution is a personal choice because of my monitor setup but capping the fps should fix alot of your problems, i'd suggest 30fps for most games on the 2060.

with those settings my card is running at like 40c to 46c (which is very cool, my room is a hotbox that is always boiling so i run my pc cooler to not overheat myself). I will note that this is hotter than most AAA titles run my card with this sort of setup so the game does run hot 100%.

I'm impressed by the lengths you are willing to go to in order to run games but I don't think I'm willing to make that sort of sacrifice! I can usually run games fine at 60fps 1440p, I know its a bit of an old card now (it predates the rest of my rig) but these seem like fairly extreme measures! Not a criticism at all though, I have a friend that does something similar to run games on his 4k tv!

[Wingnut Mcmoomoo]

Originally posted by AKn Talsar:

Originally posted by Wingnut Mcmoomoo:

i'm playing it on a 2060... mostly medium settings, capped at 30fps, i'm also playing in a 720p window.... so it can play but like most games if you want it to not stress the 2060 you'll need to crank the settings down... the resolution is a personal choice because of my monitor setup but capping the fps should fix alot of your problems, i'd suggest 30fps for most games on the 2060.

with those settings my card is running at like 40c to 46c (which is very cool, my room is a hotbox that is always boiling so i run my pc cooler to not overheat myself). I will note that this is hotter than most AAA titles run my card with this sort of setup so the game does run hot 100%.

I'm impressed by the lengths you are willing to go to in order to run games but I don't think I'm willing to make that sort of sacrifice! I can usually run games fine at 60fps 1440p, I know its a bit of an old card now (it predates the rest of my rig) but these seem like fairly extreme measures! Not a criticism at all though, I have a friend that does something similar to run games on his 4k tv!

Lol To me they aren't lengths i'm going to, growing up most games ran slow and in low resolution so playing at a smooth 30 in 720p feels pretty good lol.

but yeah i don't blame anyone for not playing games like me, I do some of it because i play on large TVs so you guessed right there lol.

I hope you're able to play it in the way you want some day, and yeah the 2060 is just getting to the end of its life, its been a great midrange card tho.

[CoOp]

This is a problem with your card, not the game.

[Happy Larry]

Try undervolt it , make airflow in your pc or cap frame . ( yes you can cap it to 30 probably if you wish to play it somehow) Anyway , thats an old card , I beleive you will struggle with other games as well.

[^14ZeroZero/Dk]

not an old card issue, my rtx 3080 is getting pretty toasty too, but i like the game no hate there

[Squidtank]

I have an aging but fairly decent PC (RTX 2080 ti & i9-9900k 3.6 Ghz). Usually don't have overheating issues (tried capping framerate), but this runs fine in DX11 and makes the fans angry in DX12 for whatever reason.

[ShockedHearts]

also running an rtx 2060 (super) and it doesnt overheat, you might have external issues, repasting or dedusting might help. or maybe there is some throttling issue?