Overheating with minimum graphic settings?

[xFeywolf]

Was wondering if anyone could help me with this...I'd really love to play this game as it looks like it could be amazing!!

My problem is that I load the game and within 5 minutes of starting the game, my laptop shuts down. I'm not sure why..but I assume it's an overheating issue. Thanks for any and all help!!

[Sean]

Publicado originalmente por donavan.porter:

Just did a google seach on Rivatuner and according to their website it supports NVIDIA GPUs? I'm using AMD Radeon Graphics (with integrated Intel HD) .. Would that be a problem?

Yep, and it supports all, my own GPU is by AMD.

http://www.guru3d.com/files-get/rtss-rivatuner-statistics-server-download,9.html

[Nissash]

Checked with "Fastest" notebook Ati hd7670m 1gb (switchable graphics with integrated Intel HD)
set to 60 fps use 100% power (much heat)
set to 30 fps use ~80% power (less heat)

[xFeywolf]

Publicado originalmente por ;541907867778980669:

Publicado originalmente por donavan.porter:

Just did a google seach on Rivatuner and according to their website it supports NVIDIA GPUs? I'm using AMD Radeon Graphics (with integrated Intel HD) .. Would that be a problem?

Yep, and it supports all, my own GPU is by AMD.

http://www.guru3d.com/files-get/rtss-rivatuner-statistics-server-download,9.html

Thanks for the link. I'll run a quick test with my FPS set to 25.

[xFeywolf]

Okay, so either I didn't install Rivatuner correctly.. Or I did and the Savage Lands.exe isn't in the list. Or Rivatuner didn't help.. How would I figure out if the correct (.exe) file is available within the program?

I just find it very odd that this game is the only one I'm having this sort of issue with..

[Sean]

You have to click on the plus sign, then find the executable, and then enter the framerate that you want.
http://i.imgur.com/Yh2VH0Z.png
http://imgur.com/BnwgQLh
http://imgur.com/yfnZ2jF

Open world games tend to use more resources, and so your laptop is just working harder. The temperatures you are getting are not bad though, unless you start seeing 85+C.

[xFeywolf]

Here's my System Info:

OS: Windows 8.1
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210 CPU @2.50GHz (under my Processors in Device Manager, it shows four of these listed)
RAM: Total 8 GB
GPU: Intel(R) HD Graphic 4000 and AMD Radeon HD 8750M (No idea how to access the AMD side of my GPU)

If anyone wants to see a more in depth version of this, you'll have to tell me how to get that information.

[xFeywolf]

Publicado originalmente por Sean:

You have to click on the plus sign, then find the executable, and then enter the framerate that you want.
http://i.imgur.com/Yh2VH0Z.png
http://imgur.com/BnwgQLh
http://imgur.com/yfnZ2jF

Open world games tend to use more resources, and so your laptop is just working harder. The temperatures you are getting are not bad though, unless you start seeing 85+C.

I'm not sure where my Savage Lands is located. How would I find it?

[xFeywolf]

Found it.. Sorry!

[Sean]

Publicado originalmente por donavan.porter:

Found it.. Sorry!

No problem at all.

[xFeywolf]

Well.. After adding Savage Lands to Rivatuner was at least able to run to the little Lean-to thing on the beach where you spawn and build a fire. As I was about to cook meat..my laptop shut down. I used a timer from when I launched the game until shutdown. I Alt-Tab'd out of the game for the first three minutes to watch the temperature with Speccy and around the three (3) minute mark the temperatures were around 75 degrees Celsius. Had I continued to monitor the Speccy, I think it is very likely that the temperatures would have easily reached 80+ degrees Celsius.

At the three (3) minute mark I Alt-Tab'd back in to the game and decided to wander around a little to see whether or not my laptop would shut down. Surprisingly I was able to make it to the little shelter-campfire thing, as stated above, before this happened. As I had forgotten to pick up the necessary materials to make the fire, I was even able to run back across the beach to pick up the proper materials for the campfire. However, shortly after making the campfire and attempting to craft/cook food, my laptop shut itself down, which is why I believe the temperatures may have continued to rise had I kept monitoring Speccy.

The time on my stopwatch program (I was using my mobile phone) was at four minutes and fifty seconds (4 minutes 50 seconds) .. Give or take a few nanoseconds!

[Sean]

Damn, that is definitely not good.
I guess not much can be done currently other than the suggestion on that cooling system.

[xFeywolf]

Publicado originalmente por Sean:

Damn, that is definitely not good.
I guess not much can be done currently other than the suggestion on that cooling system.

Thank you for all of your help with this matter. I'll see what I can do about getting some sort of cooling fan and see if that helps. I don't own any portable fans, either, so that wouldn't help at the moment.

Just one more question, though:

Do Open World games really use that many resources in order to play the game? A small list of games I have been able to play without any real problems:

Diablo 3 and Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls
Path of Exile
Echo of Soul
Defiance
The Might Quest for Epic Loot
Dragon Nest Europe
Tera

and several others.

Aside from playing with optimized graphics that suite my play style given the system I play on which normally leads to lower end changes so I can play without latency or really low FPS. I've also had Minecraft on this laptop before and that generally runs without any problems, either.

[xFeywolf]

Publicado originalmente por Duodrako:

Checked with "Fastest" notebook Ati hd7670m 1gb (switchable graphics with integrated Intel HD)
set to 60 fps use 100% power (much heat)
set to 30 fps use ~80% power (less heat)

Another thing I may not have mentioned.. I'm not sure how to access my AMD Radeon GPU. I have a the Catalyst program for it, or whatever its name is, however whenever I launch games (any game) everything always defaults to my Intel(R) HD 4000 GPU.

[Nissash]

Well, my system is almost the same as yours (difference is hd7670m more ram and Win 7).
Make shure to switch graphics to Ati Radeon.
http://imgur.com/7OVWwh5
Then use "AMD system monitor". It will show you how much power videocard use to run the game.
http://imgur.com/ciESLcT (on screen ATI video no active 0%)
If it less than 90% and still overheating check your inner cooler. It can be blocked.

Ps If you see 0% this mean game use intel video. Intel video quickly heated and crashing system.

[TheFluffyReaper]

when was the last time you dusted out your laptop fan get a can of blow off