Graphics Card Overheating while playing Saints Row: The Third

Graphics Card Overheating while playing Saints Row: The Third
If you play in DX11 with all the best, this game can shoot the graphic card. Care is taken. It runs about 10 degrees warmer than Battlefield 3 on Ultra, how bad it is. Get 99% using the GPU (GTX 480), at least is the use of technology today unlike most other lame console ports. It looks great too, but do not expect that kind of detail GTA4. The most notable drawback I see is the details and textures of the buildings look very poor compared to the rest of the game. It's fun and it works better than SR2 though, so that alone is worth the purchase.

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17-11-2011
Chande
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Re: Graphics Card Overheating while playing Saints Row: The Third
It gets a little warm in my GTX 480 also. Do you also get some kind of sickness during the game? Bank robbery is soft Intro chapter for the eyes, but as soon as I got into town and started driving, I get this mild headache after 20 minutes. Is it just a matter of frames per second? Because it falls a lot when driving. Do I have to update to crack this trouble, or is just another rotten port? I heard that GTX 590 is not so great if the game does not support SLI.

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17-11-2011
Shikamaru Nara
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Re: Graphics Card Overheating while playing Saints Row: The Third
I just need to say that that my XFX Radeon HD 6950 4GB maximum temperature of my GPU ever obtained was 55c for Battlefield 3 (All-In Ultra) vs. I've been playing Saints Row 3 for 4 hours and my GPU temperature reached a maximum of 53 quater. This game is beautiful; I like the art style way more than GTA IV. That does not mean they do not love my GTA IV.

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17-11-2011
Badmannah
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Re: Graphics Card Overheating while playing Saints Row: The Third
I played for 3-4 hours before, with all the Ultra/DX11 and realized that the fan of my GPU Radeon HD 6950 1GB running strong, but I had a running program to check the temperatures. I saw this thread; restart the game for about 15 minutes with running HWMonitor and GPU temperature as possible to 83c. What is the temperature that should not really be overcome? My GPU is idle at 50 º C. Now my i5-2500K the maximum around 50 ° C for 15 minutes I bet. I wonder if there is a problem with my system.

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17-11-2011
DevenderD
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Re: Graphics Card Overheating while playing Saints Row: The Third
The truth is that there is support for SLI gaming, which is the release of Nvidia's SLI profiles, what they do for every single big game or pork power. I'd say if you can afford it, go for the 590. Anyone who says otherwise does not know much about SLI and Nvidia GPU in general. Not to mention, I run 2x for 460. In fact, pushing the yield 40% more than a single GTX480, or the same performance as a single GTX580. Also, just because a party cannot have an SLI profile, which was then still get the same performance as a single GTX580. But if you do, then you're set. That video card is something they call a future-proof installation, which means that it will support any future game known in the highest setting.

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17-11-2011
Halle
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Re: Graphics Card Overheating while playing Saints Row: The Third
I have used SLI in the last 4 or 5 years until he opted for a single 580 few months ago, so I think I have some working knowledge of how the Nvidia GPU. Contrary to what Baresark said, forcing the SLI profiles for the game does not accomplish much if the game itself is not designed to take advantage of more than one core - and most games are not, as yet SLI and Crossfire have achieved in the general public (and probably never will). Just look how many games still has mediocre support quadcore CPU. I've also run into a lot of problems with specific SLI artifacting, shadow flicker, etc, that made me lean toward a single GPU solution.

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17-11-2011
Daksha90
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Re: Graphics Card Overheating while playing Saints Row: The Third
The strength of SLI, in my opinion, is that when you’re GPU starts to show its age just buy a cheaper and SLI together to achieve performance comparable to what the latest and greatest card in the market happens to be. Go out and buy a brand new 590 would be a waste of money if you ask me. The games can not only my 580 FPS with maximum solids are poorly optimized that do not work well on any system. A Ti 560 is even cheaper and still gives you plenty of bangs for your buck.

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20-11-2011
Chakradevroy
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Re: Graphics Card Overheating while playing Saints Row: The Third
I just played about 5 hours of SR3 and GPU tops out at 80c. Sometimes I wonder if I am pushing too hard with everything on ultra at 1680x1050 but I like to change things down unless I have really bad FPS. SR3 will be located in the mid 20's now and then, but still very playable. Hopefully volition / AMD will be able to improve things a little update with a patch / driver.