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In response to "someone screwed the pooch on the testing. -- nm" by Mel Profit

As the note notes, if cooling is insufficient. Basically the people's systems can't handle their hardware running at higher temps

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Aug 2 '10, 13:20

which isn't the fault of the game but the person having insufficient cooling for his hardware. The cards don't overheat, they run at X temp if run hard and if your system can't keep it cool enough...

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I've never game tested but I sort of surprised they didn't catch it during hardware testing. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 2, 13:22 11
- It's not a problem for properly cooled hardware (which I'm sure most people have). It's only people that don't have their systems set up right - oblique Aug 2, 13:24 6
  - If a menu's running a system hot...that doesn't speak well of the game - Will Hunting Aug 2, 13:29 2
    - to clarify, I'm guessing that there's a bottleneck in the graphics processing of other scenes that doesn't let component X run at 100% - oblique Aug 2, 13:32
    - oddly, it's because it's so simple that it comes up. If I can render a complex screen at 30fps and a simple one at 1000, guess which one taxes the - oblique Aug 2, 13:30
  - hmm...DQ Blizzards... -- nm - Diva Aug 2, 13:28
  - so they didn't test it on older or improperly configured systems? - Mel Profit Aug 2, 13:27 1
    - Given the system requirements, I'd guess that most are fairly new and given that it's a game, most testing was probably done with people with - oblique Aug 2, 13:29
- Other versions of the same story say it was present during Beta as well. I would think not capping a frame rate would qualify as a software bug. -- nm - Qale Aug 2, 13:23 3
  - The cap is their way of working around idiots :) -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 13:24 2
    - I'm fairly sure my computer doesn't even meet miniminumumimum requirements. -- nm - Qale Aug 2, 13:28 1
      - Nope. I don't have the CPU or Graphics Power. -- nm - Qale Aug 2, 13:34

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As the note notes, if cooling is insufficient. Basically the people's systems can't handle their hardware running at higher temps

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