Zoom7000 Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) So, I finally succumbed the cash and installed GTA 5 yesterday. I thought I had a pretty decent PC (specs in sig), my graphics card failed, but I nicked an identical one from my brother. When I switched the game on, my first horror was that I couldn't run it at 1080p. The max I could go up to was 1680 x 1050 and pretty much all the rest of the quality turned down. No biggie I thought. The game seems to play fine with the odd occasional graphical flicker. However, what worried me though is that after about 15 minutes of game play, my whole living room stunk of electrical burn. It was quite clear that GTA was taking my GeForce 560Ti to it's limits. Now, my concern is, is continuous play going to wreck my graphics card? Or even worse my whole PC! All components are running at stock. I've never overclocked anything in the PC, even though I have a Corsair H70 cooler on the CPU. Do I need to get additional fans or coolers for the graphics card? I have 3 fans running at medium setting in my Antec P183 case. Ideally, I don't want to purchase a new graphics card right now as I am trying to save up for a new TV! Edited April 17, 2015 by Zoom7000
synaesthesia Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 A 560 will struggle with that and continuing to play will probably stress it out - however there are loads of guides out there for setting up for maximum CPU and minimum GPU. I've done just that for my Radeon 6870 and it runs smooth as, and still looks better than GTA 4 did. As I've only 1GB VRAM though, I can only play at 1440 x 900.
Zoom7000 Posted April 17, 2015 Author Posted April 17, 2015 A 560 will struggle with that and continuing to play will probably stress it out - however there are loads of guides out there for setting up for maximum CPU and minimum GPU. I've done just that for my Radeon 6870 and it runs smooth as, and still looks better than GTA 4 did. As I've only 1GB VRAM though, I can only play at 1440 x 900. Do you have a link to one of these guides? My GPU only has 1GB RAM too.
3s-gtech Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 An electrical burning smell is not normal, however stressed your card is (mine didn't smell even when the fan failed and it hit over 1000C.) More likely to be your PSU, which will also be taking a battering.
Arreks Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 An electrical burning smell is not normal, however stressed your card is (mine didn't smell even when the fan failed and it hit over 1000C.) More likely to be your PSU, which will also be taking a battering. This. The only time I've ever smelled actual 'burning' is when a water cooler leaked and was dripping onto a PCB Graphics Cards are more likely to crash the PC rather than burn away.
Zoom7000 Posted April 17, 2015 Author Posted April 17, 2015 This. The only time I've ever smelled actual 'burning' is when a water cooler leaked and was dripping onto a PCB Graphics Cards are more likely to crash the PC rather than burn away. Maybe electrical burn is the wrong word. Mildly smokey smell? I have a Corsair 620W modular PSU in there. Do I need to upgrade it?
Arreks Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Maybe electrical burn is the wrong word. Mildly smokey smell? I have a Corsair 620W modular PSU in there. Do I need to upgrade it? When you start smelling it, turn off your PC and open it up and see if you can isolate where the smell is coming from - hell it could really be anything. The most likely is the PSU but Corsair generally have good rails and are a reputable company. 620W is cutting it close but if you didn't have enough power, it would just crash.
abillybob Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 I'd say it's more than likely something on your casing getting a bit warm and melting from the heat produced by your GPU rather than be your GPU itself. If a GPU is over stressed it'll just crash your computer, same goes for components like CPU overheating so I wouldn't worry too much. That PSU will be fine but maybe just for peace of mind tone down the graphics a tad and see if it makes a difference. My brother has 4GB RAM some cheap PSU he bought off eBay 600W, a Pentium Processor and a HD 5770 and his computer runs it fine... So I wouldn't worry!
Zoom7000 Posted April 17, 2015 Author Posted April 17, 2015 I'd say it's more than likely something on your casing getting a bit warm and melting from the heat produced by your GPU rather than be your GPU itself. If a GPU is over stressed it'll just crash your computer, same goes for components like CPU overheating so I wouldn't worry too much. That PSU will be fine but maybe just for peace of mind tone down the graphics a tad and see if it makes a difference. My brother has 4GB RAM some cheap PSU he bought off eBay 600W, a Pentium Processor and a HD 5770 and his computer runs it fine... So I wouldn't worry! The computer might run fine, but I doubt he's running GTA 5 with that CPU!
abillybob Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 The computer might run fine, but I doubt he's running GTA 5 with that CPU! The new pentium series is actually quite powerful and good choice for gaming. They can also be overlocked well and he has an SSD which helps. He runs it just fine, not at above 1080p like my beast does but it does fairly well.
gsk Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Could be dust heating up as the components get hotter? In the psu and gpu. 1
Zoom7000 Posted April 19, 2015 Author Posted April 19, 2015 Could be dust heating up as the components get hotter? In the psu and gpu. I gave it a hoover and air blast inside and it seems to be running a lot smoother with no smell! Thanks!
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