Is the DeepCool AK620 overheating in Indiana Jones: Great Circle?
About two hours into the game, the smoothness just vanished and the frame drops became blatant. The DeepCool AK620 was suffering from total thermal saturation during sustained high-power loads, with core temps creeping from 75℃ up to a stifling 92-95℃, which tanked my clocks from 4.8GHz down to 3.2GHz. I tried lowering the graphics settings to reduce the load, but the game looked like mud and it didn't actually fix the heat—just a desperate, useless move. I eventually dove into the BIOS and adjusted the fan offset, bumping the RPM by 15% in the 60-80℃ window, and swapped my rear exhaust for a higher static pressure fan. Running AIDA64 stress tests, the temps stabilized at 81-84℃ even after an hour, ending the cliff-dive throttling. I did deal with some weird turbulence noise at first, but tilting the front fans slightly solved the airflow clash. Now the fans hold steady at 1400-1600 RPM. Three hours of gameplay later and the performance is flat, no more dipping.
