graphics card overworked at campaign map

anyone else get this? i have a geforce 460 and it starts howling during the campaign map. it stops howling(fan and exhaust system back to normal/low) in battle mode or playing other games.

is there an option to turn down campaign map details or something? it's ridiculous. or maybe turn down the geometry. it's freaking isometric view anyway.

thanks. i'm sure ca will get right on this.

I hate to be the one telling you this, but I think your card may be a wolf in disguise.

Moved.

1024 x 768 monitor resolution and turn off the eyecandy, and after that, let it howl.

i found the cause. apparently the problem is with the lack of frame rate cap at the campaign map. so the graphics card renders it into oblivion.

thanks for burning out my new graphics card with your shoddy programming, ca.

anyone know a fix besides the stutter setting(vsync)?

Originally Posted by cinco

i found the cause. apparently the problem is with the lack of frame rate cap at the campaign map. so the graphics card renders it into oblivion.

thanks for burning out my new graphics card with your shoddy programming, ca.

anyone know a fix besides the stutter setting(vsync)?

That doesn't sound logical. High FPS means the card is having a fairly easy time so it shouldn't have to work itself to hell.
The problem is familiar though. I'm also getting a fairly loud exhaust sound from my card (Sapphire 5870 Vapor-X) but it's still easily bearable for me.
There might be a way to limit the framerate to in the preference.ini file.

it's the graphics card, not the game.

trust me, mate. it's what happens when videocards aren't told to stop rendering itself to death. starcraft 2 i think had the same issue.

Trust me, there is one in there someplace. Too many have complained about how their graphics look on ultra. Two in Empire pretty much proved it before CA changed websites. It's the same engine as Empire so it would still be there.