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Steam is Valve’s longtime digital game distribution platform and the concept has long dominated the market, which otherwise consisted primarily of game developers’ alternatives to their own titles. However, two years ago, this changed, when Epic Games opened its own store following the great success of Fortnite. By taking over exclusive games, giving away free titles, and offering developers lower fees, the Epic Games Store quickly took hold.
The service is often the subject of discussion among gaming and tech enthusiasts, while Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney has kept the service in the limelight when discussing with Apple. Since mid-December, Epic Games has been donating new games to users on a daily basis, but now the game store client ends up on the air for entirely different reasons. On the Reddit forum, Ryzen users have noticed that the Epic Games Launcher increases the temperature of the processor.
I looked at mine, 5900x – 64C while browsing youtube … Epic game launcher closed, drops 20 degrees. LOL
I know I have investigated this before because my idles aren’t staying that high or while I’m just browsing the web, so I think it’s more likely that there is a bug in your launcher that is causing it. Either way, I barely use it, so it’s off home for now … – ZeroSelath
It is Reddit user Neoncarbon who started a thread, which at the time of this writing has about 11,000 votes. The user reports that their AMD Ryzen 7 5800X processor at idle reaches 50 ° C with the client in the background, which drops to 37 ° C when turned off. In the thread, Neoncarbon is supported and users attest that the battery life of a laptop was almost cut in half, but also 20 ° C temperature differences.
The undersigned notes that Epic Games Launcher uses about 2.5 percent of its own Ryzen 7 2700X processor as background activity. When the client is completely off, there is indeed a temperature drop, but only around 4 ° C and none of the double-digit drops that are talked about on Reddit. However, it can be added that both the graphics card and the processor are heavily loaded when the client is visible, but also that cooling and copy variation are important aspects when it comes to the subject of temperature.
Tech site Hot Hardware puts Neoncarbon’s claim under scrutiny and sees a temperature drop of about 19 ° C with the 16-core Ryzen 9 5950X. With the Glasswire tool, they also investigate the extent to which the Epic Games Launcher communicates with the outside world. The result is that 22 different servers are queried when the client is minimized and a total of approximately 514 KB of data is sent in one hour. According to Hot Hardware, it is 14 times what the Steam client sends.
Whether there is a connection between data collection and temperatures can only be speculated. It is clear that the client does not seem to be particularly well optimized, but for those who are concerned or want to avoid unnecessarily high temperatures, for example, GOG Galaxy 2.0 can be used to reach Epic Games. Store games without the client running. It remains to be seen if Epic Games will comment on the matter in the future, or if they will quietly release an update that will rectify the deviant behavior.
Got a Ryzen processor and Epic Games Launcher? Do you notice any difference in temperature if you turn off the latter?
