I have an AMD Ryzen 5 processor and a RX 570 graphics card, as of late whenever I open overwatch it causes my CPU usage to skyrocket to 100% or near it, thus causing my pc to shutdown. This only happens in overwatch and only as of late, I have tried updating my drivers, updating windows, un-installing and re-installing, lowering my graphics and nothing seems to fix this? I’m not the most techy person aswell, so if there is information needed that I have not provided I am willing to provide it
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If your CPU has on board graphics, it may be trying to prefer that for Overwatch specifically, thus putting too much load on your CPU. That may not be it, but it would be the first thing I’d check.
You will probably have better luck posting this in the technical support section of the forums
What type of cpu cooler are u using? Might have had a failure or cpu paste used up. DL hwinfo and check your temps.
Also capping ur fps to something lower will keep ur cpu from maxing out. Its a bandaid solution if u just want to get in rn
Also are u getting a BSOD or does the pc just shutoff blackscreen w/o an error msg?
I was wondering the same yet it only heats up to this extent when I am playing overwatch, never any other game, I’m 60% sure that thermal paste and the cooler is not the issue right now, as for the framerate I have limited it and it had no effect on lowering the temps and strain on my cpu.
different games with different engines/graphics/etc will put different loads on your hardware. 600fps in idk valorant wont be the same as 600 in ow.
Also what did you cap your fps to and what was it prior?
Yep latest patch managed to melt some things on my pc as well.
There are all kinds of graphical artifacts and in-game issues now.
Every. Single. Patch. Breaks more stuff than it fixes.
Early access guys small indie give us money the $65B takeover won’t cut it.
it was minimum 60 to maximum 300, i tried to lower it to min 40 max 70 and it still caused my system to crash.
turn off dynamic render scale.
Change Render scale from Auto to Custom
Manually set in-game res to 100%
Turn frame rate from auto to Custom
Set it to 60
Monitor your temps and cpu usage. If it doesnt crash increase the fps by idk ~20 until it does.
Just to add a little bit to that, turning it down to 80%-95% doesn’t change aim (unlike going above 100%) and might help improve temperature control a bit further.
I had msi afterburner open, I did these yet my CPU usage was still at around 100% and my CPU temps reached 83 degrees Celsius before I closed the game.
set fps to 30, does it stay at 100%? And whats your cpu usage w./o OW running?
im guessing either u got a bunch of stuff running in the background or ur overheating so hard your cpu core clocks downgraded. you should be able to check core speed in the task manager also.
https://gyazo.com/ff09b36fd770fba70849f65b1dfd5240
i rubed a qtip on it and it fixed itself lmao im so sorry for wasting your time you seem like a great person
hmm thats a new one. glad its working and hopefully it stays that way 
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