Matthew
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BloodStar Technologies
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Posted - 2007.09.17 08:14:00 -
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 Originally by: Akita T
Originally by: CCP Explorer
EVE doesn't really use the GPU at all
...except on the login screen and session change screens, where it goes bonkers. For some people at least, apparently.
I've certainly noticed that Eve will raise my graphics card temperature above that which it will reach with other games, even though the client is not using the capabilities of the card. However, that may be why it causes the unusual heat levels.
These cards are optimized for them to be used with their bells and whistles, and most every other game you're running will be using them in that way. Clearly, while Eve is not using all the nice rendering tricks, it is stressing some part of the graphics card, and a part that isn't used as much with other games. As with most highly-optimized hardware, it's not going to be anywhere like as efficient when asked to do things in a way it's not optimized for.
Without vsync on, the "problem" areas can easily freewheel up to several hundred fps on a modern system - something you're unlikely to get with other games (if you can run with that high an fps, you'll turn up the quality settings until the fps comes down to just above playable), which may well be pushing the memory buffers hard.
So there are plenty of perfectly good reasons why Eve may cause a different pattern of load on your hardware to other games. But that does not mean that Eve is at fault
Eve does not overclock your hardware. All it does is pass standard graphics calls, in standards that these cards are supposedly certified against. If the hardware cannot handle those standard graphics calls, then it's a fault in the hardware, not the application.
Originally by: Flamewave
One thing I've found is that the framerate during loading screens is exceptionally high, which is an issue a lot of older systems won't have. This can actually overheat your graphics card, as one poster noted that his GPU fan would rev up
No. It can stress your graphics card, but if your hardware has adequate cooling, it should not be able to cause it to overheat. If any application causes your hardware to overheat, then it's your hardware that is at fault, not the application.
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