EPTMaybe due to the overload?!
Edit: Just checked my fps. Is always under or around 60. So Blizzard is not guilty of smoking up my power supply unit. Gee, I hate it if there is no major company to blame for the problems in my live.
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fosh.ger
Germany14 Posts
Maybe due to the overload?! Edit: Just checked my fps. Is always under or around 60. So Blizzard is not guilty of smoking up my power supply unit. Gee, I hate it if there is no major company to blame for the problems in my live. | ||
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Lennon
United Kingdom2275 Posts
Thanks for the heads up. | ||
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Scania123
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I tried adding these lines to variables.txt and was able to play one game but in the next one the red artifacts were back and I had to shut down my computer longpressing the power button. Does this mean that my 8800GT is broken and I have to buy a new one? | ||
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georgir
Bulgaria253 Posts
It's true that Blizzard should fix their game, as doing pointless work is... pointless?... But if anything broke from that, it's still not their fault. Blame whoever assembled the hardware. | ||
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Santiago4ever
Sweden299 Posts
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rawr-
Denmark28 Posts
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Crymoreplz
Canada11 Posts
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Plissken_2097
Spain628 Posts
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mgj
191 Posts
So much potentially harmful (mis)information inhere. Some people have tried to correct it, but its a hopeless task. Not only do they get lost in the swarm of people, they have no way to prove their legitimacy. If the thread is not closed, then to everyone who is looking for answers/information: Consider where you are right now. You are not in a hardware forum. You are not in a programming forum. You are in a forum with 15-year-old kids who "knows about computers 'n' stuff" because they have played video games for years. I love you guys, but my god.... trusting you with anything that is not starcraft is really stupid. | ||
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vek
Australia936 Posts
On July 30 2010 21:22 mgj wrote: Please mods, close this thread. Im quite positive that it would be possible to set up a scientific test to prove without a doubt that reading this thread makes you dumber. So much potentially harmful (mis)information inhere. Some people have tried to correct it, but its a hopeless task. Not only do they get lost in the swarm of people, they have no way to prove their legitimacy. If the thread is not closed, then to everyone who is looking for answers/information: Consider where you are right now. You are not in a hardware forum. You are not in a programming forum. You are in a forum with 15-year-old kids who "knows about computers 'n' stuff" because they have played video games for years. I love you guys, but my god.... trusting you with anything that is not starcraft is really stupid. This is so true.. So many posts in this thread just make me sigh.. There is no way it is Blizzard/Starcraft's fault that your computer overheats. If your PC has poor cooling then it is up to you to replace it. Blizzard is offering a workaround that might dodge the problem. If your computer is overheating the core issue is cheap/damaged/poor quality hardware or cooling, there is nothing else to it. | ||
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Doctorasul
Romania1145 Posts
On July 30 2010 21:22 mgj wrote: Please mods, close this thread. Im quite positive that it would be possible to set up a scientific test to prove without a doubt that reading this thread makes you dumber. So much potentially harmful (mis)information inhere. Some people have tried to correct it, but its a hopeless task. Not only do they get lost in the swarm of people, they have no way to prove their legitimacy. If the thread is not closed, then to everyone who is looking for answers/information: Consider where you are right now. You are not in a hardware forum. You are not in a programming forum. You are in a forum with 15-year-old kids who "knows about computers 'n' stuff" because they have played video games for years. I love you guys, but my god.... trusting you with anything that is not starcraft is really stupid. So.. how do we know which of them are talking crap and which know what they're talking about? You didn't give us too many clues on that. I've pretty much always had a crap computer, until about a year ago when I bought myself a beast. I don't want to "cap" anything, I want the thing to run at max EVERYTHING. What's the point of having supposedly good hardware if you're not using it at full capacity? Am I missing something here? What if the supposed fix meant not running the game on ultra? Doesn't that mean I'm not benefiting from everything I paid for? Would anyone run stuff on low just to be sure? So what I'm asking is - what e x a c t l y does this "fix" do, who should do it, what do I lose if I do it but I don't need it and what are the chances I need it although my card hasn't fried yet? Oh and if it's so easy and you lose nothing, why didn't they include it in a patch? All replies to this post have to be approved by mgj beforehand - please include a PM from him saying "comment approved" before replying. | ||
Amber[LighT]
United States5078 Posts
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SkullOne
United States52 Posts
Will be nice when Blizzard fixes the issue though regardless. | ||
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vek
Australia936 Posts
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theSAiNT
United States726 Posts
Certain screens make your hardware work pretty hard Screens that are light on detail may make your system overheat if cooling is overall insufficient. This is because the game has nothing to do so it is primarily just working on drawing the screen very quickly. A temporary workaround is to go to your Documents\StarCraft II Beta\variables.txt file and add these lines: frameratecapglue=30 frameratecap=60 You may replace these numbers if you want to. Note the highlighted text. | ||
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Kletus
Canada580 Posts
Edit: Also, apparently my drivers aren't updated as well. | ||
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Adeny
Norway1233 Posts
On July 30 2010 20:16 Scania123 wrote: I've had severe problems with artifacts and sc2 locking up and forcing me to manually turn off my computer with the power button since the release. (and stage 2 in beta). I tried adding these lines to variables.txt and was able to play one game but in the next one the red artifacts were back and I had to shut down my computer longpressing the power button. Does this mean that my 8800GT is broken and I have to buy a new one? Had the exact same problem with the same card. Replacing it didn't help at all, I think something else is broken. | ||
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skipdog172
United States331 Posts
On July 30 2010 12:17 Saechiis wrote: Why are you trying to prove this point when even Blizz itself admits it's their fault? Any hardware can die because of overheating since hardware can't decide for itself that it's getting pretty hot. It's the software's job to prevent these kind of things and it was Blizz's programming that was faulty in the first place. Ugh, so much misinformation in this thread. Makes me sad. Graphics cards are designed to run at their full capacity. They are designed to be pushing as hard as possible on the absolute highest setting. Take any very graphically intense game where your FPS never hits 60, and your graphics card is giving all its got. There is nothing in the SC2 software that can make your graphics card do anything beyond "working as hard as it can to render as well as it can". Having your FPS at 200 is no different than having the graphic settings cranked WAYYYY up and being unable to even hit 60 FPS. If your graphics card is overheating because it is working as hard as it is capable of, there is a problem with your graphics card. It cannot be a software issue. | ||
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Kralic
Canada2628 Posts
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Adeny
Norway1233 Posts
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