I have an E8400 at 3.6ghz. I haven't really played many games on my PC in the past year or so except Fallout 3. I never noticed the CPU maxing out with it but with Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age the cpu is almost always at 100%. Even at the menu screens. I haven't noticed any negative effects gameplay wise. With Star Trek Online it's usually between 50 and 75%. Is this normal? Specs in sig.
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E8400 100% during games. Normal?
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maleficarus
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I have a similar system as you and my E8400 rarely hits 100%. Only time I ever saw it max at 100% is when using IBT.
Freezebyte
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My E8500 @ 3.8ghz gets pretty much maxed out playing Company of Hero's
Freezebyte
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Harming the CPU? Uhh, no....thats what these things are designed to do. Only way you'd harm it if you were not cooling the CPU enough, especially if you changed the vcore.
Sikkyu
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most of those games you listed are multi-treaded so maxing it out would be possible. dragon age does take alot of power to run well.
running a cpu at 100% is normal and within specifications and will not lower the life of the chip. that being said overclocking will lower the life of the chip if its not cooled well.
running a cpu at 100% is normal and within specifications and will not lower the life of the chip. that being said overclocking will lower the life of the chip if its not cooled well.