Artifacts in cod2, caused by overheating.

[citizen X]

I found this interesting article. It talks about how some guy’s COD 2 game is showing a lot of artifacts do to his system constantly over heating. Tell me what u guys think…

Source: http://www.myxbox360.com/news/news/O...ts_at_home_469

Overheating artifacts at home?
Posted by: Luke Date added: 26.11.05
Categories: [ General Xbox 360 ][ Xbox 360 Games ]

News:
Xbox 360 kiosks were overheating prior to the launch of Xbox360 in North America, but the problem was dismissed as being caused by poorly ventilated display cases. However, an Xbox-Scene.com member has reported of artifacts appearing on his version of Call of Duty 2 - the same game that got the problems before.

In case you're not familiar with the lingo, here's the Answers.com definition of Artifact;

Some distortion of an image or sound caused by a limitation or malfunction in the display or sound hardware or software. Artifacts may be very noticeable to the human eye or ear, or they may be just a few pixels out of balance or a few milliseconds of sound abnormality that go unnoticed.

So this kiosk problem could be infesting our homes like a bad case of termites. Or maybe the guy who noticed the problems lives in an oven, and nasty graphical glitches will be rarer than an honest Best Buy advertising campaign. Even more farfetched - is it COD2 pushing 360 past it's limits? (lord forbid)

[DeathDealer]

WoAh! so thats what it would be like to play games high on drugs....

ok but thats really not cool, maybe he schould try the quick fix with the power brick.

[theelderscroll]

yah, ill only be worried when about 100 more people complain about this prob

[xpitbull]

Originally Posted by DeathDealer

WoAh! so thats what it would be like to play games high on drugs....

ok but thats really not cool, maybe he schould try the quick fix with the power brick.

How do you know when you are high on drugs games look like this?

Yeah its pretty bad, those were messed up images, im fortunate i dont have a problem yet *touch wood*

[citizen X]

Yeah well today I went to the mall and say some kid playing COD 2, and noticed some of the same artifacts as in the pictures, but not at the same extent. Obviously the system is overheating in the display case. But really with all this power running through these consoles this new generation; ventilation will be and is a very important issue with the ps3, 360, and even revelation, I said revelation do the fact that the smaller the console is the harder it is to cool all the essential components properly, and the revolution is as small as It gets. But Do to the fact that the revolution doesn’t need as much power as the 360 or the PS3, since the Nintendo system has less powerful hardware, its ventilation will not be as big of a dilemma as it is for the 360 and PS3.or at least that my opinion.

[P Mack]

Well put citizen X! *claps*. I hope my 360 won't screw up on me in any way. *gets on knees and prays on wood*

[jt_mares]

ah just invest in an a/c unit for ur 360 or ps3, thatll do the trick!

[Muthas]

People forget that the 360 uses the same amount of power as a pc and they think it will work in a room of 50 degrees normally without any problems. Those people have to think twice.