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John The Butcher Dec 18, 2014 @ 6:54pm
Computer overheating when playing Dota 2
My computer overheats only when i play dota 2. I can play Civ 5 with all dlcs, Skyrim modded, LoL, Minecraft with Tekkit, and all the other games i have too. The game goes around 10-15 minutes in and then the computer just shuts down and it's really hot. This didn't start happening until a couple of days ago. I'm using a $1500 gaming pc that i got around a year ago.

Please help
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Dr. Shitter Dec 18, 2014 @ 6:57pm 
thats really interesting. i would say something about it being online but lol and minecraft are in there. do you know what part is over heating? is it the cpu gpu or (god forbid) the psu?
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Captain Dec 18, 2014 @ 6:57pm 
I swear someone is going to ask you for your specs. But I totally understand what you mean DOTA 2 lately is getting very heavy on usage.
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Cheshire Dec 18, 2014 @ 6:59pm 
Originally posted by TF2Captain:
I swear someone is going to ask you for your specs. But I totally understand what you mean DOTA 2 lately is getting very heavy on usage.
what are your specs?
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Dirty Sounds (Banned) Dec 18, 2014 @ 7:09pm 
I know this is totally unrelated, but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I smell good today.
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Intelligent Heavy Dec 18, 2014 @ 7:17pm 
Originally posted by Moobs:
I know that I smell good, but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ your computer smells even better today.
I concur
Last edited by Intelligent Heavy; Dec 18, 2014 @ 7:17pm
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billy Dec 18, 2014 @ 7:17pm 
tried using v-sync?

Maybe give your PC a clean.
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iPunkBuster Dec 18, 2014 @ 7:21pm 
Volvo have said on their blog for the upcoming s2 engine, this lame engine uses cpu for all the hardwork even if you had 1 million dolar gpu, thats why overheating happen on dota 2 eventhough you had similar extreme settings on other games which work like wonder without overheating issues...

We'll see what happen when s2 engine come out...
Last edited by iPunkBuster; Dec 18, 2014 @ 7:23pm
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A Street Sweeper Dec 18, 2014 @ 7:25pm 
Originally posted by Shadow Friend:
My computer overheats only when i play dota 2. I can play Civ 5 with all dlcs, Skyrim modded, LoL, Minecraft with Tekkit, and all the other games i have too. The game goes around 10-15 minutes in and then the computer just shuts down and it's really hot. This didn't start happening until a couple of days ago. I'm using a $1500 gaming pc that i got around a year ago.

Please help

Strangely enough I have the same issue. I discovered it's my GPU getting burning hot. I don't know why, and yeah it seems mostly a problem with DOTA (although I play little else on PC I admit). Though mine probably has to be running all day before it will shut itself down.
EDIT: And I have also tried cleaning it out with comp air
Last edited by A Street Sweeper; Dec 18, 2014 @ 7:25pm
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Dirty Sounds (Banned) Dec 18, 2014 @ 7:26pm 
Originally posted by iPunkBuster:
Volvo have said on their blog for the upcoming s2 engine, this lame engine uses cpu for all the hardwork even if you had 1 million dolar gpu, thats why overheating happen on dota 2 eventhough you had similar extreme settings on other games which work like wonder without overheating issues...
Confirmed.
I have a AMD FX-9370 8 core 4.4ghz and it does'nt break a sweat till I run dota.
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Yuriverse Dec 18, 2014 @ 7:48pm 
Originally posted by Shadow Friend:
My computer overheats only when i play dota 2. I can play Civ 5 with all dlcs, Skyrim modded, LoL, Minecraft with Tekkit, and all the other games i have too. The game goes around 10-15 minutes in and then the computer just shuts down and it's really hot. This didn't start happening until a couple of days ago. I'm using a $1500 gaming pc that i got around a year ago.

Please help
Maybe you should stop using Lina, Batrider, Ember Spirit, Clinkz, Phoenix etc. to avoid overheating problems
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Yogurt Dec 18, 2014 @ 7:50pm 
welll try lower settings and if that fix the problem, its time for a new pc.
Last edited by Yogurt; Dec 18, 2014 @ 7:50pm
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mimizukari Dec 18, 2014 @ 7:54pm 
Post your specs.

My comp has no problem, GTX 860 , windows 8.1, 2.5 ghz i7-4710hq (4 core hyperthreaded acts as 8 core) 8 gb ram.
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John The Butcher Dec 18, 2014 @ 7:57pm 
Windows 7 Home Premium, GTX 660, some 4 ghz octo core amd processor, 8 gb ram
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mimizukari Dec 18, 2014 @ 8:00pm 
Originally posted by Shadow Friend:
Windows 7 Home Premium, GTX 660, some 4 ghz octo core amd processor, 8 gb ram

660's get hot, maybe you should replace with a 960? I know no other games have problems as you say, but maybe it's time to replace your graphics card.
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John The Butcher Dec 18, 2014 @ 8:08pm 
Originally posted by ϵpsilon ᴙose:
Originally posted by Shadow Friend:
Windows 7 Home Premium, GTX 660, some 4 ghz octo core amd processor, 8 gb ram

660's get hot, maybe you should replace with a 960? I know no other games have problems as you say, but maybe it's time to replace your graphics card.

I don't really want to spend more money on my pc than i already have
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