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Old 07-29-2010, 08:57 AM   #8
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Normally they run between 40 - 44 or so, so yeah, for my system I guess.

Other than that, what else causes the system to shut down like that other than SC itself? I had trouble getting it started right away again as well. Sounds like heat to me, but I'm not positive.
It does seem like heat to me as well. First would try the dust, but in reality if nothing else causes the overheating (as in similar type games) then something is probably wonky in the code for some processors.

Google says :

http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...ating-bug.aspx
http://www.overclock.net/graphics-ca...ing-issue.html

This site also seems to have a fix, by setting your frame rate

http://gamingpcblog.wordpress.com/20...-out-your-gpu/
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