How hot does your cpu/gpu get when running NS2?

fat catfat cat Join Date: 2012-10-30 Member: 164696Members, Reinforced - Silver
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Obviously this will depend on your cooling setup on your CPU and on the GPU, but I'm interested in getting to know some other peoples experience.

Lets get started, right now im getting around 60C on my CPU during load, and around 70C on my GPU.

Screenshots would be useful as well, so i will post some i got from HW monitor.

Some basic specs of my pc

i5 2500k oc'ed to 4.3 Ghz
H100 cpu cooler
Asus DC II GTX 670

Now obviously the h100 plays a huge part in keeping my cpu at 60 or below on load. Just for reference with a stock cooler my cpu would easily be at 80-90C.
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  • SanCoSanCo Join Date: 2012-08-18 Member: 155744Members
    no access to test, but I recall it being very low as it hardly use and CPU threads at all and barely the GPU. I think GPU max was something along the lines of 50c, while games like BF3 hit 65c.
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  • YuukiYuuki Join Date: 2010-11-20 Member: 75079Members
    I'm not sure about the temperature but the noise levels go through the roof with NS2.
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  • suttysutty Join Date: 2010-08-01 Member: 73403Members
    edited February 2013
    I cant get the actual figures but the GPUs never see 30C (although temp sensors at the low end are known to be wild) and the CPU I've seen in the low 50's.

    PS get some real water cooling :P :P
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  • FuleFule Join Date: 2009-06-04 Member: 67683Members
    For some reason my gpu without load is at 73C, cpu 66C.
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  • MiniH0wieMiniH0wie Join Date: 2007-11-25 Member: 63013Members
    I5-2500K @ 4.5Ghz & Hyper 212 Plus, max is usually ~55C

    HD4850, no idea but I hope it dies in a fiery death!
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  • xen32xen32 Join Date: 2012-10-18 Member: 162676Members, Reinforced - Supporter
    edited February 2013
    90C both cpu cores. (48 idle for comparison)
    CPU temp is always in my tray (for almost 4 years now), just because one time in the past bunch of smoke came out of my old cpu when I was playing games (and everybody knows that cpu depends on that magic smoke inside it and when it leaves your cpu, it's dead ^_^)
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  • UKFXUKFX Join Date: 2013-02-05 Member: 182834Members
    fat cat wrote: »
    Obviously this will depend on your cooling setup on your CPU and on the GPU, but I'm interested in getting to know some other peoples experience.

    Lets get started, right now im getting around 60C on my CPU during load, and around 70C on my GPU.

    Screenshots would be useful as well, so i will post some i got from HW monitor.

    Some basic specs of my pc

    i5 2500k oc'ed to 4.3 Ghz
    H100 cpu cooler
    Asus DC II GTX 670

    Now obviously the h100 plays a huge part in keeping my cpu at 60 or below on load. Just for reference with a stock cooler my cpu would easily be at 80-90C.

    I don't get it. I'm well under 60c on my 4.0Ghz OC'd Core i5 2500K and I'm using an Alpenfohn Matterhorn Pure CPU cooler (air). I'd say I'm probably about 49°c-53°c when playing on NS2. I use OpenHardwareMonitor, which is pretty similar to what you use.
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  • thefonzthefonz Join Date: 2011-06-22 Member: 105847Members
    Mildly OT. My CPU likes to over heat on start up sometimes. It can sit all night, be ice cold. Then when I hit the power button, bam! CPU overheated warning. Happens rarely.

    When I go to BIOS on a normal startup it show temps above 120F that quickly fall off within a few seconds to slightly above room temp.

    Any advice? Rather than fill the thread, PM me.
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  • ma$$a$$terma$$a$$ter Join Date: 2012-11-01 Member: 165651Members
    xen32 wrote: »
    90C both cpu cores. (48 idle for comparison)
    CPU temp is always in my tray (for almost 4 years now), just because one time in the past bunch of smoke came out of my old cpu when I was playing games (and everybody knows that cpu depends on that magic smoke inside it and when it leaves your cpu, it's dead ^_^)

    AMD user huh?
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  • ScardyBobScardyBob ScardyBob Join Date: 2009-11-25 Member: 69528Forum Admins, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    i7 2600k @4.7
    AMD HD 6950
    Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme

    CPU seems to max out at 61C while my GPU peaks at roughly 80C.
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  • xen32xen32 Join Date: 2012-10-18 Member: 162676Members, Reinforced - Supporter
    ma$$a$$ter wrote: »
    xen32 wrote: »
    90C both cpu cores. (48 idle for comparison)
    CPU temp is always in my tray (for almost 4 years now), just because one time in the past bunch of smoke came out of my old cpu when I was playing games (and everybody knows that cpu depends on that magic smoke inside it and when it leaves your cpu, it's dead ^_^)

    AMD user huh?

    Nope.
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  • rmbrown09rmbrown09 Join Date: 2012-10-17 Member: 162592Members
    edited February 2013
    CPU: 65C
    GPU: 75C
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  • gH0sTygH0sTy Join Date: 2013-02-01 Member: 182727Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    • i5 2500k @ 4.3 GHz @ 50-60 °C
    • Thermalright True Spirit 140 Cooler
    • Asus EAH6970 DirectCu II @ ~70 °C
    Playing NS2 maxed out @ 1920x1080
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  • kk20kk20 Join Date: 2012-10-30 Member: 164592Members
    I5 2400 @3.6 stock cooler 60C 6850 60C too. Idles at 50 as I have adaptive fan set to v slow speed target 50
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  • ResRes Join Date: 2003-08-27 Member: 20245Members
    xen32 wrote: »
    90C both cpu cores. (48 idle for comparison)
    CPU temp is always in my tray (for almost 4 years now), just because one time in the past bunch of smoke came out of my old cpu when I was playing games (and everybody knows that cpu depends on that magic smoke inside it and when it leaves your cpu, it's dead ^_^)

    Honestly... I surprised your CPU hasn't failed already if it is getting up to 90C......
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  • WhiteWeaselWhiteWeasel Join Date: 2012-11-25 Member: 173197Members
    Air cooled by 2x 120mm, 1x 140mm, +power supply fan
    And additional cooling due to:
    -lack of storm window (my room rarely gets above 18C during winter)
    -No discrete GPU (no extra heat and better air flow)
    -All settings on low

    Cpu: AMD A10-5800K APU Dual core 3.8 Ghz
    Idle: 22C
    highest I've ever seen it: 37-40C

    I don't think this is right, compared to every one else this is ridiculous.
    Am I missing something?

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  • schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
    all of these results will not mean a thing since you aren't testing in a controlled environment, not to mention heaps of different types of video cards and cpus with heaps of different cooling mechanism's

    not really sure what you are trying to achieve by collecting these temperature figures - or you just trying to justify spending too much on a cooler ? :P
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  • HughHugh Cameraman San Francisco, CA Join Date: 2010-04-18 Member: 71444NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Onos, WC 2013 - Shadow, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts
    Hardware threads are the best threads! Screw being scientific... Let's just oggle each other's HWMonitors! Here's mine at the end of a game:

    PPR2EUB.jpg
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  • IronsoulIronsoul Join Date: 2011-03-12 Member: 86048Members
    It gets hot. If I don't turn my case fans on high it shuts down.
    I'd guess it goes around 70 to 80 on the gpu. and around 60 to 70 on the cpu but I aint checking.
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  • DarkATiDarkATi Revelation 22:17 Join Date: 2003-06-20 Member: 17532Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited February 2013
    OS: Windows 8 Professional
    CPU: i7 2600k @ 4.6 Ghz w/ Hyper 212+ Dual Fan Heatsink
    GPU: nVidia GTX 480 @ Stock Clocks

    This screenshot was taken after 30 minutes of play on a full 24 person server.

    CPU never exceeds 64 degrees celsius. GPU hangs around 85 degrees celsius (which is normal for the GTX 480, which runs hot. Skyrim pushes 95 degrees celsius on my rig).

    Screencap attached.

    P.S. This is with every graphic option maxed out, except Ambient Occlusion, which is set to Medium. My average FPS = ~60 on a full server. It can get as low as ~40 with a lot of structures.

    Also, ignore Windows 8 Performance monitor which says "i7 2600k @ 3.40 Ghz." It is overclocked to 4.6 Ghz. :D

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  • IronsoulIronsoul Join Date: 2011-03-12 Member: 86048Members
    your software says that your cpu is running at 3.4ghz.
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  • WhosatWhosat Singapore Join Date: 2006-11-03 Member: 58301Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Not all software shows the exact clock speed the system is running at.
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  • DarkATiDarkATi Revelation 22:17 Join Date: 2003-06-20 Member: 17532Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Ironsoul wrote: »
    your software says that your cpu is running at 3.4ghz.

    Look at RealTemp in that picture, it says I'm running at "1941.82 Mhz." That's because I have my processor overclocked in such a way that it clocks itself down when it is not under heavy load. It usually idles at 1.6Ghz (1600 Mhz) when not in use. The 3.4Ghz you are seeing in Windows 8's Performance Monitor is not accurate. However, Performance Monitor does show the right (or close to right) "Speed" underneath the bar graph. Nevertheless, it says "Maximum Speed 3.4 Ghz" to the right, underneath the graph. It's just Performance Monitor being wonky. I am running at 4.6 Ghz.

    Have a look at these same screens under Prime95 load. (Attached)
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  • FarrenFarren Join Date: 2005-03-13 Member: 45065Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    I'm fairly sure my 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo is cooled by others' 12 logical cores pissing all over it ;-) Call me crazy, but I prefer using the nVidia hardware monitor if I need to see temps. I'm getting 33/60CPU and a max of 70 on the overclocked GTX 460. I really should reseat my heatsink so I can overclock it better, but with 4 unwieldy fans to deal with on the brick of a heatsink and a 7 year old processor, I can't be bothered.
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  • NordicNordic Long term camping in Kodiak Join Date: 2012-05-13 Member: 151995Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited February 2013
    Cpu runs at 55c and gpu runs at 35c. I have watercooling though. Temps are not the best way of comparison. Usage is.
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  • BentRingBentRing Join Date: 2003-03-04 Member: 14318Members
    In game my AMD 555BE (@3780 from 3200) usually tops out around 45, and the 5850 is about the same. I have a hyper 212 heatsink and 4 other 120mm case fans so my temps should be low. :p

    I'm more curious about how much each is utilized with other people. Obviously the cpu is running full load but my gpu rarely hits 60% in game. It's often only about 40% until late game then it's in the high 40-low 50 percent range for the most part. I tend to have a fairly stable 30 fps on average, and only play on 16 player servers because on 24p it's nigh unplayable from mid to late game.
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  • DarkATiDarkATi Revelation 22:17 Join Date: 2003-06-20 Member: 17532Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited February 2013
    BentRing wrote: »
    In game my AMD 555BE (@3780 from 3200) usually tops out around 45, and the 5850 is about the same. I have a hyper 212 heatsink and 4 other 120mm case fans so my temps should be low. :p

    I'm more curious about how much each is utilized with other people. Obviously the cpu is running full load but my gpu rarely hits 60% in game. It's often only about 40% until late game then it's in the high 40-low 50 percent range for the most part. I tend to have a fairly stable 30 fps on average, and only play on 16 player servers because on 24p it's nigh unplayable from mid to late game.

    What is strange to me is that my CPU is NOT running anywhere near 100% load, not even on a single core. Why isn't NS2 utilizing my processor more?

    EDIT: I semi-retract that statement. It does look like one of my cores is nearly maxed out the whole game and the others are working at 20-40% as well. I guess just "overall" NS2 isn't able to utilize all four cores or the hyperthreading technology of my 2600k. And I understand, programming for this kind of processor is a nightmare, etc. I'm not complaining, just making an observation.

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  • OuchOfDeathOuchOfDeath Join Date: 2013-02-04 Member: 182825Members
    edited February 2013
    WhiteWeasel wrote: »
    Air cooled by 2x 120mm, 1x 140mm, +power supply fan
    And additional cooling due to:
    -lack of storm window (my room rarely gets above 18C during winter)
    -No discrete GPU (no extra heat and better air flow)
    -All settings on low

    Cpu: AMD A10-5800K APU Dual core 3.8 Ghz
    Idle: 22C
    highest I've ever seen it: 37-40C

    I don't think this is right, compared to every one else this is ridiculous.
    Am I missing something?
    No you're not missing anything. You have a dual-core. Dual-cores have really low temperature because they use very little power.



    My build:

    FX 8120 @3.1 (Turbos to 4.0)
    Radeon 5670

    CPU idles at 35C, and goes to 52C when NS2-ing.
    GPU goes up to 65C

    The 8120 has the stock cooler and aftermarket thermal paste. The aftermarket thermal paste made a huge difference. Highly recommend using aftermarket thermal paste at the very least for this CPU, or better an aftermarket fan too. It runs incredibly hot when all 8 cores are maxed. This thing needs half a nuclear reactor to keep it energy happy.
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