I installed COD4 today, enjoyed the game and was surprised it ran smooth on my Intel Celeron D, 1gig RAM, and 7600 GS 512MB video card. I turned it down to look at temperatures and noticed they are getting really high. Highest I've seen it go was 89 Celsius. It DRASTICALLY rises to 70-80 right when I start up the game. Then it varies along 65-85. If I minimize it, it drops quick, really weird lol.
My CPU temperature on the other hand is staying normal, max Ive seen it was what, 45 Celsius?
Is COD just too much for my older video card? Or is my video card simply dieing?
The computer/video card doesn't auto shutoff, and I don't see any game play problems, but its still worrying me >.<
BTW the card has a heat sink and all the fans in the case are working. What Ive noticed tho, is that the heat sink is pointing down in the case (i think its the opposite? but w/e not the point) and that leaves the power supply fan and small fan at the side to work, it kind of seems like they dont really help. Ive tried removing the case but it doesn't do much anyways. Also my idle GPU temperature is about 55-62 Celsius most of the time.
My CPU temperature on the other hand is staying normal, max Ive seen it was what, 45 Celsius?
Is COD just too much for my older video card? Or is my video card simply dieing?
The computer/video card doesn't auto shutoff, and I don't see any game play problems, but its still worrying me >.<
BTW the card has a heat sink and all the fans in the case are working. What Ive noticed tho, is that the heat sink is pointing down in the case (i think its the opposite? but w/e not the point) and that leaves the power supply fan and small fan at the side to work, it kind of seems like they dont really help. Ive tried removing the case but it doesn't do much anyways. Also my idle GPU temperature is about 55-62 Celsius most of the time.