Excessive GPU-temperature (Gtx 560, unique problem for this game)

Well, I recently started playing the game again and noticed that my GPU-fan is going a bit crazy when I play (even in the campaign map, pretty much right away), I checked the temperatures and noticed that they were around 75-80 celsius at maximum (the card idles at about 35-38 celsius ), and the fan was working hard. This has me a bit worried, since it seems something is wrong here, and also, the sound of the fan is really annoying when it gets that loud.

Before you start saying "clean out your PC!" etc. I've already done that, and the problem is unique to this game, not even Shogun 2 or any other game has caused my card to heat up this much. I'm using the latest nvidia drivers (no difference on older drivers though). Also, I had the same problem with my previous Gtx 460 card.

I run most settings on high/medium on 1650x1080 resolution.

Has anyone had the same problem and know of a solution?

Comparing NTW and Shogun2 on heat?

http://forums.totalwar.com/showthrea...rd-overheating You have some company.

Thanks for the link! I'll try disabling HDR and see where that gets me

You're welcome.