High CPU utilization I blame Denuvo

[GrimmTruth]

I have a laptop with an 11800h Intell cpu that I bought specifically for Dead Space remake and other later 2023 releases.

Why are CPU temps in Dead Space remake maxed out to throttle?

Not even Cyber Punk does this on max settings. Multiple re-pastes with different thermal pastes, undervolts, and laptop coolers. And just today, I decide to test outside of Dead Space remake and my temps are stable.

CPU temp on Dead Space remake 89C - 95C with spikes to 100C, anything else 69C-80C.

I blame Denuvo, even though I am near the end of the game Ill wait till it is removed to finish or maybe even restart for a better overall experience.

I have bought and played Dead Space 1, 2, and (throw up in my mouth) 3. And I even have a Collector's edition of Dead Space 2 with its ♥♥♥♥♥♥ miniature baby size Plasma Cutter Key chain ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ advertised as "life sized".

Denuvo will piss off more loyal fans than deter pirates. Pirates are NOT going to buy your game, they are literally going to wait for a crack or are too poor to buy anyway.

Stop punishing loyal paying fans with DRM for what others are doing.

Also, reboot the Dead Space franchise just dont ♥♥♥♥ it up with ♥♥♥♥♥♥, uninspired, lazy writers.

./endrant

[GoobleMoWizard]

How far are you in towards the end exactly? If you're near the last Boss of the game, then, just finish, lol! If not, but I dunno how far you are..

[7igma957]

Someting is wrong with this game. CPU load in this game is insane.

[GrimmTruth]

Im just before the last boss. I played the original so im not missing anything but the new graphics. Im just going to put this game to the side and check back in a few months, maybe force myself to use a different weapon loadout. Hopefully the experience will be better after a few optimization patches.

[DominikLOL]

Originally posted by GrimmTruth:

I have a laptop with an 11800h Intell cpu that I bought specifically for Dead Space remake and other later 2023 releases.

Why are CPU temps in Dead Space remake maxed out to throttle?

Not even Cyber Punk does this on max settings. Multiple re-pastes with different thermal pastes, undervolts, and laptop coolers. And just today, I decide to test outside of Dead Space remake and my temps are stable.

CPU temp on Dead Space remake 89C - 95C with spikes to 100C, anything else 69C-80C.

I blame Denuvo, even though I am near the end of the game Ill wait till it is removed to finish or maybe even restart for a better overall experience.

I have bought and played Dead Space 1, 2, and (throw up in my mouth) 3. And I even have a Collector's edition of Dead Space 2 with its ♥♥♥♥♥♥ miniature baby size Plasma Cutter Key chain ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ advertised as "life sized".

Denuvo will piss off more loyal fans than deter pirates. Pirates are NOT going to buy your game, they are literally going to wait for a crack or are too poor to buy anyway.

Stop punishing loyal paying fans with DRM for what others are doing.

Also, reboot the Dead Space franchise just dont ♥♥♥♥ it up with ♥♥♥♥♥♥, uninspired, lazy writers.

./endrant

It's because the engine is actually using all available cpu cores to their maximum potential. other games/engines aren't utilizing all cores properly, It's not denuvo's fault for cpu usage.

proof on hogwarts legacy that denuvo isn't the issue (description):
https://youtu.be/YBWwRK6KsK0

Try turning steam overlay off

[indigo]

Ah, found the problem.
You have a laptop. They all, every single one, have the absolute cheapest CPU heatsinks and fans, and always run considerably hotter than a desktop, even a desktop with a stock Intel cooler, because those pretty much suck too.

If that's not enough, odds are you've also either got super-cheap pink thermal compound, or white ceramic thermal compound between the processor lid and the heatsink, especially if it's a Dell, HP, or Acer.

There's also thing thing called "Processor Affinity", and if you've got 8 or more cores or virtual cores, setting this up can make some really good performance and thermal improvements. Mix that with a good case of disabling P-cores if you have them, and shutting down all the unnecessary background processes and services, including, and especially the SysMain service. Pausing the Search service can also help considerably.

[Asfargh]

On my laptop Ryzen 7 6800h, just turned off CPU Boost. 71~76°C on 1440p with most settings on High. All games runs great with the CPU Boost off until now.

[indigo]

Originally posted by Asfargh:

On my laptop Ryzen 7 6800h, just turned off CPU Boost. 71~76°C on 1440p with most settings on High. All games runs great with the CPU Boost off until now.

AMD? Update the drivers, or roll them back one.
AMD = And More Drivers....

[SHOCKNUTZ]

game works fine on both my setups. one is high end components updated regularly. the other has a 1070oc. your laptop must be some sht deal from amazon or you've got it bogged down from garbage applications and processes. Denuvo is not the problem you clown.

[GrimmTruth]

Originally posted by indigo:

Ah, found the problem.
You have a laptop. They all, every single one, have the absolute cheapest CPU heatsinks and fans, and always run considerably hotter than a desktop, even a desktop with a stock Intel cooler, because those pretty much suck too.

If that's not enough, odds are you've also either got super-cheap pink thermal compound, or white ceramic thermal compound between the processor lid and the heatsink, especially if it's a Dell, HP, or Acer.

There's also thing thing called "Processor Affinity", and if you've got 8 or more cores or virtual cores, setting this up can make some really good performance and thermal improvements. Mix that with a good case of disabling P-cores if you have them, and shutting down all the unnecessary background processes and services, including, and especially the SysMain service. Pausing the Search service can also help considerably.

I already said I repasted multiple times. I should clarify. Multiple brands of thermal paste.

After all my testing, I suggest Arctic MX-6 for laptops

It simply being a laptop does not mean overheating thermals, maybe poor thermals, but not hitting max temp.

Also, just this one game hitting the temperature limit of the cpu is suspect to some other issue.

Originally posted by SHOCKNUTZ:

game works fine on both my setups. one is high end components updated regularly. the other has a 1070oc. your laptop must be some sht deal from amazon or you've got it bogged down from garbage applications and processes. Denuvo is not the problem you clown.

Wrong. My laptop was not cheap. And the only game with thermals like this is Dead Space Remake. Also rude. Also, it is you that is the clown.

Originally posted by DominikLOL:

Originally posted by GrimmTruth:

I have a laptop with an 11800h Intell cpu that I bought specifically for Dead Space remake and other later 2023 releases.

Why are CPU temps in Dead Space remake maxed out to throttle?

Not even Cyber Punk does this on max settings. Multiple re-pastes with different thermal pastes, undervolts, and laptop coolers. And just today, I decide to test outside of Dead Space remake and my temps are stable.

CPU temp on Dead Space remake 89C - 95C with spikes to 100C, anything else 69C-80C.

I blame Denuvo, even though I am near the end of the game Ill wait till it is removed to finish or maybe even restart for a better overall experience.

I have bought and played Dead Space 1, 2, and (throw up in my mouth) 3. And I even have a Collector's edition of Dead Space 2 with its ♥♥♥♥♥♥ miniature baby size Plasma Cutter Key chain ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ advertised as "life sized".

Denuvo will piss off more loyal fans than deter pirates. Pirates are NOT going to buy your game, they are literally going to wait for a crack or are too poor to buy anyway.

Stop punishing loyal paying fans with DRM for what others are doing.

Also, reboot the Dead Space franchise just dont ♥♥♥♥ it up with ♥♥♥♥♥♥, uninspired, lazy writers.

./endrant

It's because the engine is actually using all available cpu cores to their maximum potential. other games/engines aren't utilizing all cores properly, It's not denuvo's fault for cpu usage.

proof on hogwarts legacy that denuvo isn't the issue (description):
https://youtu.be/YBWwRK6KsK0

Try turning steam overlay off

Correct. Thank you sir. Im wondering why just Dead Space remake does this for me. Maybe some software conflict with the game engine?

Anyhow.

If you are experiencing high thermals, please listen to this wise sage named DominikLOL.

Turn off steam overlay.

[Eze]

Almost burnt my CPU. I blame myself too, gave me the red flag to clean and re-paste the damn thing.

[flAMe☣]

If a component can't handle the thermals from being at 100% load, then it means the cooling solution is insufficient, not the software that causes that 100% load. Any component of your PC or Laptop should be able to handle being at 100% load.

[GODzilla]

Originally posted by 7igma957:

Someting is wrong with this game. CPU load in this game is insane.

I too prefer if a game hardly uses my CPU, preferably not at all actually, so I can take it out of the socket and use it as coaster for my cup of coffee or tea.

[Mk0taid]

Laptops to my knowledge tend to reach excessively high temps when programs allow for maximum use of CPU/GPU (even though the performance may be inadequate due to improper optimization). That is simply because their cooling systems are in most cases made to account for "non-overkill" day-to-day usage, even gaming ones.

My laptop has these:
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM
Ryzen 7 5800H
16GB RAM
Game installed on SSD

And it never overheated while gaming up to this point, only when rendering complex scenes on Blender. My solution back then (which works in DSR too) is:

1) Go to Power Options
2) Change Plan Settings
3) Change advanced power settings
4) Processor Power Management
5) Maximum Processor State
6) Change both "On Battery" and "Plugged in" to 98% - 99%

My temps while playing DSR instantly went from 100 - 101 degrees to 86 by setting my maximum processor state from 100% to 98%. Worth noting these temps were without Turbo cooling and/or cooling pad on as well as about half a year+ of not having cleaned the insides of my system. You effectively prevent your machine from constantly pushing it's limit (when software allows it) and you only sacrifice about 1 ~ 2% of your POTENTIAL performance for much longer hardware lifetime in return.
In fact I can say you GAIN performance that you would "theoretically" gain if you were using 100% because you are always losing FPS when your system inevitably throttles in order to cool down it's temps - which again seems to be the case for the vast majority of laptops.

[Peter_Johnson]

In game my rig is using 690 Watts, when Paused it's using 720 watts, when minimised to desktop that also triggers the ♥♥♥♥ menu my rig is pulling 760 watts.

[Anton S]

Guys, this thing can't use 100 watts of a CPU (from 125 available) being paused and collapsed into a tray due to a good CPU usage optimization. Probably shaders compilation stuck or something.