Usually I only play WoW or Sims3 on this pc, my temperature usually sits around 60°C ish .. max 70°C on really rare ocasion...

But last night when I was playing SC2, I notice my gfx fan is making really loud noise, especially during cutscene.
So I alt-tab out, wondering whats the temp like. It was sitting around 89°C!

But it immediately drop 1°C every second when I alt tab out of the game til around 60°C, I go back to the game and within 20seconds or so my gfx fan start making noises again.

I'm not really sure if this are the normal temperature for graphic cards but so sakit hati seeing it suffering at almost 90°C >.< like 10°C away from boiling...

Will it end up become a piece of goreng gfx very soon if I continue playing with that temperature?

It usually stays around 45°C only when surfing sites/idle.

Should I change my GFX fan? My last round of cleaning the fan is around 2 weeks ago. Currently using GTX275 card, and this only happens on SC2.

I suspect SC2 is too sexy hawt for my pc that it the fan got "turned on"




FIXED! Just Cap framerate as advised by others on this thread

This post has been edited by alexision: Aug 4 2010, 11:29 PM

I tink its ur gfx driver. remember there was this buggy driver that cause nvidia cards to burn.. try updating ?

Im using an overclocked 275 .. no such issue.

finished a 5 hours marathon of sc 2 2 days ago. without any overheating issues.

Mine was 34°C ... and then shoot up to 40°C when playing the final cinematic.

This post has been edited by XenoFr3ak: Jul 29 2010, 06:17 PM

My current version is 197.45 (around april one I think) I didnt update to the latest one. I did last time, but when I play wow, and I move my mouse, the screen starts to lag, skipping and fps drop like mad to 1 digit. If I dont move my mouse its like normal. So I had to remove it and install back this old one.

I think the one that was causing it to burn was v195

I was thinking of going all the way back and install the 186 version... lol

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Added on July 29, 2010, 6:26 pm *jealous* I cant believe I'm actually drooling over graphic card temps right now

If I want to change the my graphic card fan, what kind should I change to?

Dont want a fried gfx so soon >.<

This post has been edited by alexision: Jul 29 2010, 06:26 PM

mine i play bad company 2, it show 101°C then the machine turn off itself...

This should be posted in the QnA thread

Check your FPS. SC2 may sometimes go up to few hundred FPS and torture your GPU

I think there's an official post from blizzard in US forum regarding this.
I recall the solution was update driver and also set the configuration stated in the FAQ page of "Know Issue - Technical Support" or maybe should try Vsync and limit your FPS to 75.

yea..happen to me too..my old HD4830 from 51c -->> 91c++, seriously..!!

blizzard-confirms-starcraft-ii-overheating-bug

This post has been edited by I<3LYN: Jul 29 2010, 08:20 PM

My other games only on 82c max!

This post has been edited by CyberSundayz: Jul 29 2010, 08:21 PM

Sorry just saw your card.

GTX275.

If you worry about heat, just replace the cooler.

This post has been edited by kianweic: Jul 29 2010, 10:09 PM

Thanks for this!

Try replacing the cooler with Artic Cooling Tri-fan, Thermalright Spitfire, Xigmatek BattleAxe and etc.

Those coolers will disburse the heat from your GPU better than your stock cooling.

no prob

Any1 using Hd5770 with SC2? Heard that ATI had the problem with "AA". Anyone experience it?

yes..hotfix from ATI coming soon, http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1503351



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Cant open the link, but I googled and managed to find so many sites with same keywords.
I'll try to cap my fps and see if it still cooks my gfx

same here
heat issue
my 9600gt nvr touch 70c with others game , normally 55-60c with crysis , bc2
suddenly juz notice juz gpu temp touch 70c

Hi guys, just an update

I've cap my framerate at 80, highest temp reached is only 75c, average around 70c
Gameplay speed n everything didnt get affected at all.
xD

Gonna try to cap at 70 or maybe 60 to see if the temp goes lower^^