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post Jul 29 2010, 09:35 AM
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This is a head's up for a known issue with SC2. Apparently in some of the menus there is no frame rate cap, meaning that your graphics card will attempt to render the menus the best it can... which sometimes results in a fried card. To fix this bug:

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Anyone else have StarCraft II try to melt their hardware? Blizzard admits that it's a known issue and has a fix for you.

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. The fix is easy, requiring players to add the following lines to your "Documents\StarCraft II Beta\variables.txt" "Documents\StarCraft II\variables.txt" file (nice catch, commenter LegolElf):

frameratecapglue=30
frameratecap=60


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Thanks scorpionman12345 for the head's up. News'd so that as many people see it as possible.

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post Jul 30 2010, 01:31 AM
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So should one do this at the begining just in case? Or if i think i may start overheating?

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post Jul 30 2010, 02:19 AM
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Do it anyway. There's no reason not to and it'll reduce the strain on your GPU and make it last longer. Your comp will also run cooler and take less power meaning cheaper electricity bill.

Really nice catch btw. :thumbsup:

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post Jul 30 2010, 04:03 AM
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This post will definitely be of use for a friend of mine whose gfx card seems to give black screens since yesterday :D

Thanks mate, roxxorz!

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post Jul 30 2010, 04:35 AM
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Awesome, now I can alt-tab without it taking ages to get back in.

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post Jul 30 2010, 05:02 AM
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wish i had seen this earlier, my gpu is already fried

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post Jul 30 2010, 07:15 AM
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YESSS!!! NOW I WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY FOR MORE THAN 1 HOUR BEFORE MYCOMP REACHES 90 C!!!

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post Jul 30 2010, 08:15 AM
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QUOTE(Mafkees331 @ Jul 30 2010, 12:02 PM)
wish i had seen this earlier, my gpu is already fried
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Really? fruit :s

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post Jul 30 2010, 08:22 AM
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I guess Blizzard doesn't accept any responsibility for any of that.

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post Jul 30 2010, 08:56 AM
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nice I'll do :)

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post Jul 30 2010, 10:20 AM
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glad i could be of service :)

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post Jul 30 2010, 04:01 PM
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No I guess Blizzard doesn't take any responsibility ...

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post Aug 23 2010, 02:18 AM
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hmmm, luckily I saw this thread...

if my 3d card got fried, arghhhh...



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