My graphics card gets hot when playing KB!

[taltamir]

Originally Posted by Metroplex

This isn't a problem per se, as I can still play the game comfortably and at all settings maxed, I have a 3.0Ghz dual core processor, 120G of space, 2G of RAM and a 8600GT 500MB Nvidia card, yet this is the only game (and Crysis on med) that makes my graphics card whine and spin like there is no tomorrow! It gets hot aswell after a short time of playing KB, all my other games play fine and the card is as quiet as a when underload, my drive is defragged daily using Auslogics disk defrag but it still makes a lost of noise, do you experience this problem too? Write!

1. Defragging has absolutely nothing to do with your video card.
2. Don't defrag, EVER. it does more harm then good unless you defrag a high volume file server.
3. Your video card has X shaders/texturizers/etc on it. The more intensive a game is, the more of those it uses at once. Kings bounty most likely uses all of them at once, meaning your card is at 100% use. That is NOT a problem unless your video card has an issue, like too small a fan, clogged with dust, or bad contact between the heat sink and the GPU. So clean it out, and check it out.

[Landmarx]

I had the same problem. Thirty seconds in it would crash (screen goes black, computer freezes requiring hard restart). I can't stress enough the importance of CLEANING YOUR FANS AND HEATSINKS!!! This game heats up your card quickly. I did a thorough dusting and deep clean and the game runs flawlessly now at the highest resoulutions with all the options cranked. Even if this does not solve your specific problem, your PC probably needs it anyway.