CPU Overheats when playing StarCraft

Try using prime95 or some other cpu burner app and monitor your temperatures. It may not be a cpu issue, especially if happens in nothing else.

Originally Posted by oturansama

I just can't really see such an old game being that taxing on a modern computer.

It depends on how the game was coded, not how old it is. Tiberian Sun halves the framerate due to insufficient cpu power if you have, like, more than 6 titans on the screen. On my 3ghz core 2 e6550.

Jam it back in, in the dark.