This game really damages your computer?
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I really like path of exile it is a great game.But from what i have heard, and i also experienced myself is that in some areas your gpu and also cpu are heating and this can damage your your computer? I ask the players who play this game a lot, you have seen some problems with your computer since you played this game?
Last edited by Henry_GGG on Aug 24, 2013, 6:39:50 AM
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It's not the game, it's people's fans. Nothing bad will happen to your computer by simply playing a game, unless you have absolutely terrible cooling.
EDIT: Oh, and judging by your name, you seem a bit young for this game. "You can't bash someone else's shitty taste in music when you listen to 'grindcore'" -TheWretch̢ Last edited by Fire_Kid#5541 on Aug 23, 2013, 7:30:03 PM
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Hi OP,
I've experienced the loss of a video card a few months after playing the game. In fact, it happened a few days before my birthday last year, and was given an upgrade via warranty - a 560 3GB classified I think. However, I want to stress here that I have absolutely no reason to believe Path of Exile was in any way the cause of the problem. The fan was clean and the part had only been used a little less than a year, so it was another issue...possibly a manufacturer error in the card itself. Last edited by lavaKudzu#7278 on Aug 23, 2013, 7:37:25 PM
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lol says a guy named "fire_kid"
well, most computers have built-in safety measures that will automatically shut down the computer if it overheats beyond what's reasonable. If your computer shuts off while playing the game, you may have a problem but it won't cause permanent damage right away. Of course, just using the computer does deteriorate its components by everyday wear and tear, but shouldn't really effect an average person's computer because they don't use it long enough for it to catch up to them. |
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ty for the answer, and in fact i am 20 years older.
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" First of all, press the button that says "Q" And you're right, it won't hurt your computer immediately. But it will keep your CPU from destroying itself. "You can't bash someone else's shitty taste in music when you listen to 'grindcore'" -TheWretch̢
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" Is English, by any chance, not your first language? "You can't bash someone else's shitty taste in music when you listen to 'grindcore'" -TheWretch̢
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The only way you can get components damaged is through overheating really. This can happen if you aren't properly frame-limiting your GPU or otherwise throttling some performance.
Similar problems happened in a beta for a Blizzard game as well.. GPUs were pulling well over 200 FPS and causing massive overheating. In some situations, because of the configuration of the profiles, the cards didn't throttle or shut down in time before they overheated and it actually ended up damaging the cards. I don't put the blame of this on Blizzard by any means as I feel it is the responsibility of the owner to understand what it is they are running and how they are tuning them. Regardles... to the point at hand, it IS possible for games to damage your gpu and other components, but a lot of other things have to fall in place as well for that to happen. In most cases the PC and GPU will throttle or shut down before damage can happen. |
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" See how you don't have to quote everything? Now sometimes it's not clear enough for everyone, myself included, so quoting helps a ton. "You can't bash someone else's shitty taste in music when you listen to 'grindcore'" -TheWretch̢
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