GPU gets hot [solved]

[Bonkster]

well as the title says i just started up ck2 for the first time since january and well my gpu goes to over 80 °C ...even on the main menu

bf3 and every other game heats it to max 60 °C and it did not heat at all when i played it back in jan.

my system:
i7 920 @ 3,2 ghz
geforce gtx 570
6 gig ram
windows 7

i hope anyone has a solution because i realy wanted to play ck2

 

[AndrewT]

What refresh rate is it running at? Look in settings.txt, if it's more than 60 set it to 60.

 

[Bonkster]

its on 60 =/ ive updated my drivers and reinstalled ck2 now...still no change..gpu goes to 78-80 degress right when i enter the game

must be something fishy with the latest patch

 

[TejaAmelung]

You can also try to buy a new cooler My CPU (AM3 x6 1055t @ 3.4 ghz) is max at 30°C, usually at 20°C. I use the V8 from Coolermaster.

 

[Bonkster]

my Cpu stays cool the problem is with my Gpu ...and its already got a beefed up cooler ...when playing games like bf3 and crysis 3 on high to ultra it barely gets over 60 degrees

 

[TejaAmelung]

My bad, I misread. Did you overclock your GPU or something? I thought Paradox Games are rather CPU intensive than GPU.

 

[Bonkster]

no its just the way i bought it and as i said i can run everything else just fine ...and back in february i was able to run ck2 aswell without any problems at all =/ is there any way to downgrade it patchwise in steam? i dont want to wait a few weeks for the next patch until i can play the game again

 

[AndrewT]

No, Steam do not provide a way of going to an older patch level. But I doubt the patch is your problem, no one else is reporting this. I'll bet a fan has failed or something like that - Paradox games do use the GPU more intensively than others. Also check all vents are clear and your video driver is the latest available from that vendor.

 

[Bonkster]

yeah i downloaded the demo to try it with 1.0 ...still gets hot as hell =( the question is why? why do paradox games utilize the gpu that much? i mean they are not realy good looking or anything. i would have thought they were heavy on the cpu

the fans are allright because i can hear them roar when i let ck2 run for 5 minutes

ive monitored my gpu temp all day yesterday and this is what i noticed:
idle: 40 °C 30% fan speed
crysis 3 on high to ultra : ~75 °C and around 70% fan speed after 30 minutes of playing
battlefield 3 on high to ultra: ~ 75 °C 60-70% fan speed after 30 minutes of play time
arma 3 on high : 65-70 °C and 60% fan speed after the same time
wargame: EE : 65 °C 50% fan speed " "
ck2 : 75 °C menu screen alone and 82°C after 5 minutes of playing... 90% fan speed (!!!)

ive let a friend of mine with a gtx 560 ti test it with the demo..his idle is 50 °C and he got to 60 while playing

the fans are as i said allright..everything is clean. ive tried upgrading my drivers ive tried downgrading my drivers...no change. i cant remeber if the temperature was that high when i played the game the last time in january. but after 5 minutes of playing the fan gets so loud i cant even hear the music properly over my headphones so i think i would have noticed if that occured back then =/

i just want to now what is going on here

it would be realy helpfull if you guys could give me any further tipps or post your gpu temps aswell...maybe someone with a gtx 570 aswell?
should i write to paradoxes technical support? i was not planning on buying a new gpu soon and i intended to play a game ive spent much money on =/

 

[dbdoza]

I just switched to a 144hz monitor and now my fans kick on when they never used to before. I don't have any temp numbers but I have to think the higher refresh rate is doing something.

 

[Bonkster]

problem solved it seems when i switched back from older drivers to my newest nvidia driver i ticked new installation just for fun. and now ck2 runs perfectly on 50-60 degrees ^^

its still strange because i never modified anything in my drivers nor did ck2 even have a profile in there ...mh ..computers gonna compute

a few years ago i returned from a 2 weeks trip only to find my monitor turn black when windows was supposed to start up....2 days later i found the cause. while i was away my pc decided it wanted to use the other video port on my gpu for the screen

anyways thanks to all you guys for your help and suggestions