Unusually high temps for games

[rfowler30]

i was playing bad company 2 in 3d at 720p at 2x antialising and anti tropic(i think thats wut its called) for about 30 mins, i monitored my temps using realtemp. when i exited the program my temps were as high as 77c for 3 cores, and 75c for the last core. is this normal for a core i7 950 overclocked to 3.64ghz at 1.28 volts on a cooler master v6 gt fan cooler in a haf x case normally i get 70c in call of duty black ops and starcraft 2. ne suggestions as to why this is?

 

[imperialreign]

i was playing bad company 2 in 3d at 720p at 2x antialising and anti tropic(i think thats wut its called) for about 30 mins, i monitored my temps using realtemp. when i exited the program my temps were as high as 77c for 3 cores, and 75c for the last core. is this normal for a core i7 950 overclocked to 3.64ghz at 1.28 volts on a cooler master v6 gt fan cooler in a haf x case normally i get 70c in call of duty black ops and starcraft 2. ne suggestions as to why this is?

Some games are harder on the GPU(s) than others . . . games using older rendering technology (i.e. CoD - seeing as how the actual game engine hasn't changed much since CoD3/4) don't stress the GPUs as much, even with all the eye candy turned on. Newer titles on newer game engines can be a beast, though. For example, you'll see higher temps with Metro2033 as compared to CoD:BO.

RTSes aren't typically that harsh on the GPU, either.

 

[wolf]

perhaps managing 3d puts an unusually high strain on the CPU? Ive found with both an i7 and PII x6 they usually hover around 60-70% cpu useage in BC2 which should mean less than 70 degrees even on a worse cooler.