Risen 2 heats up GPU to max no matter the settings :/

[rwlyraa]

I remember burning my old graphic card on this game. Are there any config tweaks that could make it less gpu-heavy? I don't want to lose a second one to it so i'd rather uninstall...

[Oneeyed]

What processor do you have? Is it a notebook maybe?

The minimum specs are:

Dual Core with 2.1 GHz

Even my ten year old second PC can run this game perfectly without any issues at all.

This is not a flame or something. I'm really interested because I never had problems running this game.

Did you disable virus scanner while running it? And turn off all other programs that run in the background?

[rwlyraa]

I can run the game without problems, it's just GPU temperature that I find unacceptable compared to all the other apps.

[Oneeyed]

How high does the temperature raise?

[rwlyraa]

78 celsius

[Oneeyed]

Ok i have to check this out on my on over the weekend. I will play it on both machines and see how high the temperature goes. How long did you play until it reached 78°C? And what's the normal temperature on your machine after startup?

[rwlyraa]

Eh... I wouldn't make a thread if it wasn't out of the norm. My gpu has 40 celsius when idling, 50-55 when watching a video, 60-70 when gaming without many gpu-intensive effects. 78 reached in two minutes of gameplay even with shades, grass and all other effects off is not normal, no other app does this.

[Oneeyed]

I don't understand. What's the problem by trying to run the game on 2 different rigs and look how high the temperature raises?

40 C is rather high in my opinion if your CPU is idling. Mine is 30°C on a Intel i7 2600k CPU while idling. 40°C when watching videos. And 50°C when playing Witcher 3 on my machine I have built myself 2012.

Don't know the temperatures on my older PC built in 2006 but I will try it out.

The room temperature is important, though. It's winter now so the temperatures are different in summer.

[rwlyraa]

Do you know the difference between cpu and gpu? I was talking about GPU from the start (graphic processing unit) not cpu :/

[Oneeyed]

Thank you for pointing out that I misread GPU as CPU. Then the question is what GPU do you have?

[MW2K]

I have a 390x and it runs it hot too. This card is notorious for running hot at the best of times, but R2 really gives it a rev. Not sure why, as the game is fairly low res. Poor optimisation?

[rwlyraa]

Originally posted by MW2K:

Poor optimisation?

Looks like it, guess it's not worth stressing the card for a badly coded game.

[Oneeyed]

Tried it out now. But only on 1 of my machines because I don't have it installed on my old computer anymore. But I played it on Win XP and Win 7. I used gpu z for temperature readings.

Windows XP, 570 GTX, i7 2600k intel: idle: 53°C, Risen 2 (everything max settings): 63°C

Windows 7, 570 GTX, i7 2600k intel: idle: 43°C, Risen 2 (everything max settings): 54°C
(I get the same temperatures if I play Witcher 3 on Windows 7)

After I looked up some benchmarks for 390x Radeon the temperature you experiencing may be just normal for that graphics card. Other people experiencing high temperatures with that graphics card playing different games as well:

http://www.legitreviews.com/asus-radeon-r9-390x-strix-8gb-video-card-review_172478/9

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2795375/giga-byte-390x-average-temperatures-range.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/3ok8jz/msi_r9_390x_load_temp/

[rwlyraa]

Can't believe it. You are still confusing processor temperature with graphic card temperature xD cpu rarely overheats, my intel is also in 43-45 idle/50-55 gaming range.

[MW2K]

Originally posted by Oneeyed:

After I looked up some benchmarks for 390x Radeon the temperature you experiencing may be just normal for that graphics card. Other people experiencing high temperatures with that graphics card playing different games as well

I did say it ran hot at the best of times - which it does. Games like Witcher 3 and Mankind Divided really get it going. But there's no reason for Risen 2 to do it - it's an older game with nowhere near the textures and bells and whistles and stuff, But it's a Piranha Bytes game and I'm used to their half-made stuff,

[Oneeyed]

Download GPU Z yourself. It's a tool for your graphics card. I did not confuse anything. I just misread. But if you don't want to believe me then it's ok for me.

Originally posted by rwlyraa:

Can't believe it. You are still confusing processor temperature with graphic card temperature xD cpu rarely overheats, my intel is also in 43-45 idle/50-55 gaming range.

So if you already don't like the game why would you play it?

I like Piranha Bytes games a lot because of they are real open world games. The controls are always very precise and no other 3D ARPG developer makes game worlds which are immersive like they do.

My graphics card (570 gtx from 2012) don't get hot playing Risen 2, Risen 3 or Witcher 3. Maybe that is because I read benchmarks before I decide which graphics card I buy. I still have no reason to buy another gpu since then because all my games run well enough.

Besides that a hot graphics card temperature can have many reasons like bad air flow in your case or the cooling of the graphics card is not very good in general.

Originally posted by MW2K:

I did say it ran hot at the best of times - which it does. Games like Witcher 3 and Mankind Divided really get it going. But there's no reason for Risen 2 to do it - it's an older game with nowhere near the textures and bells and whistles and stuff, But it's a Piranha Bytes game and I'm used to their half-made stuff,