Posted May 14, 2012
I just purchased Alan Wake last night, and I must say that the game runs like a dream on my system. Very smooth, for what little I've played so far. However, and this is a big 'However', it seems to tax my GPU harder than ANY other game I've ever played. This included other, newer games and games that have much higher demands on the system, like Deus Ex: Human Revolution, or even the entries in the Crysis series.
When playing Alan Wake, my GPU temperatures can very rapidly exceed 90 degrees C, which is going into the danger territory for most GPUs. I've tried modifying settings to scale them back graphically, turning up my GPU fan, and additionally tried enabling VSync to reduce the number of rendered frames. Unfortunately, the GPU temperatures still seem to skyrocket.
Allow me to preempt criticism of my airflow and system by saying Alan Wake is the ONLY game to do this. Other games that are equally or more demanding don't seem to heat up the GPU nearly so much. Running GPU stress tests with something like FurMark doesn't even tend to crack 85 C, and that's an abnormal situation.
My case is an antec twelve hundred, and I've dusted it just to be sure that no dust buildup is contributing to the heat overload. The problem seems to persist.
I'm running an i7 920 at stock speed, and my GPU is an EVGA GTX 570.
If anyone could offer some advice as to how to potentially reduce GPU usage by Alan wake, or otherwise tweak the game to reduce heat output, I'd be very much appreciated. It's very peculiar to see this as the only game causing such an issue, and I fear that prolonged gameplay very much will cause a serious hardware failure.
Thanks in advance.
When playing Alan Wake, my GPU temperatures can very rapidly exceed 90 degrees C, which is going into the danger territory for most GPUs. I've tried modifying settings to scale them back graphically, turning up my GPU fan, and additionally tried enabling VSync to reduce the number of rendered frames. Unfortunately, the GPU temperatures still seem to skyrocket.
Allow me to preempt criticism of my airflow and system by saying Alan Wake is the ONLY game to do this. Other games that are equally or more demanding don't seem to heat up the GPU nearly so much. Running GPU stress tests with something like FurMark doesn't even tend to crack 85 C, and that's an abnormal situation.
My case is an antec twelve hundred, and I've dusted it just to be sure that no dust buildup is contributing to the heat overload. The problem seems to persist.
I'm running an i7 920 at stock speed, and my GPU is an EVGA GTX 570.
If anyone could offer some advice as to how to potentially reduce GPU usage by Alan wake, or otherwise tweak the game to reduce heat output, I'd be very much appreciated. It's very peculiar to see this as the only game causing such an issue, and I fear that prolonged gameplay very much will cause a serious hardware failure.
Thanks in advance.
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