So its odd, my CPU or GPU NEVER runs high as I recently bought my new computer a couple weeks ago and normal temps for running wow are sitting at 53-55C. Now whenever I load my game despite my room being super cool, I think 65 external temperature the CPU is pushing near constant 60C for temps, which I get it isn’t bad but its odd. Is this what the fix on wednesday is for? If not how the heck do I fix this? Outside of having my addons updated and ALL my settings down to low with vsync turned off
Newer CPU’s are often higher wattage, which means higher heat.
What CPU are you running?
What CPU were you running?
How well cooled/ventilated is your case?
My case has 2 seperate fans blowing cool air onto it constantly, one in the front of the case and one in the back. It sits on a small folding desk I bought at target for $35.
As for the CPU I have now its a AMD Ryzen 5500, more than capable of handling wow and none of the cases air vents are blocked at all
A lot of pre-built computers use the CPU coolers that come with the CPUs. They are not actually adequate for gaming. When I build a new computer I automatically just throw the CPU cooler that came with it into my project box and get a noctua cpu cooler. Or just do a custom water cooler for it.
They actually shouldn’t run any hotter regardless of the extra wattage if you are running adequate cooling on it. The issue is companies cheap out on the CPU coolers. Neither my ryzen or my i9 run any hotter as they have adequate cooling on them.
Ok but here is the thing, I was running final fantasy 14 all dang day yesterday, that game is graphically more CPU/GPU intenseive than world of warcraft by a country mile and it was NEVER reaching the 60-63 temps like my pc in does in wow and ive been playing this game for years.
You guys need to fix your game my man cause ive done every single thing on my end I could and nothing seems to improve it. If youre about to hit me with a “this is a you problem” I assure you it isnt
Wow is more single thread dependent which pushes cpus differently. It is also an older game engine and not really designed for the way modern cpus are designed.
That ryzen chip seems doesn’t throttle until 95+C, so you’re well within the guidelines for that chip.
What you may want to do is set up a custom fan curve and see if that makes a difference.
No, I dont and youre not speaking logically here, neither is the other guy. If it was a ME problem with my own comouters cooling it would reflect that when I play FFXIV. My fan works fine and has to almost overclock itself to keep my CPU cool playing wow.
If it was a ME external problem then logic would dictate that the problem would persist, especially seeing as I moved to a harder and more demanding game like final fantasy, but it doesnt
Edit: what it sounds like and mind the metaphor is that blizzard has some internal programming corrections to make similar to if I were trying to run my CPU/GPU on an older driver software. I COULD see your position if this happened consistently but it doesnt, it knly happens under world of warcraft which sort of puts the source of the problem onto you guys one would imagine.
Further backing this up is all the bugs that have come out since the pre patch release and the emergency patch on wednesday
Software cannot cause a CPU or GPU to “run hot”. The only thing software can do is utilize the hardware to its maximum extent. Only inadequate cooling can cause overheating. Blaming a game is absolute nonsense.
The first thing I do when I build a new computer is run a Prime95 test (which is far more CPU load than any game can ever do) along with a GPU stress test, and monitor temperatures.
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The issue is WoW’s foundation coding. This is the reason they can’t upgrade graphics past the cartoon phase. The game uses more CPU resources therefore causing the temp to rise higher than a modern coded game that supports todays technology.
But if that were the case then I would never need to update my drivers at all ever even a single time if they didnt cause it to run hot based on the load. This just doesnt make any sense
I doubt they need to update the graphics or anything, just curious why my temp was going hotter than normal especially for such a minimally intenseive game like wow
WOW is not a minimally intensive game. It’s quite a bit more CPU dependent than a lot of other games.
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It just comes as odd to me that since it runs older graphocs that causes the CPU to run a bit hotter, which still doesnt make any sense.
It would be like saying my Nintendo switch over heats because im trying to run the N64 super smash bros game client on it
It doesn’t run “older graphics” though. The current content is pretty cutting edge. Zones are MUCH larger and contiguous unlike FFXIV where each zone is its own instance. Latency is much lower, cast times are much faster, group sizes are larger, and stuff happens much more quickly than in FFXIV. FFXIV has a lot of flashy spell effects, but that is a stylistic choice. WOW has had stuff like grass that reacts when you walk over it for years now, and FFXIV just added that. There is nothing about WOW that is “old graphics”. The way WOW looks has nothing to do with technology and is purely a stylistic choice.
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And I agree so im not sure exactly why youre arguing stylistic stances and how zones are largely implimented. My graphics are set to either “good” “fair” or disabled for the higher intenseity stuff. Unless since I have a newer cpu i should INCREASE the effects to trick it instead of decreasing them.
Look, the piint im making is that this seems like its a client side issue rather than a ME personally issue, especially given what ive seen and the steps thus far ive taken to correct it, IE lowering view distance, which I will try once I get home, lowering graphics detail, making aure my room and the case aremt boiling hot, which they arent…it all just seems to point at things being client side, id definitely have no problems assuming it was from me if there was evidence of it but it sadly doesnt exist. Especially since even given how old wow is the settings remain basically the same
Increasing effects will generally increase the gpu load, not the cpu load.
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Right but did some digging myself and the only thing I have left I can try is telling the syatem which graohics to use instead of letting windows decide and assigning it to my cpu/gpu. If that doesnt work then it truly has to be client side
There is no such thing as “client side” when it comes to overheating as it cannot be caused by software (aside from motherboard software that lets you do things like overclock and adjust voltages). Overheating is a hardware problem caused by inadequate cooling. There are many causes of inadequate cooling. Cooler that isn’t sufficient to begin with. Dust buildup. Debris buildup inside liquid coolers over a long period of time that eventually renders it unable to cool properly. Those are the issues that you need to look into.
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Check that the cpu cooler electric plug is plugged in the correct plug on your motherboard for the cpu cooler and not a case fan plug connector.
My motherboard also requires two 12v rails on the cpu power connector… 500w going to the CPU… The minium power supply that I found that had that was a 650…
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You cant take 2 different games and compare the temps. You have to take the same game, different hardware.
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