Is it true that this game can overheat your cpu?

[TheCr33pur]

Saw some reviews (negative) they mention it will overheat your cpu, idk want to cook mine and is this game poorly optimization?

I have here is i9 11th generation, 8 cores at 3GHz, 32GB along with Nvidia RTX 3060ti 8GB.

[120 BPM]

I don't know if it can overheat your cpu but it definitely runs terrible, it's the worst optimised game I played in a few years now. Might be an engine problem, doesn't seem like it's going to get fixed any soon.

[~ Fabulous ~]

Download msi afterburner to monitor your CPU temperature, shut the game down if its reach 80c to 90c or something, my CPU temperature never reach more than 60c for the 200+ hour I play this game.

[TheCr33pur]

Originally posted by ~ Fabulous ~:

Download msi afterburner to monitor your CPU temperature, shut the game down if its reach 80c to 90c or something, my CPU temperature never reach more than 60c for the 200+ hour I play this game.

Could be user cpu that is outdated or need a better one. I noticed alot of users dont even use cooling system to keep their cpu from overheating or get alot of CTDs.

[TriumphJordi]

It's important to understand that modern CPU's & GPU's are made to run at higher temperatures when running optimally. A 90 degree Temp for a Intel® Core™ i9-11900K is within manufacturer expectation f.e.

[Lywelyn]

that is absolute BS.

Intel clearly stated in their website that this specific CPU ( i9-11900K ) has a critical T junction at 100-105 Celcius.

meaning it'll shut down when at least one of the temperature censor rise that up.

so true technically it can run at 90 degres, but that is not optimal. this is BS beyond understanding.

not only intensive use at this high temperature will drastically lower the life expectancy of the hardware, it may aswell damage the whole motherboard provided it is not monitored properly and provided with a sufficient venting on the long run. each rig being different i'm generalising here.

i'm specifically talking about people who are considering their set up as a gaming as, which mean long runs of gaming session. these need to be cautious and monitor their set up.

long story short, average room temperature is to be between 21-22 celcius in a room with a desktop. 90 celcius is acceptable at the condition that you are benching your hardware or overcloaking it.

an actual optimal one is within 72- 81 celcius.

test realised with Cinebench, Fire Strike, and OCCT , 2 of each, had acceptable feedbacks on such test.

which can all be found within 2 google search.

edit : typo

[Syrris]

OP: enabling vsync or frame limits should avoid any trouble as long as the system itself is in good shape (no dust buildup/wonky fans/etc). The trouble mostly seems to arise when the game runs uncapped; AoW 3 also had this problem.

[TheCr33pur]

I heard that most Paradox games have cpu usages in most cases due to gaming engine they are using. Idk if that is true, but there alot of things are getting differently on how the game design.

I should be okay with this rig though.

[Beytran70]

It's definitely not as bad as Total War: Warhammer has been for me lately.

[Sifer2]

Originally posted by Beytran70:

It's definitely not as bad as Total War: Warhammer has been for me lately.

Almost nothing I have played is that bad actually. It was one of the first game I tried my new PC with, and it kept forcing shutdowns while playing it. I thought the PC was broken a first but figured out the PC was drawing too many watts while playing that game specifically so I needed a better setup with surge protector/battery backup lol. You can solve a lot of issues with that game by capping framerate to 60 in drivers.

Speaking of capping framerate. It's not a bad idea to cap your framerate globally to around your monitors refresh rate. That way you never have to worry about a badly coded game frying your PC.

[TheCr33pur]

On thing that users buy a pc from vary places, such as Dell, Walmart or even online ended up with poor PSU. Better off building one if you have the knowledge and the cash for it.

[fja12856]

I've played 709.5 hours, with no overheating. These are my computers specs:
RTX 3070 (> 4060 TI), Intel 20 Core i7-14700KF (~ i9-13900K), 32GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD + 2TB HDD, WiFi, W11H - Liquid Cooled RGB Gamer Computer

[Blanch Warren]

EU3 MEIOU may have contributed to the death of an old laptop. Or maybe it was the water. AOW 4 doesn't run nearly as hot on good processor on low settings, and I don't even have a graphics card.

[spartanspud]

I used a laptop these days instead of my desktop, so the cooling is not as good. But this game has caused my laptop to turn itself off due to the overheating sometimes. It is definitely something to be aware of. But not a guaranteed issue.

[eharper256]

I have quite a strong PC and it definitely causes overheat freezes for me in Tactical Battles. It used to be almost random when DD first came out and the game was basically unplayable (which was annoying, since I like the game).

It's been evidently optimised a bit since then; I came back recently and it's improved though I still absolutely cannot do an 18 vs 18 stack battle; it freezes before turn 2, guaranteed.

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