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On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 08:24:00 -0600, Tanzen <waldby...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Does anyone know if Elder Scrolls Online is going to have ridiculously 
>complex graphics so that most video cards overheat running it?
>
>I noticed that this is the new trend in gaming and am wondering if 
>Bethesda is going to follow suit.
>
>For those who don't know about this, the sign of a modern video game is 
>the video card fan spinning at full blast.  I have an NVidia GeForce 450 
>silent card, yet still the rest of the fans in my computer go crazy 
>spinning to cool things down.
>
>I remember the days when there used to be the occasional elegant video 
>game which decided that instead of decimating the envelope of polygon 
>technology, to work from within what is possible on a computer. 
>Basically a game which prized performance over bleeding edge.  I think 
>this kind of thing is extinct now, because developers know gamers would 
>prefer to hear a full blast video card fan than a quality video game 
>soundtrack.
>
>Julian

If your CPU is overheating and you're not overclocking, you need to do
something about your airflow or perhaps look into a dust issue.  In
many of my systems I've seen the CPU start getting to 90-100C in
games, then I get out the compressed air and get the dust off the
heatsink and it drops to 60C.

If your GPU is overheating and you're not overclocking, the above
could apply but you might just look into getting a better video card.

My current GTX690 is the fastest single card nVidia solution you can
buy, yet there's probably nothing you can throw at it to push it much
past 55C even with moderate air cooling.

Modern systems run cooler than ever yet do much more.  If you have a
heat problem its your PC and not the games.