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Old May 24, 2012, 01:00 PM   #51
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It isn't since I'm now playing Diablo III at 30-35fps and it's still hotter than NBA 2K12 even if I let 2K12 run at 200fps.
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uhhh... blame nvidia? *shrug*
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Old May 24, 2012, 04:59 PM   #52
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It isn't since I'm now playing Diablo III at 30-35fps and it's still hotter than NBA 2K12 even if I let 2K12 run at 200fps.
That's really strange! Not sure what to say to help... I can't. When limiting my FPS to 60 (from ~110 average) in Diablo 3, I noticed a 10c drop in GPU temperature, down to 55c. This is an ATI card, though, which I do believe are known to run a little cooler than comparable nVidia GPUs.

I've heard a few things about Diablo 3 not being all that well-optimized for SLI/Crossfire setups; using one card almost exclusively with the other providing minimal benefit. Do you have any software that monitors the usage and statistics of the cards in tandem?
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Old May 24, 2012, 05:14 PM   #53
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It has nothing to do with SLI though since I stopped using two of them because of the weather over here.


I'm underclocking the card almost near the minimum values possible in Afterburner. LOL
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For huge mobs my systems was slowing down... I found that if I turn off viewing Monster Hitpoints and stop showing damage it doesn't lag at all.
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For huge mobs my systems was slowing down... I found that if I turn off viewing Monster Hitpoints and stop showing damage it doesn't lag at all.
Thanks for the suggestion. My performance was well enough, but I found that turning off damage numbers (sans critical strikes) and health bar hitpoints made this game a hell of a lot easier to visually trace, especially as a witch doctor (with DoTs and constant AoE damage going out.)
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For huge mobs my systems was slowing down... I found that if I turn off viewing Monster Hitpoints and stop showing damage it doesn't lag at all.
good tips, i'll try that on my laptop.
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Old May 31, 2012, 06:50 AM   #57
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Just installed this on my old rig (FX-57, 2x1GB DDR500, 9600GT) and it runs the game on max settings at a rez of 1680*1050 at around 40-60FPS. Not bad at all

Put the Shadow setting down to Medium for a bit smoother play.
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