🚀 go-pugleaf

On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:34:10 -0600, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, PW
wrote: 

>On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:59:54 -0000, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
><no-spam@never.spam> wrote:
>
>>Yes Kingdoms of Amalur is surprisingly hungry.
>>But I find it really pushes a system CPU & GPU .
>>lots of efficient performance even on an older Computer.
>>
>>As for Civ V this is an 'known Issue' is well covered back in the thread 
>>here
>>"What Strategy Game For An Action & RPG Gamer ?"
>>starting on 24 Feb.
>>
>>Look for Andrew Rybenkov posts there.
>>Quote;
>>>>>"...
>>Due incompetence of Firaxis programmers (who mastered DirectX API, but had 
>>no idea
>>about optimizations, and general programming techniques as well),
>>running Civ5 practically is the same as running Furmark/Kombuster hour after
>>hour. Quite a few gamers learnt it in hard way, forced to replace their 
>>untimely
>>died video cards.
>>
>>So before running Civ5 (install and )launch MSI Afterburner. It will show 
>>you
>>FPS and GPU temperature during playing.
>>In game's video options:
>>set V-Sync ON,
>>set Fog of War to MINIMUM.
>>Begin to play, look at the temperature from time to time. If it is in normal 
>>range
>>and fans noise do not annoy you, keep playing and enjoy."<<<<
>>
>>@@@mouse@@@ 
>
>But I have an eVGA (680).  Will it work?

I'm running on an eVGA 670 all settings max (DX11) and I haven't noticed
any shuttle launch sounds coming from the fan assembly.

I did with my 470, though. Civ V and space heater.

I will do a temp monitoring run next time I play if you like, pw.

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Zag

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