CPU high temperature while playing Midnight Suns.

[Scrublord]

Hello, i recently bought Midnight Suns and i have noticed that it raises my CPU temperature a lot more than usual. As a reference, i played Hogwarts Legacy recently with everything maxxed out and i was hovering around 75c to 78c. With Midnight Suns i am hitting 90c - 91c. PC case has been cleaned and CPU was repasted roughly a month and a half ago. I did a few stress tests using a 2m period with the AMD Ryzen Master tool and it hovers around 78c to 80c. I should also mention that i have disabled the 2K launcher.
My specs are : Asus 3090, 32GB RAM , R7 5800x 8 cores installed on a 970 EVO m.2. Is there any fix i can try?

[Captain Worthy]

Are you running any overclocks on the CPU? It should not be running this high, I have a Ryzen 5600X and my temps are much lower, the only thing hitting 90c and above is the GPU junction temp.

[Scrublord]

No nothing. It only happens with Midnight Suns.

[Captain Worthy]

Originally posted by Scrublord <3:

No nothing. It only happens with Midnight Suns.

Let me check my own game, I have not played since the couple of the latest big updates.

[Captain Worthy]

Yeah my temps seem normal, 30-35c in the main menu, 40-50c in the Abbey, though I did notice a spike up to 70c degrees when I did a manual save but then the temps went back to 40-50c after it was done. Didn't have time to check combat though, it should be more intense than Abbey stuff but I don't expect much more than 60-70c CPU temps there either.

My case is air cooled, but my paste is much older than yours and I tend to forget the dusting for a much longer time than a month as well.

I've also disabled the 2k launcher. One thing which might increase the CPU temps a bit is the DOCP in the BIOS if you are using it, since it affects the memory controller too besides the RAM sticks. I am not currently using DOCP, but simply set an automated target speed of 3600mhz for my 32GB of RAM.

[sch]

when i launched the app initially, the mouse was stuttering, and the proc temp raised to 95°C and continued raising, i stopped it immediately. Later, i tried to launch it through geforce experience after optimization, and it ran fine, at 55°C. If it can help..

[Drask]

7950x3D OC'd
64 GB DDR5 6000 CL30
4090 OC'd, @ 1440p
PCIe 5 SSD
Custom Watercooled loop

This game can still make my PC chug between the training yard and and the abbey. And my cpu package can still hit 80 degrees (70's per V cache core, 50's on reg cores). Like I'm running a prime95 benchmark or something.

Normal package temp while gaming is 50-60 degrees for me.

I think it's just pinning the CPU at times. My gpu temp on the loop never seems to go over 50.

[Captain Worthy]

Originally posted by Drask:

7950x3D OC'd
64 GB DDR5 6000 CL30
4090 OC'd, @ 1440p
PCIe 5 SSD
Custom Watercooled loop

This game can still make my PC chug between the training yard and and the abbey. And my cpu package can still hit 80 degrees (70's per V cache core, 50's on reg cores). Like I'm running a prime95 benchmark or something.

Normal package temp while gaming is 50-60 degrees for me.

I think it's just pinning the CPU at times. My gpu temp on the loop never seems to go over 50.

Have you disabled the 2k launcher to see if there's any difference or is this with the launcher disabled?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2896490389

[Drask]

I'll give it a go. Waiting on a bug to be resolved in the next patch so I can progress.

Thanks

[Ice9]

Having the same issue did you figure out something?

[CaiphasCain]

I've been having it spike my 5800x 3d upwards of 86c when loading cutscenes and stuff but during gameplay it's more around 60 lol

[Captain Worthy]

Originally posted by CaiphasCain:

I've been having it spike my 5800x 3d upwards of 86c when loading cutscenes and stuff but during gameplay it's more around 60 lol

The 3D CPU's are designed to operate on high temps anyways, at high resolutions and framerates it would probably go to that 86c+ even during gameplay.

I've upgraded to a 5800X3D as well since my original replies in the thread, and it certainly gets hotter than my 5600X ever did, on the same Scythe Mugen 5 TUF cooler I have.

[Pie Eater]

Game hammers CPU in the abbey most of all. Running on the Deck, it will reach 90C on CPU temps, where as standard operation under max loads in other games will hit 80 max. Something about this game does a workload on the CPU that's seemingly AVX worthy. Could be a quirk of the engine, bandwidth issue, or even the anti-cheat eating cycles?

Edit: just ran the game on my Desktop at 120fps max.... Yeah, the game uses a lot of cores and power when loading. Possible compiling shaders, hence why inital load is so intensive? Highest point of power consumption is in the Abbey, in the lounge area. ~80-110W. COmbat scenarios were in the 50-80W Range. Although My temps my highest temps were only in low 60's...but it's not a direct analogue, I have a totally different CPU with a 280mm AIO running at static voltage.

I would suggest everyone check to see power consumption if it is a concern. I do think here's something suspect as to why this game is using so much resources for fairly basic and non dynamic areas though.

[Pie Eater]

Originally posted by Captain Worthy:

Originally posted by CaiphasCain:

I've been having it spike my 5800x 3d upwards of 86c when loading cutscenes and stuff but during gameplay it's more around 60 lol

The 3D CPU's are designed to operate on high temps anyways, at high resolutions and framerates it would probably go to that 86c+ even during gameplay.

I've upgraded to a 5800X3D as well since my original replies in the thread, and it certainly gets hotter than my 5600X ever did, on the same Scythe Mugen 5 TUF cooler I have.

It's because of Inability to dissipate heat due to the stacked cache. All silicon can operate up to 90C+. They simply created an operating voltage range where the heat is manageable on common coolers. Where as stock Zen 3 will call for like 1.35V-1.4V (Way too high) to boost at low loads, X3D's will call for like 1V.