StarCraft II Overheating Bug

longam · 07-30-10, 01:41 PM

It seems that this game has a known bug that melts video cards in the main menu.

http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...ating-bug.aspx

ETR3(SS) · 07-30-10, 01:45 PM

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Huh... wonder if they are going to replace people's fried cards?

This.

Oberon · 07-30-10, 02:04 PM

Urk...

Wolfehunter · 07-30-10, 02:39 PM

wow I'm shocked, 12 years to make a game and they forgot to fix a little config script..

Real pros..

antikristuseke · 07-30-10, 02:47 PM

If your graphics card overheats under 100% load, it is not really the applications fault, now is it?
Granted the menu should have a FPS cap for practical purposes, but if your hardware is damaged due to inadequate cooling you need to take that up with the hardware manufacturer, not Blizzard.

SteamWake · 07-30-10, 10:52 PM

Graphic cards are not designed to carry 100% load 100% of the time.

Wow this is gonna be a big action suit. Glad I dident get the game

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Apparently, the game's menu screens aren't framerate-limited. This means that when there's nothing else going on, your graphics hardware renders the bejeezus out of those screens, causing nasty overheating problems

papa_smurf · 07-31-10, 05:20 AM

Im really surprised at Blizzard for this balls up, not like them at all.

antikristuseke · 07-31-10, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Graphic cards are not designed to carry 100% load 100% of the time.

Wow this is gonna be a big action suit. Glad I dident get the game

How many hours did the people spend on the menu screen when they damaged their hardware?

As part of overclocking stability testing i have run my entire system under 100% load for hours. Haven't lost anything to heat damage yet

Spoon 11th · 07-31-10, 06:42 AM

How is this a bug? It'a feature, a feature of not capping frame rate.

"If your video cards are overheating because of FPS not being locked your system either has airflow/cooling issues or is dirty as F*ck. Just turn on vsync."

Any people dreaming about some big class action suit because of this should simply be murdered.

SteamWake · 07-31-10, 08:41 AM

Murdered? isnt that a bit strong? Maybe wacked with a wet noodle.

Class action suits are a way of life

punishable by death

Thing is lots of pepole stop at a menu screen to go mow the lawn cook dinner change a diaper or fall asleep.

Common sense would lead one to believe that at a menu screen the machine would be under the least stress not a constant grind. You would also think pepole would notice the cooling fans screaming like they have never screamed before. But they dont. Folks are lazy and to many its easier to leave the game running than it is to end the program and shut the machine down.

A video card on the verge of failing just might be pushed over the edge.

I have had games cook an older card before its not unheard of.

antikristuseke · 07-31-10, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Murdered? isnt that a bit strong? Maybe wacked with a wet noodle.

Class action suits are a way of life

punishable by death

Thing is lots of pepole stop at a menu screen to go mow the lawn cook dinner change a diaper or fall asleep.

Common sense would lead one to believe that at a menu screen the machine would be under the least stress not a constant grind. You would also think pepole would notice the cooling fans screaming like they have never screamed before. But they dont. Folks are lazy and to many its easier to leave the game running than it is to end the program and shut the machine down.

A video card on the verge of failing just might be pushed over the edge.

I have had games cook an older card before its not unheard of.

In that case it is their own god damned fault, is it not?

SteamWake · 07-31-10, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

In that case it is their own god damned fault, is it not?

Well that depends after all they have been practicing this behaviour for many years with no consiquences.... till now.

Is it un reasonable to expect a computer to be able to run in an 'idle' state indefinatly? The assumption is that at a menu screen it is in an 'idle' state.

antikristuseke · 07-31-10, 10:52 AM

It is unreasonable to hold software accountable for hardware issues. Menu screens are not idle state, but nor should they load a system 100%. Still, if you suffer hardware damage in a few hours of your hardware runign at full load that is a hardware problem either caused by a poor cooling solution, a clogged cooling solution or aged hardware components failure, where that loadcomes from is irrelevant.

CaptainHaplo · 07-31-10, 10:57 AM

The fault is in three places.

Programatic failures - the load screen shouldn't max hardware.

Hardware failure - either through age or cooling

User failure - for not keeping the system clean should the cooling be an issue, as well as what kind of moron just sits for an hour at a start screen.....

PEBKAC

Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair

SteamWake · 07-31-10, 11:00 AM

Like I said I have had games cook what was thought to be a good card. I assume the stress caused some discreete component to fail but these days you just replace the whole card.

So Oblivion cooked a card, went out bought a new better vid card and promptly blew out a PSU

I dont thing anything will really come of it but Ill bet you a Beer that out there somewhere right now someone is concieving a class action suit. It's the american way.

07-30-10, 01:41 PM	#1
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	StarCraft II Overheating Bug It seems that this game has a known bug that melts video cards in the main menu. http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...ating-bug.aspx

07-30-10, 02:39 PM	#4
Wolfehunter Crusty Capt. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,752 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 25	wow I'm shocked, 12 years to make a game and they forgot to fix a little config script.. Real pros.. __________________

07-31-10, 05:20 AM	#7
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Im really surprised at Blizzard for this balls up, not like them at all. __________________

07-31-10, 06:42 AM	#9
Spoon 11th Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 689 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	a bug?? How is this a bug? It'a feature, a feature of not capping frame rate. "If your video cards are overheating because of FPS not being locked your system either has airflow/cooling issues or is dirty as F*ck. Just turn on vsync." Any people dreaming about some big class action suit because of this should simply be murdered.

07-31-10, 08:41 AM	#10
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Murdered? isnt that a bit strong? Maybe wacked with a wet noodle. Class action suits are a way of life punishable by death Thing is lots of pepole stop at a menu screen to go mow the lawn cook dinner change a diaper or fall asleep. Common sense would lead one to believe that at a menu screen the machine would be under the least stress not a constant grind. You would also think pepole would notice the cooling fans screaming like they have never screamed before. But they dont. Folks are lazy and to many its easier to leave the game running than it is to end the program and shut the machine down. A video card on the verge of failing just might be pushed over the edge. I have had games cook an older card before its not unheard of. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

07-30-10, 02:04 PM	#3
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Urk...

07-30-10, 02:47 PM	#5
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	If your graphics card overheats under 100% load, it is not really the applications fault, now is it? Granted the menu should have a FPS cap for practical purposes, but if your hardware is damaged due to inadequate cooling you need to take that up with the hardware manufacturer, not Blizzard.

07-31-10, 10:52 AM	#13
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	It is unreasonable to hold software accountable for hardware issues. Menu screens are not idle state, but nor should they load a system 100%. Still, if you suffer hardware damage in a few hours of your hardware runign at full load that is a hardware problem either caused by a poor cooling solution, a clogged cooling solution or aged hardware components failure, where that loadcomes from is irrelevant.

07-31-10, 10:57 AM	#14
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	The fault is in three places. Programatic failures - the load screen shouldn't max hardware. Hardware failure - either through age or cooling User failure - for not keeping the system clean should the cooling be an issue, as well as what kind of moron just sits for an hour at a start screen..... PEBKAC Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

07-31-10, 11:00 AM	#15
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Like I said I have had games cook what was thought to be a good card. I assume the stress caused some discreete component to fail but these days you just replace the whole card. So Oblivion cooked a card, went out bought a new better vid card and promptly blew out a PSU I dont thing anything will really come of it but Ill bet you a Beer that out there somewhere right now someone is concieving a class action suit. It's the american way. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648