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by Kirisute
Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:31 am
Forum: Support and Tech Discussion
Topic: Legend of Grimrock blew up my computer...
Replies: 41
Views: 55735

Re: Legend of Grimrock blew up my computer...

every game release you ever see these days has a number of threads stating that the new game has fried their pc! some are genuine.. some are bollox.. some are just muppets who have never taken the side off their pc and cleaned a fan of dust a crap in their life! now in my experience (nie on 18 years...
by Kirisute
Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:15 am
Forum: Support and Tech Discussion
Topic: GPU Overheating
Replies: 54
Views: 55852

Re: GPU Overheating

With Triple Buffering on, I can stop Grimrock from locking up my entire system, without it on after a couple minutes it'll just nuke the whole thing. That said, if I have Triple Buffering on and run too many intensive programs, it also locks up my system. Now, this is a problem because I have PLENT...
by Kirisute
Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:55 pm
Forum: Support and Tech Discussion
Topic: GPU Overheating
Replies: 54
Views: 55852

Re: GPU Overheating

ok further testing on my rig..(the i5/550ti one) runing game windows at 1650 for the last 30 mins whilst fiddling in other windows etc and GPU temp hasnt yet reached above 80 degrees...which is well within cooling limits of even the standard cards out there..let alone factory overclocked variations!...
by Kirisute
Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:28 pm
Forum: Support and Tech Discussion
Topic: GPU Overheating
Replies: 54
Views: 55852

Re: GPU Overheating

cant believe people are worrying over a video card hitting mid 70's!! ok chaps try this: download Furmark http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/ stress test your video cards on something like the 720 test at full screen or the 1080 preset test for exemplar my cards...a 550ti and a 560ti both run to ...