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

I've never game tested but I sort of surprised they didn't catch it during hardware testing. -- nm

Posted by Mel Profit (aka Mel Profit) Aug 2 '10, 13:22

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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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