My client is resource intensive beyond anything logical

[Sefou]

Somehow as of late, Blockland manages to push my computer to absurd loads and temperatures like it never has before in the three and a half years I've owned my copy and across four computers. Even in the menus just after launch Speedfan will report a GPU temperature of around 65C and Task Manager will report loads around 50-60%. When playing on someone else's server, loads usually hover around 75% and GPU temperatures around 70C. When hosting my own server that nobody is capable of joining, CPU load ends up around 90-95 if not 100% and Speedfan will report a GPU temperature of 80C while doing absolutely nothing with no bricks loaded and shaders completely off, and as high as 85C when loaded with around 200 bricks.

I've lowered settings for physics, particles, FX bricks, falloff, anisotropy and probably other features with absolutely no change. Typically I run Blockland with 4x AA via the NVidia Control Panel; disabling that also did nothing whatsoever.

My GPU is an NVidia GTS 450 with a slight overclock and my processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 at 2.66GHz. I run the game in fullscreen 1440x900 at 75Hz.

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[beachbum111111]

Open task manager, select blockland, go to proccess, then set its priority to low.

[Sefou]

I'm fairly certain that did nothing.

[Sefou]

I've been able to reduce loads by near-minimizing everything. My GPU temperatures can mostly be accounted for seeing as it's been overheating with everything lately, but it's still completely absurd that I've had to do this on the highest-spec'd computer I've ever run Blockland on.

[Greek2me]

Did turning down your shaders help? What about if you turn them off?

[KoopaScooper]

I think the overclock in this case is what's causing the absurd heat, Blockland only pushes my card to 56C, and my CPU to 43C, which is typical for any somewhat intensive 3D program this computer runs.
does your case have any form of cooling system in place (how many fans does it have, do you have liquid cooling?)

[Headcrab Zombie]

My GPU temperatures can mostly be accounted for seeing as it's been overheating with everything lately

This makes me think that the fan is possibly clogged with dust; when's the last time you've dusted it out?
Though I don't see how that would affect CPU load

[Sefou]

Did turning down your shaders help? What about if you turn them off?

I already stated that my shaders are completely off.

I think the overclock in this case is what's causing the absurd heat

I've only overclocked my shaders by 17 Hz, but the memory does have a boost of around 200 which I'm going to lower. I've been running an overclock for a long time though and only recently has this happened. If I run Blockland for long enough my room will smell like overheated electronics.

This makes me think that the fan is possibly clogged with dust; when's the last time you've dusted it out?
Though I don't see how that would affect CPU load

I've never dusted it seeing as I don't have an air blaster, but again this is a very recent development.

[Sefou]

does your case have any form of cooling system in place (how many fans does it have, do you have liquid cooling?)

Noedit: I only have one case fan that isn't near the GPU, but I'm not sure how much it would help. My GPU has about a centimeter of clearance between it and my soundcard.

[KoopaScooper]

I've never dusted it seeing as I don't have an air blaster, but again this is a very recent development.

Compressed air is pretty cheap, you can find it at most specialty stores.

My GPU has about a centimeter of clearance between it and my soundcard.

Ouch. That doesn't leave much room for airflow.

There are plenty of guides to lowering computer temperatures, Google exists.

[Sefou]

There are plenty of guides to lowering computer temperatures

Apparently not seeing as the first few results I found dated to 2006 and were only relevant to GeForce 7000 series GPUs.

[Sefou]

The issue seems to have abruptly fixed itself. o-o