POE2 Overheats my CPU to 100c and PC force shutdown

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-core
AMD Radeon 5800XT
16GB RAM

Turned off V-sync and running on low/medium graphics for most settings.

Game runs okay in most zones.
But some zones like the Marshlands in act 2 CPU shoots to 100% usage, goes to 100c et PC force shutdown.

This is not acceptable guys. Your game engine should not push the CPU to 100% ever. It's just bad optimnization or something.

I'm gonna have to stop playing until this is fixed because I don't want to fry my CPU.

I will eventually buy a new CPU/GPU/Motherboard but if my machine can run D4 at high settings at 100-150FPS there is no reason this game should destroy my CPU.

Pleaser spend some time and ressources fixing your game engine.

they literally don't give a shit about this problem lol, good luck and don't hold your breath waiting

I have the same cpu but no such issue.

I also have a slight overclock on my CPU from 3.9GHZ to 4.4GHZ with 1.3Volt.
But like I said I can play any other game just fine CPU never goes above 70-80c depending on the game.
Deadlock runs at 70-75c with overcclock.
D4 around 80c.
Why does POE goes to 100c (but only certain zones).

They are just losing gamers by not caring.

Oh and I have liquid cooling on CPU

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samilikesmen#0126 wrote:

Oh and I have liquid cooling on CPU

It's either under-specced or not installed properly. Or you're overclocking and have a bunch of custom settings or something.

I keep computers pinned at 100% usage for days at a time with air cooling on CPUs way bigger than yours. And I don't have a single problem with them shutting down over overheating.

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samilikesmen#0126 wrote:

Oh and I have liquid cooling on CPU

if you are cooking this badly under water then you are shoving WAY too much voltage into the CPU, go into the BIOS and fix THAT first ...

you should be at 50-60 degrees on watercooling on non x3d processor not hitting 80 on GPU bound games

Your CPU is known to be a hothead, but this is still a hardware problem that YOU have and not caused by the game.

Fix your build (bigger cooler, lower voltage, lower throttle temperature limit, apply thermal paste properly, etc.) and then test it with Prime95 to make sure it works for hours without crashing.

Yes. It is caused by the Game. People who say its your Hardware have zero Hardware knowledge.

Here is what me helped to reduce the ridiculous Heatspikes:

Download the Tool "Process Lasso"

Aktivate "ProBalance" under Tools.

Limit your FPS to 90.


This combination reduced the CPU Heat around 15°-20°.



I still have peaks into the 90´s in loadingscreens though. No other Game ever has done this, period. Something is realy messed up with the Game.

no its YOU problem ... or problem with your hardware

sure software can load that hardware, guess what it cant load more than 100% of its capability, that you never got to that point doesnt mean the software is "bad" on the contrary if software can use 100% of your hardware capability that is actually what you should WANT ...

the issue here is that your hardware somewhere has imballance

your cooling isnt obviously sufficient for the 100% of the capability of your hardware, whether it is that your cooler is not that good (im on water is so broad ... do you have one 120mm rad AIO or do you have open loop ... ) or that your tuning is shoving way too much power in the chip (which could be fault of Motheboard and BIOS, especially ASUS was prone to shoving way WAY too much voltage in 5000 series chips on auto settings)


to give you frame of reference -

i have 5800X3D (hottest 5000 series BY FAR) running under custom single loop (GPU+ CPU both on single loop) watercooling with twin radiators (420mm slim + 280mm standard)and combined 10x140mm fans and D5 pump all ran at +-40% RPM

my CPU was hitting 90 degrees under default settings (ASUS board) even with that cooling under load because base ASUS tuning for the chip was shoving insanely high voltage because it could... i had to go into BIOS and lock the voltage which turned that furnace of CPU into a purring kitten breezing through even heaviest load at +- 60 degrees.

AMD chips tend to be like that these days, you cant just shove some "auto" OC into them and expect them to behave, if you overdo it they will overheat.


as for PoE2 i noticed no abnormal CPU behavior nor any overheating on my system despite using FSR upscaling to hit 120+ fps instead of native resolution that would have the game GPU bound for me